OPENINGS: ABIGAIL (Universal) launched at the low end of expectations with $10.2M, lower than the $11.8M for Night Swim and virtually the same as the $9.9M for Imaginary. Those films are respectively at $32.5M and $28M in the US, which is the likely range for Abigail. However, the new film reportedly cost $28M before […]
OPENINGS: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Marvel/Sony Animation) flew past expectations with a $120.5M US opening, more than triple Into the Spider-Verse‘s $35.4M start in 2018. That made it the 2nd biggest opening of 2023, behind only The Super Mario Bros Movie. Across probably won’t have the 5.4x multiple that Into did (Across is more […]
OPENINGS: The blockbusters are delivering even if other box office segments still aren’t, and that’s good news for pandemic-weary theater owners and studios. In the US, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (Columbia/Marvel/Sony) set a new Covid-era record with a remarkable $90.1M opening, larger than the $75.4M earned by Shang-Chi a month ago, the $80.4M […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #40 of 2013 looks like a decent $115 million for the top 12 films, down 13% from last year’s atypical weekend but up 17% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. One movie is driving the entire weekend: Gravity and its new record for […]
OPENINGS: Both of the weekend’s R-rated arrivals had fair Saturday bumps, reflecting their older audiences. However, that’s also the demo for Oscar viewing, so we’ll see if their Sunday estimates are overly optimistic. For now, RED SPARROW (TSG/20th) is at $17M for the weekend after its 12% Saturday climb, a mediocre total for a […]
OPENINGS: The major studios took the weekend off in anticipation of next week’s The Batman overwhelming the market. STUDIO 666 (Open Road) didn’t find much of a crowd for its Foo Fighters horror with a $1.6M weekend, and it probably won’t reach $10M in the US. CYRANO (UA/MGM) may have outsmarted itself, scheduled for […]
OPENINGS: Studios are increasingly starting their global launches of franchise blockbusters overseas, and once again, the weekend’s biggest box office news occurred outside the US. X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (20th) has opened in 75 overseas territories that cover about 2/3 of the world (but not yet China) and had a $103.3M weekend. That’s much lower than […]
>Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), The Help continues at #1 yet again, down only 2% from last week. This is really getting to be a tired headline, but with the feeble crop of recent releases The Help is just taking full advantage of the situation. The weekend overall is now […]