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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 11.27.2016

Posted November 27, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +3% above last year and still +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.017 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $23.6 billion […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 2.8.2015

Posted February 8, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is the updated 2015 Scorecard  If you are interested in the 2014 Scorecard, scroll down to the bottom of the post (as the remnants of overseas box office for late 2014 films continue to trickle in). YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now […]

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International Box Office through August 18

Posted August 18, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 17

Posted June 17, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted had a good week around the world, now $157 million overseas to date (up from $76 million last week).  Madagascar is headed for $600+ million worldwide ($215 million domestic according to our ShowbuzzDaily projection and the overseas total to date should approach $400 million).  For comparison: Madagascar 2, November 2008, $604 million worldwide […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions MAY 16-18

Posted May 14, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #20 of 2014 is looking like a solid $156 million for the top 12 films, 7% above the norm for this mid-May weekend. Opening at over 3,800 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Godzilla from Warner Brothers should average $19,500 per theater for the weekend (for a $74.0 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Studio: Universal

Posted July 19, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  We’ve reached the last of our major studio midsummer surveys (we’ll take a look at mini-majors and indie distributors next week), having tackled Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony,and 20th Century Fox.  Our final target is Universal Pictures. It was all going so well for Universal–until this weekend.  After going a remarkable 3 for 3 […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 8-10

Posted August 10, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #32 of 2014 still looks like a very good $173 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above our forecast ($152 million) and 26% above the norm for this weekend ($138 million). Opening at 3,845 theaters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Paramount grossed $25.6 million through Friday and $22.1 […]

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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: EARLY SATURDAY NUMBERS – 12/31/11

Posted January 1, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> According to Deadline, most films were down 20-30% from Friday, which is par for the course on New Year’s Eve, due to early theater closings and non-movie plans for the night.  But there are a few oddities: Most notably, Deadline’s numbers have WAR HORSE suddenly jumping up more than 20% for the day.  If […]

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