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Behind The US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.7.2024

Posted July 7, 2024 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  DESPICABLE ME 4 (Illumination/Universal) arrived at the high end of expectations with a $75M 3-day weekend and $122.6M since its July 3 opening.  That was a tad below 2013’s Despicable Me 2, which also opened on a Wednesday July 3 with $83.5M/$143.1M.  Despicable 4 should pass $300M in the US, which would put […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through January 22

Posted January 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 moves past the $700 million worldwide mark, with $421 million overseas to date.  Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol  edges past $550 million worldwide with $337 million overseas.  Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is now a $450 million worldwide picture, while Adventures of Tintin has an outside shot of […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS JUNE 12

Posted June 14, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Super 8 misses the Top 20 Worldwide Gross list, while Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda 2 and X-Men: First Class continue to move up the rankings. Super 8 joins the Worldwide Gross list just outside the Top 20 (tied for 21st place with $111 million worldwide — an estimated $104 million domestic total […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 5

Posted August 5, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Total Recall joins the chart this week in the middle of the pack, with a projected $66 million final domestic total and $6 million to date overseas.  It might get to $95 million overseas ultimately, which would put its eventual worldwide total around $160 million (just behind The Dictator, not what Sony was banking on). Diary of […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through February 24

Posted February 24, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

A Good Day to Die Hard ballooned to $133 million overseas to date, pushing its worldwide estimate to over $200 million. Completely updated worldwide table follows.

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International Box Office through July 7

Posted July 7, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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International Box Office through September 22

Posted September 22, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/15/13

Posted December 15, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Warners/MGM) had a better Saturday hold than last year’s An Unexpected Journey (-22% vs. -25%), suggesting that positive word of mouth is kicking in, and no doubt easing the minds of Warners executives.  The studio’s $73.7M weekend estimate still puts it 13% below Journey‘s start, but if […]

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