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FRIDAY 2.20.2015 Box Office Report

Posted February 21, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #8 of 2015 looks like $112 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, somewhat above the norms for this weekend.   Opening at 2,575 theaters Friday, The DUFF from CBS Films and Lionsgate/Summit is on track for an $11.1 million opening three-day weekend (above our $7.5 million ShowBuzzDaily forecast earlier this week). The […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates 10.31-11.2.2014

Posted November 2, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #44 of 2014 looks like $82 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 33% the norm for this weekend ($123 million), which admittedly does not usually have Halloween ruining it by falling on Friday. Opening at 2,766 theaters, Nightcrawler from Open Road Films grossed $3.2 million Friday and $4.7 million […]

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International Box Office through July 21

Posted July 21, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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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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FRIDAY 2.13.2015 Box Office Report

Posted February 14, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #7 of 2015 looks like $188 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above the norms for this weekend.   Opening at 3,646 theaters Friday, Fifty Shades of Grey from Focus/ Universal is on track for a $77.0 million opening three-day weekend (comfortably above our $67.5 million ShowBuzzDaily forecast earlier this week). […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions JUNE 6-8

Posted June 4, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #23 of 2014 is looking like a pretty typical $149 million for the top 12 films this weekend, within 1% of the norm for this weekend and 4% above the same weekend last year.   Opening at over 3,000 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE July 18-24

Posted July 25, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in up 16% versus last year’s comparable week (the second significant increase in as many weeks).  Year-to-date box office is now down 6% versus last year.    The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between July 18 and July 24 grossed $289 million, up 16% versus […]

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Word of Mouth: Measuring What You Think

Posted June 1, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Word of Mouth is the most powerful and trusted form of marketing in many industries, not least film and television.  Good Word of Mouth can save a movie or make it a surprise hit, whether it’s The 40-Year Old Virgin or Black Swan, while bad Word of Mouth can sink even a “sure thing” movie […]

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