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 still -1% below this point the past four years ($7.077 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $18.8 billion […]
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 now -9% below last year’s comparable span (2 points worse than last week) and now -1% below the average at this point the past four years ($4.888 billion). Over the […]
> Worth a ticket. The director and writer of Saw, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, combine again to bring us–hey, where are you going? No, seriously: don’t run away. Leaving aside that Saw is rather unfairly maligned (before it became the poster child for “torture porn” and a dumb sequel machine for Lionsgate, the original […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #9 of 2013 is another clunker: only $87 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday (down around 40% from the same weekend the last few years). Jack the Giant Slayer opened reasonably well, but there are no others films doing significant business (weekends over $10 million). What a mess. […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #36 of 2013 now looks like $67 million for the top 12 films, a few million dollars better than yesterday’s estimate and now up slightly from the average post-Labor Day weekends the past few years. Opening at 3,107 theaters Friday, Riddick from Universal grossed $7.3 million Friday and a […]
> The tenth weekend of 2012 is looking to be solid in terms of total business but not at the runaway pace of the past few weeks. The weekend is running 3% ahead of last year’s same weekend and 8% ahead of the multi-year average for this weekend. The Lorax will remain the #1 film […]
Weekend #18 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND April 29-May 1, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection Keanu WB R 19% 15.5 46 8 54 Mother’s Day OpenR PG13 n/a 10.5 27 23 50 Ratchet […]
> In its first week on the international box office chart, Rio seizes the top spot out of the gate. It’s too soon to tell about Scre4m and Hanna. Rio (Fox) proudly enters the worldwide gross chart at #1, vaulting past Rango (Paramount). Rio‘s overseas gross to date of $131 million is already close to the film’s […]