>DeadlineHollywood is reporting Green Lantern earned $3.35 million at midnight plays (at 1,810 theaters). This result is similar to recent midnight previews for Thor and X-Men: First Class. (See Mitch Salem’s Green Lantern review HERE.) This might indicate Green Lantern could open in the high-$50 million range, although we will stick with the published $55 […]
>Weekend #15 of 2012 looks like it will be about $105 million for the top 12 films, down 11% from last year’s comparable weekend (dominated by Rio) and about even with the four-year average for this weekend. After three weeks of blazing box office, The Three Stooges and The Cabin in the Woods should struggle […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -6% below last year’s comparable span and now +1% above this point the past four years ($6.232 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $16.6 billion […]
The weekend now looks like $77 million for the top 12 films, up a bit from the estimate yesterday. End of Watch, House at the End of the Street and Trouble with the Curve are all within a few thousand dollars, according to the studio estimates for the weekend. The rank order could easily change […]
> The 11th weekend of 2012 is looking to be very normal for the third weekend of March: $101 million for the Top 12 films, down 2% from the same weekend in 2011 and down the same amount from the weekend’s multi-year average. 21 Jump Street opened even better than expected and The Lorax continues […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #4 of 2015 now looks like $142 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above the norm for the fourth weekend of the year, which usually struggles to get above $100 million. (See complete weekend track below.) All credit goes to American Sniper, which is truly extraordinary. […]
>The year to date box office tally picked up a tiny bit of ground moving from -3.8% versus last year to -3.7% this week. The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between October 24 and October 30 grossed a mediocre $123 million, up 4% versus the same week in 2010 but down […]
Liam Neeson, superstar. OPENINGS: TAKEN 2 (20th) is on track for an opening in the high-$40Ms, which would make it the biggest weekend #1 since late July’s 2nd weekend of The Dark Knight Rises. Since the movie only cost around $45M to produce (not including substantial marketing costs), it’s already assured of success, and […]