OPENINGS: The biggest story of the weekend took place off American shores, as IRON MAN 3 (Disney) topped all expectations to open with a fantastic $195.3M in 42 territories (China and Russia are the notable ones still to come). That’s higher than the $185.1M opening for The Avengers (in 39 territories that didn’t include […]
OPENINGS: THE ADDAMS FAMILY (BRON/MGM) proved to be a still-fertile source of IP with a solid $30.3M US start, and the cartoon should benefit from closed schools on Columbus Day for a robust 4-day weekend total. Production costs were reportedly on the low end of animation, so a 3x multiple to $90M should go […]
As Hollywood becomes more and more dependent on action and animation franchises, the US market becomes increasingly less relevant. OPENINGS: NEED FOR SPEED (DreamWorks/Disney) made more money in China ($21.2M) on its opening weekend than it did in the US ($17.8M). Combined with $24.4M from 39 other territories around the world, Need is likely […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. 20th Century Fox had a terrific week with the combination of the okay arrival of How to Train Your Dragon 2 and the continued overseas revenue from X-Men Days of Future Past. Fox now stands at over $2.2 billion worldwide year to date, miles ahead of Warner Brothers ($1.7 billion), which is still seeing overseas […]
OPENINGS: Although unquestionably huge, and sure to be enormously profitable against roughly $250M in production/marketing costs, DEADPOOL 2 (20th) opened on the low end of expectations, about 5% below the first Deadpool at $125M. The sequel has the very reasonable explanation that its forebear had the advantage of a Sunday that was part of […]
Will it really be that happy a Father’s Day? Almost every movie in the market is estimating an unusually low Sunday drop because of the holiday, although the Father’s Day effect normally helps only all-family titles. OPENINGS: It hardly matters whether ROCK OF AGES (Warners) and THAT’S MY BOY (Sony) hit their round-number $15.1M […]
OPENINGS: DESPICABLE ME 2 (Universal) had an even better weekend overseas than it did in the US, with $88.8M (in 45 markets, with plenty more major ones to come) vs $82.5M. (Of course, in the US it also had the benefit of a holiday week, giving it a huge $142.1M here so far.) The […]
OPENINGS: Labor Day weekend is traditionally Hollywood’s graveyard, and no major studio touched the holiday with a fresh arrival. DON’T LET GO (Blumhouse Tilt/OTL) tried to take advantage of the quiet, with a $2.4M start in 922 theatres, which should go to $3M with Monday. Even considering its very low production/marketing budget, this will probably end […]