The domestic box office was back down this week. Volatility has been the operative word recently. The first two weeks of May (April 30-May 13) were up more than 35% each from prior years, followed by the next three weeks (May 14-June 3) which were down around 15% each week. Then last week was up […]
> Watch It At Home: Gibson Delivers, The Movie Wobbles As you may have heard, the new comedy-drama THE BEAVER stars a guy named Mel Gibson, who used to be a big-time movie star. (It’s actually a surprise to realize how long ago that was: his last real hit was Signs, 9 years ago–to put […]
> The boxoffice was steady as expected yesterday, virtually everything within 5%, up or down, from where it was on Wednesday. There were just a couple of exceptions: PARIAH (Focus): Proved to be scarily front-loaded, down a horrible 55% on its 2d day to an average $2500 in 4 theares. EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #10 of 2014 looks like $133 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, slightly ahead of the the average for this weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,470 theaters Friday, 300: Rise of an Empire from Warner Brothers grossed $17.4 million Friday, putting the film on track for a $44.3 million opening […]
Another strong weekend at the box office: this weekend is looking like it will be over 50% higher than comparable weekends in recent years (improving from the +18% weekend last week). Taken 2 from 20th Century Fox opened with a very good $18.6 million Friday and is on pace for $50.0 million Friday-Sunday. […]
>Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), The Help continues at #1, down an impressive 29% from last weekend. All the openers are very weak, with per theater numbers well below average. However, the theater counts come with a big asterisk. The counts are accurate for Friday, but the Saturday counts […]
> Worth a ticket. They say that the definition of madness is repeating the same action with the expectation of a different result. But that diagnosis doesn’t allow for this: a man (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up and finds himself on a train, where his reflection in the mirror doesn’t look like himself, and the woman […]
>DeadlineHollywood is reporting Green Lantern earned $3.35 million at midnight plays (at 1,810 theaters). This result is similar to recent midnight previews for Thor and X-Men: First Class. (See Mitch Salem’s Green Lantern review HERE.) This might indicate Green Lantern could open in the high-$50 million range, although we will stick with the published $55 […]