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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 10/5/13

Posted October 6, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  If preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, GRAVITY (Warners) will own the new record for all-time best October opening.  It had a superb $23.5M Saturday, up 35% from its $17.5M opening day, for what should be a $55M+ weekend.  That would handily break the current October record of $52.6M for Paranormal Activity 3.  More importantly, […]

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/4/13

Posted October 5, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  With a $17.5M Friday that should get it close to $50M for the weekend, GRAVITY (Warners) is the first of the year’s Oscar hopefuls to get both rapturous reviews (98% on Rotten Tomatoes) and strong audience support.  That doesn’t guarantee awards in February–the Academy often resists science-fiction and fantasy when it’s time to […]

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 4 Box Office Report

Posted October 5, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #40 of 2013 looks like a decent $109 million for the top 12 films, down 18% from last year’s atypical weekend but up 10% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,575 theaters Friday, Gravity from Warner Brothers grossed $17.4 million Friday and is on track for […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions OCTOBER 4-6

Posted October 3, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The 40th weekend of the year is looking like a good $107 million for the top 12 films, way down from this weekend last year (boosted by Taken 2) but up 9% from the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at over 3,450 theaters Friday (way above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the […]

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: 9/29/13

Posted September 29, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  Once it became clear that the predicted $40M wasn’t going to happen, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (Sony) badly wanted to claim a $35M opening, and so it did.  Actually hitting that number will require the 2d lowest Sunday drop in the Top 10 (behind only the phenomenal Instructions Not Included, one […]

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International Box Office through September 29

Posted September 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted September 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

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 […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates SEPTEMBER 27-29

Posted September 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #39 of 2013 looks like an okay $98 million for the top 12 films, up 5% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 4,001 theaters Friday, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 from Sony grossed $9.3 million Friday and $15.2 million Saturday, now on […]

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