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International Box Office Report through September 15

Posted September 15, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 4-6

Posted January 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The first weekend of 2013 should total about $117 million for the top 12 films, somewhat below average for a normally sluggish weekend as life and movie-going returns to normal.  Texas Chainsaw 3D has the most promise of the films going wide this weekend and will duel with Django Unchained for second place (and possibly […]

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THE BIJOU: Early Boxoffice Report – 9/10/11

Posted September 10, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline has some early Friday boxoffice numbers, and the news was good for CONTAGION and its maybe-I’m-retiring-and-maybe-I’m-not director Steven Soderbergh:  an $8M opening day that should lead to a weekend around $22M, which would overperform Mitch Metcalf’s predictions by a bit.  On the other hand, despite strong reviews, WARRIOR hasn’t yet been able to […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 16-18

Posted March 15, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The 11th weekend of the year should generate about $101 million for the top 12 films, a somewhat soft weekend for the third weekend in March — down 3% from last year’s comparable weekend and down a similar percentage from the four-year average for this weekend.  If the forecast is correct this will be the […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 13-15

Posted January 15, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in very similar to the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  Contraband is leading the pack, but the 3D re-issue of Beauty and the Beast should have slightly better legs in the long run.  Joyful Noise […]

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Your Sister’s Sister”

Posted September 14, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Lynn Shelton’s Humpday in 2009 was one of the most engaging pictures to come out of the mumblecore movement (“mumblecore,” for the uninitiated = ultra-low-budget, small scale film with dialogue mostly improvised by the actors), and her new film YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last night, confirms that she’s […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 12.23.2018

Posted December 23, 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 +7% above last year and now +8% above the average for this point […]

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Holiday Box Office Volume: through December 23

Posted December 24, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Since December 16, the top 10 films at the North American box office have totaled $222 million, now slightly below the 2013 pace for December 16-23 (-1.7%) but still slightly above the average (+3.6%) for this eight-day period over the last 12 years.  The top 10 films added up to $25.6 million on Tuesday December […]

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