STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, the weekly changes look much higher than normal. Most of those increases are a function of some September films not being fully counted in the yearly totals for the past few weeks. All of the 2013 films are properly accounted for now. Warner Brothers […]
STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, only moderate changes for each studio. The biggest gainer this week was Paramount, which released a film from its tiny slate: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. However, it shows just how slow the box office environment is right now when a $93 million weekly gain is tops among […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #47 of 2013 now looks like $222 million for the top 12 films — up from yesterday’s estimate thanks to a stronger than expected Saturday for Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Now the overall weekend volume virtually matches the average for recent weekends before Thanksgiving. Opening at 4,163 theaters […]
Early numbers for the opening day of ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (Paramount) give it $8.1M (including $2.3M from Tuesday night shows). It continues to run ahead of Wednesday openers This Is The End ($7.8M) and We’re The Millers ($6.8M), and is hoping to have a bigger weekend multiple than those two, since midweek […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, the first weekend of 2014 now looks like $132 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, not as high as it appeared yesterday but still up 5% from comparable weekends the past few years. Opening at 2,867 theaters Friday, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones from Paramount grossed $8.7 million Friday and […]
Weekend #6 of 2014 is looking like a tepid $114 million for the top 12 films, a 30% increase over last year’s disaster for the comparable weekend (Identity Thief and Side Effects bowed this time last year). But $114 is over 30% below the average for this weekend over the last four years. For example, […]
OPENINGS: NON-STOP (Universal) had a very solid Saturday, rising 22% from Friday, and even though Oscar Sunday may push it below the $30M weekend it’s currently projecting, it should comfortably take the weekend. This will be the highest non-Taken opening of Liam Neeson’s late-in-life action star career, and the movie should clean up overseas […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #13 of 2014 now looks like $133 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up from yesterday’s estimate ($126 million) and now down only 5% from the average for this weekend the past several years. Opening at 3,567 theaters Friday, Noah from Paramount grossed $15.2 million through Friday and $17.6 […]