WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio. Note: We have amended the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwide and the lower category for films under $150 million worldwide. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date […]
Like last week, Saturday was somewhat stronger than anticipated yesterday — the weekend now looks like $84 million instead of $81 million for the top 12 films. The Possession and Lawless both look like they will be about one million dollars higher for the Friday-Sunday portion of the long weekend. Oogieloves and the BIG […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #27 of 2014 looks like a truly awful $126 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 26% below the norm for this weekend and well below the $153.2 million weekend for the top 12 the last time July 4 fell on a Friday (in 2008 when Hancock opened with $62.6 […]
> Real Steel is opening at forecast — at a very decent level, but will it be enough to cover the big visual effects costs and all the above-the-line talent expenses? More on that in Box Office Footnotes. In second place, The Ides of March missed its rather moderate forecast. It will need a shelf’s […]
Following on the heels of La La Land and A Star Is Born, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (Regency/20th) is underscoring the vitality of the adult-oriented musical genre. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it had a $19.2M Friday (including $3.9M from Thursday night), and although some Queen-fan frontloading is possible, it could have a $52M weekend, […]
> Rise of the Planet of the Apes should open easily at #1 with over $43 million. With broadly positive reviews behind it, this prequel should have decent holds in the following few weeks. The Smurfs should slide into #2 with a decent second week decline ($21 million, down 41%). Fighting for #3 should be […]
OPENINGS: The world, if not the galaxy, belonged to GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel/Disney) this weekend. In the US, its $94M start (as is typical, Disney estimated an aggressively strong Sunday, down just 19% from Saturday, so that number may reduce a bit tomorrow) pulverized the previous August record-holder (The Bourne Ultimatum) to the tune […]
OPENINGS: The box office for TWISTERS (Warners/Universal) was paradoxical. In the US, the movie strongly outperformed expectations with $80.5M. However, it showed much less appeal overseas, with $27.1M in 76 territories this weekend ($42.7M to date including some revenue from markets that opened last week). Twisters is also about to lose virtually all its […]