OPENINGS: PIXELS (Columbia/Sony) isn’t the first Adam Sandler movie to approach a $90M production budget–incredibly, the first Grown Ups reportedly cost that much–but as his audience shrinks, it becomes more difficult to justify a greenlight for him at that level. Pixels is reporting a very mild $24M weekend in the US (that number assumes […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +8% above last year and now +4% above the average for this point the past four years ($5.828 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $15.7 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +8% above last year and still +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($5.560 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $15.2 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now […]
OPENINGS: ANT-MAN (Marvel/Disney) is claiming a very low 18% Sunday drop in order to reach a $58M weekend estimate, so that number may shrink on Monday. Even at $58M, Ant-Man opened in the same range as Superman Returns ($52.5M), The Incredible Hulk ($55.4M) and The Green Lantern ($53.2M), all of which stopped their franchises–at […]
OPENINGS: MINIONS (Illumination/Universal) had a surprisingly bumpy 16% drop on Saturday, but it will handily become the #2 animated opening of all time, topping Toy Story 3‘s $110.3M, even if the studio’s $115.2M forecast turns out to rely on a stronger Sunday rebound than final numbers confirm. (Still #1: 2007’s Shrek The Third at […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Universal had another huge week with the release of Minions and Jurassic World taking over the spot as #1 film of the year worldwide. Universal now boasts four of the top five films of the year (see individual film ranking chart below). The other studios are playing a different game this year. YEAR TO DATE […]
OPENINGS: TERMINATOR: GENISYS (Skydance/Paramount) had hoped, even with July 4th subduing Saturday business, to find a holiday spark that would allow it to earn at least a $150M total in the US, but after a $28.7M opening weekend ($44.2M including Wed-Thurs), it may be hard-pressed to get past $100M. That puts additional pressure on […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Universal is the big gainer again this week, primarily because of continued overseas strength for Jurassic World. Paramount had the second best week, thanks to Terminator: Genisys. In contrast, Magic Mike XXL made a small contribution to its studio totals, giving Warner Brothers about the same modest week that Disney had with late overseas returns […]