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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.18.2015

Posted January 18, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  The 2014 Scorecard, updated with additional overseas grosses, has been updated below.  The 2015 Scorecard will be introduced toward the end of January. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is -4% behind last year but +7% above the average for this point the past […]

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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: EARLY FRIDAY REPORT

Posted January 14, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the weekend is looking auspicious for Mark Wahlberg’s CONTRABAND.  The modestly budgeted thriller (which, however, Universal has been expensively marketing for a solid month) is reporting a $7.7M Friday, which could mean $25-28M over the 4-day holiday weekend. Disney’s 3D re-release of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is also […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.29.2015

Posted March 29, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +3% above last year and +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.990 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $5.8 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office […]

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE September 3-9

Posted September 10, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between September 3 and September 9 grossed a low $104 million, down 14% from both the four-year average for the week and the same week last year.  The past six weeks are now down 4% from the four-year average box office average […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 8.4.2019

Posted August 4, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

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 -5% below last year’s comparable span (1 point better than last week) and now even with this point the past four years ($6.477 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE March 26-April 1

Posted April 3, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>Now 13 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is running 27% ahead of last year’s iceberg-dead-ahead pace, and the year-to-date total is still fully 15% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several years.       The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between March 26 […]

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THOR: Hammered

Posted May 6, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Watch It At Home:  The God of Thunder Musters a Tinny Roar. Put it this way:  the new superhero epic THOR cost something like $150M to produce, required the diligent services of hundreds of professionals over a period of 2 years, is being presented with all the trappings of IMAX, 3D and super-stereo, and […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through December 23

Posted December 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Skyfall is finally starting to slow down — “only” $16 million overseas since last week.  Although still a decent haul, the weekly pace is down substantially from recent weeks.  The latest Bond film looks tantilizingly close to $1 billion worldwide, but it will have to stretch to make it. The Hobbit is really rolling overseas, with $146 […]

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