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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE October 1-7

Posted October 8, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between October 1 and October 7 grossed a very strong $163 million, up 36% from the four-year average for the week and up 41% from the same week last year.   During the week of October 3-9, 2011, four films grossed $10 […]

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EARLY THANKSGIVING BOXOFFICE REPORT – 11/22/12

Posted November 23, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, something unexpected happened on Thanksgiving Day:  two of the holiday weekend’s openings changed places in the boxoffice ranks. LIFE OF PI (20th), which had been considerably behind on Wednesday, reportedly took a 24% leap on Thursday to $4.5M.  This is similar to the track for last year’s Hugo, […]

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Holiday Movie Season: December 26 Pales in Comparison to Boffo Christmas Day

Posted December 27, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Eleven days into the three-week holiday movie season, 2012 is now 9.5% behind the average for the same period over the last several years ($316 million this year versus $349 million on average 2004-2011).  Further, 2012 is 13.7% behind the last time Christmas fell on a Tuesday (2007’s $366 million over this period).   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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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 22-24 — Updated

Posted March 20, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated throughout: theater counts and critical sentiment for films opening this weekend. The 12th weekend of 2013 looks like it will be way off last year’s pace set by the opening of The Hunger Games, but the weekend will be closer to a more normal year.  The top 12 films Friday-Sunday should total $126 million, […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 3-5

Posted May 1, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Iron Man 3 will push the 18th weekend of the year to well over $210 million for the top 12 films, fully 19% better than the average for the comparable weekends recently but still 15% below the same weekend last year, when The Avengers exploded. Opening at over 4,000 theaters Friday (a very high theater […]

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Man of Steel” Remains Kryptonite-Free

Posted June 16, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, MAN OF STEEL (Warners) dropped 18% on its second full day of release to $36.1M.  That’s a good but not exceptional hold for a mega-opening; some recent comparisons are a 10% slip for Iron Man 3, 9% for The Great Gatsby, and an 18% decline for Fast & […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard

Posted July 21, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD. The race for second place is very interesting thanks to The Conjuring, which puts Warner Brothers very much on Universal’s heels for year to date worldwide box office.  Fox also had a reasonably good week, getting it closer to fourth-place Paramount for the year. If the studios were divided into geographic leagues, the Valley […]

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