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Weekend Studio Estimates 3.27-29.2015

Posted March 29, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #13 of 2015 now looks like $146 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, above the norms for this weekend. Opening at 3,708 theaters Friday, Home from Fox and DreamWorks Animation is on track for a $54.0 million opening three-day weekend (way above our non-believing $28.0 million ShowBuzzDaily forecast earlier this […]

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THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/28/11

Posted October 29, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> PUSS IN BOOTS will have 3 weeks in theatres without serious competition for its target audience (until Happy Feet 2 opens on November 18), which is why DreamWorks moved the opening back a week.  The picture can use the help, since its $35M opening is far from overwhelming.  However, it should perform well overseas–especially […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE July 4-10

Posted July 11, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in down a large 18% versus last year’s comparable week (the fourth significant decline in a row).  Year-to-date box office is down 9% versus last year.    The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between July 4 and July 10 […]

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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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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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Weekend Studio Estimates OCTOBER 25-27

Posted October 27, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #43 of 2013 now looks like $95 million for the top 12 films, a shade under yesterday’s estimate but still up 11% to 17% from the same weekend in recent years. Opening at 3,336 theaters Friday, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa from Paramount grossed $12.6 million Friday and $11.5 million Saturday, […]

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WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/9/12

Posted January 9, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Live by Cinemascore, die by Cinemascore. THE DEVIL INSIDE:  The most hilarious studio event of the last 24 hours has been Paramount‘s frantic attempt to argue that an “F” Cinemascore for THE DEVIL INSIDE, making it one of the half-dozen worst exit-polled movies of the past several years, isn’t really that bad if you […]

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FRIDAY BOX OFFICE RESULTS COMING

Posted September 3, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>The full Friday Box Office Results post is coming.  First a few headlines.  The Help remains at #1 with over $14 million (a scant 2% decline from last weekend).  The Debt does fairly well and looks like almost $10 million for Friday-Sunday.  Apollo 18 and Shark Night 3D struggle with around $8 million each for […]

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