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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/25/12

Posted May 26, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    J and K aren’t the only ones wearing black today. OPENINGS:  In what’s starting to look like a bad summer for any movie not called The Avengers, MEN IN BLACK 3 (Sony) opened with a subpar $18M on Friday.  Sony is doing the only thing it can do, which is to point at […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JULY 15-17

Posted July 14, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 from Warner Brothers will open huge at the box office, propelling the weekend up more than 30% over this weekend last year (when Inception and the Nicolas Cage classic The Sorcerer’s Apprentice opened).  Winne the Pooh from Disney will get lost in the shuffle. Opening at […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions FEB 28-MAR 2

Posted February 26, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #9 of 2014 is looking like an lame $102 million for the top 12 films, 33% behind the average for this weekend the past several years. With The Lego Movie returning to Earth and neither of the new movies this weekend looking like runaway hits, the box office is definitely cooling off. Opening at around […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/20/12

Posted May 20, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    Be extra-nice to anyone you know at Universal today. OPENINGS:  BATTLESHIP (Universal) is lucky John Carter exists, because the studio can spin the numbers (Carter cost a little more, Battleship is doing a little better overseas) to obscure the fact that its movie, with a domestic opening of $25.3M ($5M less than Carter‘s) […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions 6.10-12.2016

Posted June 8, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #24 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND June 10-12, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection The Conjuring 2 WB R 64% 35.0 95 190 285 Now You See Me 2 LG PG13 39% 26.5 […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 23-25

Posted March 22, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The 12th weekend of the year should be a whopper: about $176 million for the top 12 films.  How big is that for the fourth weekend in March?  Enormous, unprecedented: up 62% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 55% from the four-year average for this weekend.  Of course, this weekend is all about The […]

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This Year’s Box Office Softness — Not At All Unprecedented

Posted March 12, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Nine weeks into 2013, the North American box office is down significantly from last year (-19%).  But it’s more interesting when we look back at the a longer period — in this case, the last six years.  Half of those years resemble this year, and the other half resemble “up” years like 2012.  Those up […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 20-26

Posted June 27, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in down 12% versus last year’s comparable week (the second significant decline in a row).  Year-to-date box office is down 8% versus last year.    The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between June 20 and June 26 grossed a […]

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