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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 3-5

Posted May 5, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #18 of 2013 kicks of the summer with a very solid $213 million for the top 12 films, below the Avengers-fueled same weekend last year but well above the four-year average for this weekend.       Opening at 4,253 theaters late Thursday, Iron Man 3 from Disney grossed $68 […]

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Box Office Year to Date & Studio Scorecard

Posted June 16, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD. Warner Brothers has jumped into second place in worldwide box office for the year to date, thanks to the opening of Man of Steel and to some extent continued overseas business for Great Gatsby and Hangover 3.  With the projected domestic total for Man of Steel, Warners is now the #1 studio domestically […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Studio: Lionsgate/Summit

Posted July 22, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Last week we ran through all the major Hollywood studios–Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal–to see how their summers have been going.  Today we’ll take a look at Lionsgate, which is generally considered a “mini-major,” a studio that doesn’t release films with the volume or budget of the majors, but […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted September 1, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD. The worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date remain the same as last week’s. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to include a look at all releases from each studio, divided into three buckets: worldwide grosses of over $300 million, grosses between $100 million and $299 million, and films under […]

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International Box Office through October 13

Posted October 13, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29 Box Office Report

Posted November 30, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #48 of 2013 looks like $194 million for the top 12 films from Friday-Sunday — 3% below last year’s Thanksgiving weekend but 11% above the four-year average for Thanksgiving weekend.  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is on pace to score $74.0 million this weekend (Friday-Sunday — down 53% from the […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions JANUARY 10-12

Posted January 8, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #2 of 2014 is looking like $100 million for the top 12 films, a pretty shabby total for a weekend that normal totals $125 million or more. Opening at around 2,700 theaters Friday (slightly below the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Lone Survivor from Universal should average about $8,200 per […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions FEB 28-MAR 2

Posted February 26, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #9 of 2014 is looking like an lame $102 million for the top 12 films, 33% behind the average for this weekend the past several years. With The Lego Movie returning to Earth and neither of the new movies this weekend looking like runaway hits, the box office is definitely cooling off. Opening at around […]

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