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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]