Updated international box office chart:
Snow White and the Huntsman now looks like a $56.255 million weekend, according to the studio estimate this morning (up a touch from yesterday’s early estimate and exceeding our forecast in Wednesday’s ShowBuzzDaily Weekend Predictions by a wide margin). The box office volume for the top 12 films is looking like $135.5 million for […]
It’s not as though expectations for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel/Disney) were low–at the projected $70-75M level, it would have outgrossed the opening weekends of the original Captain America, Thor and Amazing Spider-Man. But the movie blasted past those predictions with the force of an Infinity Stone, boasting a Friday reported at Deadline and […]
PRISONERS (Warners) had a strong Saturday at the box office, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. The dark thriller increased by 28% on its second day to $9M, and should reach $21-22M for the weekend. That would put it right in between Argo ($19.5M) and The Town ($23.8M), the successes Warners hopes to emulate […]
OPENINGS: MALEFICENT (Disney) didn’t come cheap–with worldwide marketing, its price-tag will top $300M. But it seems to be money well spent, as its $24.2M Friday should propel it into a $70M+ weekend. It’s also launching well overseas, with $20M on Friday from 35 markets (plus $21M from some of those markets in the 2 […]
Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the weekend box office will largely be in line with Friday’s results. Both NEED FOR SPEED (DreamWorks/Disney) and SINGLE MOMS CLUB (Lionsgate) barely budged on Saturday from their Friday starts, with Speed up $300K and Moms up $100K. That will push Speed down to 3d place for the […]
OPENINGS: The box office was boosted in general by Veterans Day, which gave many Americans a 3-day weekend, but ARRIVAL (FilmNation/Sony/Paramount) was still notably impressive with a $24M weekend at a mid-wide 2317 theatres. Its word of mouth remains to be seen (it dropped 4% on Saturday), but it seems to be in good […]
> Three Muppets at a Rehearsal Thanksgiving weekend brings three well-reviewed family/ holiday entries and a mild expansion for a comedic-drama with Oscar hopes. Total box office volume should be around $161 million for the three-day portion of the weekend, down about 6% from the same weekend last year when Tangled and Burlesque opened and […]