Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #11 of 2013 is the second weekend in a row up somewhat from prior years: $103 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday (up 6% from the same weekend last year). Oz continues to carry Hollywood on its back. Opening this weekend, Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey flopped in The […]
The 11th weekend of 2013 looks like it will be off the pace of the last few years. The top 12 films Friday-Sunday should total $96 million, down 7% from the four-year average for this weekend. Two new movies will give it the old college try this weekend, and neither should excel. Opening at about […]
Nine weeks into 2013, the North American box office is down significantly from last year (-19%). But it’s more interesting when we look back at the a longer period — in this case, the last six years. Half of those years resemble this year, and the other half resemble “up” years like 2012. Those up […]
Oz the Great and Powerful joins the worldwide chart just outside the top 10. With $70 million overseas to date, the foreign total should approach $300 million, making $500 million worldwide an achievable goal (behind Life of Pi in 5th place). The other films were relatively quiet overseas this past week. The next best was A Good Day to […]
Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #10 of 2013 is looking even stronger than it did yesterday: now $129 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up from the $122 million estimate yesterday and now up 5% from last year. Oz the Great and Powerful is now looking like an $80 million opening weekend (now ahead […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #10 of 2013 is the first weekend in 7 weeks to match the pace for this time of year: $122 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday (even with last year and up 5% from the same weekend average for the last few years). Most of the credit for the […]
The 10th weekend of 2013 looks to be the first up weekend after six down weekends in a row. The top 12 films Friday-Sunday should total $128 million, up 6 to 11% from the same weekend the last few years. Keep in mind this is the weekend that has given us John Carter, Battle: Los […]
The Hobbit moved up with another $21 million overseas since last week, bringing the foreign total to $700 million and the worldwide total to just over $1 billion. The biggest mover this past week overseas was A Good Day to Die Hard, up $29 million to $162 million overseas to date and $229 million worldwide. Debuting this […]