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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 2.28.2016

Posted February 28, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio, with Fox continuing to lap the field and even show it’s human with Eddie the Eagle its first movie of the year in the weak box office category.  We have amended the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million […]

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FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/6/12

Posted January 7, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Everyone wanted to go to the movies on the first full weekend of 2012. PARAMOUNT:  The studio went straight to its Paranormal Activity playbook to launch THE DEVIL INSIDE (pre-release screenings, months of buzz), and it all worked:  the picture should gross at least $30M in its opening weekend, and with a $1M production […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions 4.24-26.2015

Posted April 22, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #17 of 2015 is looking like $78 million for the top 12 films this weekend, well below the already low norm for this weekend. Opening at around 2,900 theaters Friday (very close to the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Age of Adaline from Lionsgate/Summit should average $3,600 per theater for the three-day […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Battleship”

Posted May 17, 2012 by Mitch Salem

      BATTLESHIP:  Not Even For Free – Watch a Transformers DVD Instead   For about half an hour, BATTLESHIP could fool you into thinking it’s not the movie you were expecting it to be.  It begins as the story of Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch), a good-looking, unmotivated screw-up who lives with his straight-arrow […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates APRIL 18-20

Posted April 20, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #16 of 2014 now looks like $126 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up $4 million from yesterday’s estimate and now 12% above the average for this weekend the past few years.   Opening at 2,417 theaters Wednesday (with $7.0 million across Wednesday and Thursday), Heaven Is for […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 12.4.2016

Posted December 4, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +3% above last year and still +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.143 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $24.0 billion worldwide when we […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through JUNE 26

Posted June 26, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides hits an even $1 billion worldwide, while Kung Fu Panda skips past Rio right on the heels of Hangover Part II.  Cars 2 debuts at #10 with a lot of upside. Read more and see the updated Top 20 chart by clicking below. Super 8 is starting […]

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HARRY POTTER: The Boxoffice Begins

Posted July 14, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The Hollywood Reporter has the early numbers on Wednesday’s international opening days for HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART 2), and they’re even more sensational than expected.  In only 26 markets (more will open today, and by tomorrow the film will be everywhere except China, where it opens August 4), the movie has […]

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