The 32nd weekend of the year is looking like $165 million for the top 12 films, a very good result for the second week of August. Four movies aimed at very different audiences should open reasonably well, giving the box office a short term boost. But most of the four openers should disappear quickly, and […]
OPENINGS: The $8.9M start for ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (TriStar/Sony), which includes $2.7M from Thursday night, was behind only the Justin Bieber concert movie ($12.4M) among recent debuts in its genre, surpassing efforts devoted to Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Michael Jackson and The Jonas Brothers. The Bieber picture declined on Saturday and slumped […]
Updated international box office chart:
Updated international box office chart:
OPENINGS: We noted here yesterday that if THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) could just hold on as well on its first Saturday as The Hunger Games had, a $160M weekend was within its grasp. That’s exactly what happened, with the same 25% Saturday drop for Catching Fire that Hunger Games had and a $161.1M weekend […]
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (Paramount) took in another $5.1M on Thursday, down a fairly standard 37% from its Wednesday opening (This Is the End dropped 43% on its first Thursday, while We’re the Millers fell 31%). With $13.2M in the bank, he studio is predicting $30M over the Fri-Sun weekend, although $25-27M may […]
International box office for 2013 releases through January 5, 2014. Click here for a summary of worldwide performance by studio.
2014 has its first smash hit, as preliminary numbers at Deadline give THE LEGO MOVIE (Warners) a huge $18M Friday. Since Saturday matinees should only boost the family-oriented animated comedy-adventure, that should bring it over $60M for the weekend, and with the Presidents Day holiday dead ahead and no other family movie on the […]