OPENINGS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony) won’t arrive in the US for almost 2 weeks, and so far it’s in only 14 international markets–and it was still the biggest story of the weekend, pulling in $47M in those territories, which included portions of Europe as well as Australia and Mexico. Amazing 2 is following […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Strong overseas grosses for Captain America: The Winter Soldier continue to pad Disney’s lead over Warner Brothers in worldwide box office to date (Disney has $929 million compared to $861 million for Warner Brothers). Fox is next with $723 million, and Sony has pulled to over $600 million with Heaven Is for Real this weekend. […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Strong overseas grosses for Captain America: The Winter Soldier has pushed Disney slightly ahead of Warner Brothers for worldwide box office to date (with each studio over $800 million so far this year). Rio 2 has pushed Fox to over $700 million worldwide in 2014. Sony, Universal and Paramount are next with about $500 million […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Year to date, Warner Brothers remains on top with $804 million worldwide, while Disney has vaulted to a competitive second place with $677 million (because of the arrival of Captain America: The Winter Soldier). Sony and Universal remain in the next tier with about $530 million worldwide each. Fox and Paramount are […]
Marvel brings summer ticket sales to April. OPENINGS: The record-breaking $96.2M US opening weekend for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (Disney), the highest ever in April (it may come down $1M or so tomorrow thanks to an aggressive studio prediction for Sunday, but it would still be far ahead of the previous record, $86.2M […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Year to date, Warner Brothers is closing in on $800 million worldwide, while Sony and Universal remain a second tier with about $500 million worldwide. Fox and Paramount are now in the third tier (with a little over $400 million worldwide each), thanks to Grand Budapest Hotel and Noah. Lionsgate/Summit and Disney form the […]
This weekend was fine… but just wait till next week. OPENINGS: Polarizing, controversial, dark, revisionist, divisive–and a hit. NOAH (Paramount/Regency) took in $44M in the US this weekend after a 16% Saturday bump. That already makes it Darren Aronofsky’s 2d biggest hit after Black Swan. Of course, it’s also by far his most expensive film, […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Year to date, Warner Brothers remains head and shoulders above the other studios, while Sony and Universal form a second tier with about $500 million worldwide each for 2014 to date. Lionsgate/Summit and Disney now join Fox and Paramount in the third tier (between $200 million and $300 million worldwide each). Scroll […]