>Overseas box office show big gains for Puss in Boots and Real Steel, now at $142 million and $186 million overseas to date, respectively. Both films are solidly in the top five films worldwide, approaching $300 million worldwide each. New Year’s Eve has $13 million overseas to date, but it only stands at $44 million […]
> X-Men: First Class added to the Worldwide gross list in the top 10, while Pirates 4 continues to dominate. X-Men: First Class enters the 2011 Worldwide gross list at #8, while Hangover Part II is closing in on Thor and should take fourth place as early as next week. Kung Fu Panda 2 jumped […]
>The monolith that is TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON has started its weekend. With a combination of 9PM shows (that were supposedly all in 3D) and midnights, reports are that the picture made $13.5M last night. This is considerably less than the $16M for midnight Transformers 2 shows, although more than the original Transformers ($8.8M […]
And the race begins. Team Metcalf is off to an early lead in the second annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft, thanks to a big head start from Marvel’s The Avengers (Metcalf’s top pick and the #2 pick overall). The Avengers came in officially at a resounding $207.4 million for its record-setting domestic opening weekend. Keep […]
> DreamWorks/Disney’s decision to open the lengthy, serious THE HELP on a Wednesday in mid-August looked like a questionable strategy, but so far it’s paying off: Deadline reports that its opening day gross is headed for $5.5M, very solid for a mid-week debut. By way of comparison, Eat Pray Love, also based on a bestseller […]
> Sony is taking an interesting strategy this fall: with MONEYBALL in release, THE IDES OF MARCH opening on Friday and ANONYMOUS coming on October 28, they’re cornering the market on upscale, wide-release drama until Warner Bros opens J. EDGAR on November 11. (On that date, Sony will go as downscale as is humanly possible […]
> Per a Box Office Mojo tweet, the final actual number for BREAKING DAWN PART 1‘s opening weekend fell a bit to $138.1M. This isn’t a major surprise, as the first 2 days of the weekend had indicated numbers more front-loaded than New Moon‘s opening, yet Summit estimated Breaking Dawn 1‘s Sunday with the same […]
> With one startling exception and a couple of smaller ones, the holiday crop of movies declined on Saturday and are expected to recover on New Year’s Day. PARAMOUNT: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL went down 18% and is expected to rise 33% today. It should hit $142M by the end of the 4-day holiday […]