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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 12.27.2015

Posted December 27, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +7% above last year and now +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.588 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $26.0 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio 2.10.2019

Posted February 10, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2019 dollars for films released in late 2018. We will continue to track the 2018 slates until late February, when we will switch to tracking the 2019 slates. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, […]

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Dark Knight Rises Box Office Update: Monday

Posted July 24, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Dark Knight Rises grossed a preliminary $19.4 million Monday, bringing its four-day domestic total to $180.3 million.  Similar to Saturday and Sunday’s results, Monday lagged behind The Dark Knight‘s pace four years ago. The Dark Knight grossed $24.5 million on Monday, July 21, 2008 (its fourth day of release and its first Monday).  Through […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE Jan 30-Feb 5

Posted February 6, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>Five full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run well ahead of last year’s anemic pace but about even with the comparable period’s average for the last several years.  The studio estimates for the films opening this weekend turned out to be very accurate.  Chronicle officially opened at #1 with $22,004,098 the first […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions AUGUST 2-4

Posted July 31, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The 31st weekend of the year is looking like $141 million for the top 12 films, not bad for the first weekend of August. Opening at around 2,800 theaters Friday (near the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), 2 Guns from Universal should average $12,200 per theater for the three-day weekend (for a […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.27.2015

Posted September 27, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +6% above last year and still +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.296 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $19.4 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s still […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions 4.1-3.2016

Posted March 30, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #14 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND April 1-3, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection God’s Not Dead 2 PureFlix PG n/a 12.5 35 3 38 Meet the Blacks Freestyle R n/a 3.0 6 […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES JUNE 24-26

Posted June 26, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Cars 2 is looking like a $68 million opening weekend now, lower than the estimate based on Friday’s numbers but very close to the initial ShowBuzzDaily forecast.  Bad Teacher is looking like a solid $31 million for the R-rated comedy.  The weekend is now looking like 10% higher than the same weekend in 2010, a […]

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