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Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard

Posted August 11, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD. Warner Brothers has moved past Universal to take the #2 spot on the worldwide box office chart for 2013.  The opening of We’re the Millers and continued overseas strength from Pacific Rim and to a lesser extent The Conjuring powered Warner Brothers to the best week of the studios. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded […]

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HOLIDAY WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEW ROUNDUP

Posted May 27, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> For everyone journeying to the multiplex this long weekend, some reviews to click on: THE TREE OF LIFE:  An often stupendous achievement that courts ridicule–and sometimes earns it. THE HANGOVER PART II:  It wasn’t broke, they didn’t fix it. KUNG FU PANDA 2:  This franchise has been working out. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS: A tasty […]

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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 11/20/11

Posted November 20, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> BREAKING DAWN PART 1:  Although BD1 had greater declines on Friday (as opposed to Thursday midnight) and Saturday than New Moon did in 2009, Summit’s weekend estimate assumes exactly the same 34% drop for Sunday.  So it’s possible their $139.5M figure could come down a bit in the actuals tomorrow (which could move the […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through January 27

Posted January 27, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Django Unchained is pouring it on overseas, adding $63 million since last week’s report to $112 million overseas to date and a projected $277 million worldwide.  Les Miserables is slowing down a bit overseas, up $25 million since last week to $176 million overseas and a projected $326 million worldwide. Skyfall and Life of Pi also continue to gross significantly […]

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HOLIDAY BOX OFFICE VOLUME

Posted December 23, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The Holiday Season at the North American box office is off to a fairly solid start in 2013.  Over the past seven days (December 16-22), the top 10 films in the North American each day have totaled $193 million, a big 32% jump over the lackluster 2012 total over the same period ($146 million) and […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.5.2015

Posted April 5, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +5% above last year and +8% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.174 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $6.4 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS: Fast Five and Thor Thrive Overseas

Posted May 10, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Fast Five now challenging Rio for #1 on the January-April international chart.  But the race is on: Thor (the first of many high-grossing international films this summer) is nipping at Fast Five’s heels.    The table below shows the domestic and international grosses for the Top 25 films (out of the 47 movies released between […]

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FRIDAY JANUARY 6 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Posted January 7, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

> 2012 is off to a solid start with $135 million in business for the top 12 films — up 12% from a typical performance for the first weekend of the year but up sharply from the disaster that was 2011’s opening frame.  The Devil Inside exceeded our forecast and will be the #1 movie […]

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