In the battle for second place in the ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft, very little changed the past week. Team Weil’s slate tacked on $41.6 million the past seven days, while Team Salem added $40.9 million. Weil remains $69 million ahead of Salem ($1.004 billion to $935 million for the entire summer). In the next week […]
Two films had big very large gains overseas the past week: Resident Evil: Retribution (up $53 million to $103 million overseas to date) and Expendables 2 (up $28 million since last week to $186 million overseas to date). The fifth in the Resident Evil series now stands at an estimated $145 million worldwide, with at least another $100 million in upside […]
The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between October 15 and October 21 grossed a decent $158 million, up 4% from the four-year average for the week and up 13% from the same week last year. The past six weeks are now 4% above the four-year average box […]
The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between November 12 and November 18 grossed an amazing $300 million, up 28% from the four-year average for the week and up 24% from the same week last year. The past six weeks are now 13% above the four-year average and […]
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Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #1 of 2013 is on pace for $124 million, very much line with the comparable weekend in previous years. Texas Chainsaw 3D is opening somewhat better than forecast ($22.5 million versus our forecast of $17.8 million), while Django Unchained continues to perform solidly. In limited release, The Impossible is stronger than forecast […]
Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #6 of 2013 is looking a little stronger than it did yesterday (now $89 million for the top 12 films versus the $84 million estimate based only on Friday’s results). But this is still over 46% behind the pace for the same weekend the last few years. […]
OPENINGS: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (Disney) is having an oddly topsy-turvy weekend. On the one hand, in the US it got the Saturday bump it needed from family audiences, rising 37% (better than Alice in Wonderland, although nowhere near The Lorax), allowing it to claim a $80.3M weekend. Even if that number comes […]