After a moratorium on official boxoffice pronouncements due to the tragic events in Colorado, Warners has officially released the weekend boxoffice figure for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: $160.9M. This is where the unofficial weekend estimates had the picture, although it’s 10-20% below the pre-release expectations for the film. That was also largely the case […]
Note: Updated With Official Wednesday Studio Estimates It’s going to be a sensational holiday for DESPICABLE ME 2 (Universal). he sequel had the third-best opening day for any animated movie ever with $34.3M on Wednesday. (It’s behind only Toy Story 3‘s $41.2M and Shrek the Third‘s $38.4M.) With the 4-5x multiple of a 5-day […]
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FURY (QED/Columbia/Sony) continued to win but underwhelm on Saturday. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Brad Pitt’s somber action vehicle was up 3-4% at most from Friday, and possibly not up at all with around $9M for the day. That’s not a great result for a film that should be appealing to older audiences […]
> Well, another disaster weekend for the Hollywood studios. $70 million in business for the top 12 films, down 17% from the same weekend last year (which was a fairly typical second weekend in December). New Year’s Eve from Garry Marshall will badly miss a forecast that was already down over 50% from the opening […]
CRAZY RICH ASIANS (SK Global/Warners) has become a genuine phenomenon, down per preliminary numbers at Deadline just 17% from last Friday to $5.8M. Sunday will be stronger than usual due to the 4-day weekend, so that should mean $23M by Sunday and $28M with Monday, putting Crazy on a track that now seems capable […]
OPENINGS: GODZILLA (Warners/Legendary) had the opening of its dreams with $38.5M on Friday (including $9.3M from Thursday night)–higher than the openings for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($35.2M) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($36.9M). The latter had a $95M weekend, so Godzilla is on track for $98M–but don’t be surprised if Warners seizes the opportunity […]
Based on grosses from Wednesday and Thanksgiving, Weekend #47 is on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by 10% — exactly on the pace we forecast earlier in the week. Breaking Dawn Part 2 is running slightly behind our forecast pace in this second weekend, but still clearly #1 for the weekend. […]