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THURSDAY BOXOFFICE: “Man of Steel” Flies High… Sort Of
Posted June 14, 2013 by Mitch Salem
In midnight shows last night, MAN OF STEEL (Warners) grossed $9M, a fine but hardly exceptional result for a mega-movie opening. (Nowhere near the $18.7M for The Avengers, let alone the $30.7M for The Dark Knight Rises or the $22-43M earned by various Harry Potters and Twilights.) However… earlier on Thursday, Man took in […]
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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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Weekend Box Office: “Catching Fire” Strikes Tinder Tonight
Posted November 21, 2013 by Mitch Salem
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, the 600-pound gorilla of the holiday movie box office season (The Hobbit 2 is by comparison a smaller simian, at least in the US) opens tonight, and the question is just how big it will be. The first Hunger Games opened in March 2012 and had the 6th biggest […]
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/15/13
Posted December 15, 2013 by Mitch Salem
OPENINGS: THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Warners/MGM) had a better Saturday hold than last year’s An Unexpected Journey (-22% vs. -25%), suggesting that positive word of mouth is kicking in, and no doubt easing the minds of Warners executives. The studio’s $73.7M weekend estimate still puts it 13% below Journey‘s start, but if […]