Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #7 of 2014 now looks like $160 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, much lower than yesterday’s estimate ($171 million) but still 22% ahead of this weekend’s average the past several years. Saturday was not kind to three of the four new movies (except RoboCop). We know […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #7 of 2014 looks like $171 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 30% ahead of this weekend’s average the past several years. The Lego Movie continues to lead the box office, while Kevin Hart’s star shines brightly with the strong opening of About Last Night. Opening at 2,253 theaters […]
Weekend #7 of 2014 is looking like a great $184 million for the top 12 films, a 40% increase over the average for this weekend the past several years. The Lego Movie will dominate the box office in its second weekend, but also two new films are set to open to $25 million or more. […]
International box office for 2013 releases through February 9, 2014. Frozen now has Despicable Me 2 in its sights, after passing both Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in recent weeks. And another very good week for The Wolf of Wall Street overseas as it approaches $300 million worldwide. Click here for a summary of worldwide performance by […]
As we continue to tally the films released wide in 2013, Disney has pulled away from Warner Brothers in worldwide box office as Frozen refuses to slow down. For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually by worldwide performance click here. We will begin tracking the 2014 Studio Scorecard next week. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #6 of 2014 now looks like $139 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a better outlook than yesterday but still 16% behind the usual pace for this weekend. The Lego Movie is a huge hit, but the rest of the box office is providing little support. Opening […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #6 of 2014 looks like $132 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well ahead of last year’s disaster of a weekend but still 20% behind the usual pace for this weekend. The Lego Movie is a huge hit, but the rest of the box office is providing little support. […]
Weekend #6 of 2014 is looking like a tepid $114 million for the top 12 films, a 30% increase over last year’s disaster for the comparable weekend (Identity Thief and Side Effects bowed this time last year). But $114 is over 30% below the average for this weekend over the last four years. For example, […]