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Weekend Studio Estimates JULY 5-7
Posted July 7, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #27 of 2013 still looks like a terrific $223 million for the top 12 films, up sharply from the comparable weekend in recent years. Not even The Lone Ranger could derail a hot summer box office, which is up 30% or more in three of the last four […]
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FRIDAY JULY 26 Box Office Report
Posted July 27, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #30 of 2013 looks like a decent $159 million for the top 12 films, comfortably above the same weekend the last few years. The Wolverine is way off our projected opening but still but still the best opening in recent years for a weekend that often is filled with clunkers. […]
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International Box Office through August 18
Posted August 18, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Updated international box office chart:
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard
Posted September 15, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, Sony moved ahead of Paramount (taking over 5th place) with $70 million of revenue this week (from continued overseas revenues from Mortal Instruments, White House Down and Smurfs 2). Warner Brothers had an even better week ($76 million, mostly from overseas grosses for We’re the […]
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International Box Office through October 13
Posted October 13, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Updated international box office chart:
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 11/10/13
Posted November 10, 2013 by Mitch Salem
OPENINGS: THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) held essentially even on Saturday, an excellent result for a franchise movie, especially where a chunk of its “Friday” number had come from Thursday night screenings. (In comparison, Iron Man 3 dropped 10% on its second day of release.) Presumably because of that strong Saturday hold, Disney is […]
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 6 Box Office Report
Posted December 7, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #49 of 2013 looks like $87 million for the top 12 films from Friday-Sunday, right on target for the usually slow post-Thanksgiving weekend. Opening at 2,101 theaters Friday, Out of the Furnace from Relativity grossed $1.9 million Friday and is on track for a $5.5 million opening weekend (below the already bearish […]
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 27 Box Office Report
Posted December 28, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Based on Friday’s grosses, the final weekend of 2013 looks like a great finish: $193 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up substantially from the same weekend last year (see comparisons to previous years at the bottom). The new films this long weekend are actually not breaking through in a big way: it’s the […]