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Box Office Year to Date & Studio Scorecard

Posted June 9, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD. Another very good week for Universal with the moderate domestic success of The Purge and the continued strong overseas performance of Fast & Furious 6.  The perennial also-ran studio (Universal) is now about $300 million away from #1 Disney for 2013 to date.  Universal is actually #1 for the year to date domestically but […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES June 7-9

Posted June 9, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #23 of 2013 looks like an okay $152 million for the top 12 films (very similar to yesterday’s estimate), down 13% from last year but 4% above the average for this weekend the past few years.  The Purge is doing much better than forecast and is propping the […]

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FRIDAY JUNE 7 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Posted June 8, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #23 of 2013 looks like an okay $153 million for the top 12 films, down 14% from last year but 5% above the average for this weekend the past few years.  The Purge is doing much better than forecast and is propping the weekend up. Opening at 2,536 theaters Friday, […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 7-9

Posted June 5, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The 23rd weekend of the year is looking like a wobbly $127 million for the top 12 films, well under the same weekend the last few years.  Three out of four weekends in May were anchored by solid commercial films (Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6).  But the first […]

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Year to Date Box Office and Studio Scorecard

Posted June 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD.  No change in the studio worldwide box office rankings this week.  Universal is extremely hot with the broad international appeal of Fast & Furious 6, but there is still about $500 million to go to catch #1 Disney.  Fox, Paramount and Warner Brothers are very tightly bunched in the next tier. Looking at […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through June 2

Posted June 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated weekly international box office chart.

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 31-June 2

Posted June 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #22 of 2013 now looks like a solid $157 million for the top 12 films, up over 10% from comparable weekends the past few years.  Now You See Me is the one film that exceeded our forecast earlier this week, while the other opener (After Earth) and all of the major holdovers remain […]

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FRIDAY MAY 31 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Posted June 1, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #22 of 2013 looks like a decent $154 million for the top 12 films, up around 10% from comparable weekends the past few years.  Generally, box office is lower than we forecast on Wednesday.  Now You See Me is the one film that exceeded our forecast, while the other opener […]

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