Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #9 of 2013 is a little better than it appeared yesterday but still down 38% from the same weekend the last few years. Jack the Giant Slayer opened reasonably well, but there are no others films doing significant business (weekends over $10 million). What a mess. […]
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (Warners) climbed in its 2nd day of release, but not high enough to make any real difference. Jack, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, had a 60% Saturday bump, a good-but-not-great family audience increase (Escape From Planet Earth rose 80% on its 2d day a couple of weeks ago), which […]
OPENINGS: Here’s an idea of how disastrously JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (Warners) is bombing. DreamWorks recently had to take an $87M loss on its Rise of the Guardians, which cost $145M (plus marketing costs) and grossed $300M worldwide. Jack cost at least $50M more, and is on the road to earn much less with […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #9 of 2013 is another clunker: only $87 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday (down around 40% from the same weekend the last few years). Jack the Giant Slayer opened reasonably well, but there are no others films doing significant business (weekends over $10 million). What a mess. […]
The 9th weekend of 2013 looks like a problem: $96 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 37% from the same weekend last year. One movie should open decently, while all the holdovers are wilting. The last six weeks are down 21% from the same period last year and down 20% from the average […]
A Good Day to Die Hard ballooned to $133 million overseas to date, pushing its worldwide estimate to over $200 million. Completely updated worldwide table follows.
Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #8 of 2013 is looking a little stronger than it did yesterday but still down versus previous years. The top 12 films Friday-Sunday should total $89 million (down 22% from the same weekend last year and down 11% from the average for the weekend the last few years). Snitch had a […]
The Rock’s second-worst opening is second-best at the boxoffice this slow Oscar weekend. OPENINGS: Boosted by a 36% Saturday rise, SNITCH (Summit/Lionsgate) is projecting a $13M weekend, although like all round numbers, that one will likely come down, beginning with a “12” when final figures are released tomorrow. The best that can be said […]