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Weekend Box Office Predictions OCTOBER 25-27

Posted October 23, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The 43rd weekend of the year is looking like $104 million for the top 12 films, 22% from the multi-year average for this weekend.  And on its fourth weekend, Gravity will be knocked out of the top spot by…..Johnny Knoxville?  That’s what it looks like. Opening at over 3,000 theaters Friday (slightly above the 2,886 […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions DECEMBER 20-22

Posted December 18, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The 51st weekend of the year is looking like $141 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, above last year’s similar weekend but -7% below the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at around 3,450 theaters today (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues from Paramount should average […]

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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Thursday Numbers – 12/29/11

Posted December 30, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> 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 […]

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THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/13/11

Posted August 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Let’s take a look at just how remarkably THE HELP is performing so far.   The most obvious points of comparison are the literary-sourced, female-skewing hits of the last 2 Augusts:  Julie & Julia in 2009, and last year’s Eat Pray Love.  Julia had a $20M opening that led to a $94M domestic gross; Eat […]

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FRIDAY MAY 23 Box Office Report

Posted May 24, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2014 looks like $180 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well below our $205 million forecast and down 28% from the same weekend last year (but still up 6% from the norm for this weekend over the last few years).  Basically, the two openers this weekend are […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.29.2018

Posted April 29, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +6% above last year and now +16% above the average for this point […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions: 1.8-10.2016

Posted January 6, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #2 of 2016 is looking like a very good $155 million for the top 12 films this weekend (see comparisons below). The Revenant from Fox should open with $27.5 million Friday-Sunday. The film is on track for around $85 million domestic in its run. Overseas the film could bring in $160 million, giving it a worldwide box office target of $245 million.     The […]

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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Weekend Studio Scorecard – 11/4/11

Posted December 4, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> BREAKING DAWN PART 1:  Running $8M below New Moon at the parallel place in their runs, but with a slower rate of decline (at least until New Year’s Eve opens next week).  New Moon earned another $41M after the post-Thanksgiving weekend to end up at $296M in the US; Breaking Dawn 1 could make […]

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