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 […]
>Despite a downgraded estimated domestic total, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 expanded its international gross to date to come very close to the billion dollar mark. Transformers: Dark of the Moon is starting to top out in its overseas gross — the worldwide gross will probably end up around $950 million. Captain […]
OPENINGS: FAST X (Universal) arrived with $67.5M. In the US, that was slightly below the $70M for F9, one of the first big-ticket movies to brave a wide pandemic-era release in May 2021. In terms of the franchise as a whole (leaving aside spinoff Hobbes & Shaw), Fast X was the 7th highest of […]
OPENINGS: If a movie like THE BUTLER (Weinstein) can make back most of its production cost in a single weekend (and The Help did the same 2 years ago), why aren’t there more movies like The Butler? The answer is the other side of the coin of “Why are there so many action-fantasy adventure […]
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OPENINGS: THE ADDAMS FAMILY (BRON/MGM) proved to be a still-fertile source of IP with a solid $30.3M US start, and the cartoon should benefit from closed schools on Columbus Day for a robust 4-day weekend total. Production costs were reportedly on the low end of animation, so a 3x multiple to $90M should go […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio, with Fox continuing to dominate but Disney now in the game with Zootopia. Note: We have amended the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwide and the lower category for films under $150 million worldwide. YEAR TO […]
> X-Men: First Class added to the Worldwide gross list in the top 10, while Pirates 4 continues to dominate. X-Men: First Class enters the 2011 Worldwide gross list at #8, while Hangover Part II is closing in on Thor and should take fourth place as early as next week. Kung Fu Panda 2 jumped […]