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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7/12/15

Posted July 12, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  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 […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 7.10-12.2015

Posted July 12, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

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 […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7/5/15

Posted July 5, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  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 […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 7.5.2015

Posted July 5, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

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 […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/28/15

Posted June 28, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  TED 2 (MRC/Universal) suffered a 16% Friday-to-Saturday drop, and is currently projected by its studio to have a $33M weekend, down 40% from the $54.4M start for the original Ted 3 years ago.  Overseas, Ted 2 opened to $20.3M in 26 markets.  That leaves much of the world still to come, but a […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 6.28.2015

Posted June 28, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Universal is the big gainer again this week, partly because of the forecast domestic total for Ted 2 added to the chart but mostly because of almost $300 million in overseas box office added to Jurassic World (some of which is delayed reporting from the prior week). YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/21/15

Posted June 21, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  INSIDE OUT (Pixar/Disney) had the largest opening for an animated non-sequel ever at $91.1M.  (Disney is claiming a slightly more abstract record as well, the largest opening for a film that isn’t based on any preexisting source material–excluding The Hunger Games, for example, because it began as a book–but the animation record will […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 6.21.2015

Posted June 21, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +6% above last year and +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($4.430 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $12.3 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]

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