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Weekend Studio Estimates JANUARY 24-26

Posted January 26, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #4 of 2014 now looks like $97 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little better than yesterday’s estimate ($94 million) and now 4% below the average for the comparable weekend the past few years. Opening at 2,753 theaters Friday, I, Frankenstein from Lionsgate/Summit grossed a tiny $2.8 million Friday […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through May 12

Posted May 12, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart.

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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT August 1 Update

Posted August 1, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Through Sunday, Team Metcalf’s lead in the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft is now $101 million.  That lead will expand somewhat over the weekday period because of the number of Metcalf’s films in more recent release, but Team Salem has the final advantage of having three more movies to open, most notably Rise of the Planet […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 24-26: Crappy Films Mark the Beginning of the 7-Week Box Office Drought

Posted August 22, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #34 of 2012 looks like a typically bad fourth weekend of August.  Three shitty new films open and a political documentary goes semi-wide, and each should be well under $10 million for the weekend.  The top 12 films this weekend should total $89 million, about the same pace for the comparable weekend the last […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.6.2018

Posted May 6, 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 still +16% above the average for this point […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions 6.3-5.2016

Posted June 1, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #23 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND June 3-5, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Par PG13 22% 37.5 105 275 380 Me Before You WB […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE October 31-November 6

Posted November 8, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Year to date box office is now back down to -4.0% versus the comparable period last year, similar to where the comparison was back around Labor Day.  As late as mid-April the box office total was -20% behind 2010, but by early June the comparison had dropped to -9% behind the 2010 pace.  In mid-August […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions 4.22-24.2016

Posted April 20, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #17 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND April 22-24, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection The Huntsman: Winter’s War Uni PG13 19% 24.0 64 195 259 Note: Although critic reviews are not related to the […]

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