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FRIDAY JUNE 28 Box Office Report

Posted June 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #26 of 2013 looks like an okay $181 million for the top 12 films, even with or slightly down from the same weekend in recent years.  Not a bad weekend at all, just not the blistering pace of the last two weekends. Opening at 3,181 theaters Friday, The Heat from 20th Century Fox […]

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CAREERS AT STAKE: Russell Brand, Movie Star?

Posted April 8, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Each Friday we will take a look at who has something big riding on the upcoming weekend.  It could be an actor, a director, a studio executive, a marketing team, or even a studio itself.  Today in this inaugural edition of Careers at Stake we examine Russell Brand, who is being asked to open […]

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FRIDAY APRIL 12 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Posted April 13, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #15 of 2013 is looking like $104 million for the top 12 films, down just a few percentage points from the same weekend in prior years.  Two films opened this weekend.  A sports drama period piece (not a guaranteed success) exceeded expectations and will be a strong #1, while a […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 2-4

Posted March 1, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The ninth weekend of the year should generate about $125 million for the top 12 films, a fairly typical weekend for the first weekend in March — up 2% from last year’s comparable weekend and down a negligible 1% from the four-year average for this weekend.  Universal should stand tall with a $44 million opening […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 15-17

Posted March 17, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #11 of 2013 is now looking strictly mediocre.  Yesterday it appeared that the weekend would be up slightly from the same weekend in past years, but now it is down slightly from previous years.  Oz remains the only real draw at the box office (now headed for over $250 million […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE Aug 15-21

Posted August 22, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in down 2% versus last year’s comparable week (the first down week after five up weeks in a row).  Year-to-date box office is now down 3.9% versus last year.  The Help was the lone bright spot this weekend, down only 23% from its opening weekend and managing to […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 16-18

Posted August 18, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #33 of 2013 looks like an okay $121 million for the top 12 films, up 6% from the average for this weekend the past few years but down 5% from last year’s comparable weekend. Opening at 2,933 theaters Friday, Lee Daniels’ The Butler from Weinstein grossed $8.3 million […]

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International Box Office through September 1

Posted September 1, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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