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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through November 11
Posted November 11, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf
Updated International chart — now tracking the past six months on a rolling basis. At any given time, that will translate to about 75 films on the chart at a time. New this week is Skyfall, which will probably top out at around $650 million worldwide (between Madagascar 3 and Men in Black 3).
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 21 BOX OFFICE REPORT
Posted December 22, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #51 is on pace for a horrifying $98 million. This weekend of the year is tricky because sometimes it contains Christmas Day itself (such as 2009 when this weekend was December 25-27 and totaled a massive $260 million) and other times it is just a slow warm up to the […]
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 18-20
Posted January 16, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
The third weekend of 2013 should total about $106 million for the top 12 films, down a bit from the same weekend the past few years. Three movies open Friday and an Oscar hopeful expands into wide release, but no film should gross much more than $15 million Friday-Sunday. Opening in about 2,400 theaters Friday, […]
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 8-10
Posted March 10, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #10 of 2013 is looking even stronger than it did yesterday: now $129 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up from the $122 million estimate yesterday and now up 5% from last year. Oz the Great and Powerful is now looking like an $80 million opening weekend (now ahead […]
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through April 21
Posted April 21, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Updated International Box Office Chart:
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Year to Date Box Office and Studio Scorecard
Posted June 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
STUDIO SCORECARD. No change in the studio worldwide box office rankings this week. Universal is extremely hot with the broad international appeal of Fast & Furious 6, but there is still about $500 million to go to catch #1 Disney. Fox, Paramount and Warner Brothers are very tightly bunched in the next tier. Looking at […]
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International Box Office through July 14
Posted July 14, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Updated international box office chart:
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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 […]