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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through December 16

Posted December 17, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Latest International Box Office overview.

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES December 14-16

Posted December 16, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The weekend looks a little softer than it did yesterday ($131 million for the top 12 films rather than $142 million).  The Hobbit is looking like an $85 million opening weekend instead of almost $99 million.   Still a record December opening weekend (beating I Am Legend’s $77.2 million opening weekend December 14-16, 2007) but not at […]

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 14 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Posted December 15, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #50 is on pace to exceed the  multi-year average for this weekend by a very solid 27%, and the $142 million total for the top 12 films is the best since December 14-16, 2007 ($152 million).  This weekend is all about Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, which is on track to […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 14-16

Posted December 12, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The busy Christmas film season gets going this weekend with the opening of The Hobbit.  Not much else is happening at the box office as the movies from the last two weeks are pretty much dead and the Thanksgiving movies are getting a tad stale.  But the prequel to the uber-nerd extravaganza that is J.R.R. […]

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

Posted December 10, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between December 3 and December 9 grossed only $101 million, down 3% from the four-year average for the week but up 13% from the same week last year.  The past six weeks are still 18% above the four-year average and 25% above […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through December 9

Posted December 9, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Life of Pi is gathering a lot of momentum overseas, with $45 million more internationally (bringing its overseas tally to $106 million to date).   Worldwide, the film is sitting at $188 million and 17th on our chart.  It could keep climbing to over $200 million, bringing it to 15th or maybe 14th on the chart. […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES December 7-9

Posted December 9, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #49 is on pace to fall below the  multi-year average for this weekend by 9% — ending a solid four-week winning streak at the box office.  One movie dared to open on one of the weakest weekends of the year (usually ranked #49 out of 52 weeks in terms of […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 7-9

Posted December 5, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Another lifeless weekend is in store this weekend, as the audience prepares for the holidays and puts of moviegoing until the week between Christmas and New Year’s, when there are seven weekend-volume days in a row.  Until then, we have a weekend which will add up to less than $80 million for the top dozen […]

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