SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN:  Worth A Ticket –  Not a Disneyland Ride   Just to be clear, the new SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN bears about as much resemblance to this spring’s Mirror Mirror as The Dark Knight did to the 1960s Batman TV series.  Sure, there are some familiar aspects–an evil queen […]

As Dark Shadows followed The Avengers last year in the second weekend of May, The Great Gatsby will try to follow Iron Man 3’s huge opening last weekend.  Let’s face it, the TV spots for Gatsby make the film look like a lame costume party or some kind of high school production, and the racing […]

> A rather sleepy weekend ahead, most likely down about 15% from the same weekend last year.  No dominant openers arrive Friday, leaving the weekend Contagion’s to lose.   Opening at more than 2,400 theaters in North America by FilmDistrict, Drive should average $5,000 per theater (for $12 million for Friday-Sunday).  (All films the last two years […]

The 42nd weekend of the year is looking like $112 million for the top 12 films, down 8% from this weekend last year but down a smaller 2% from the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at over 3,000 theaters Friday (slightly above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Carrie […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -9% below last year’s comparable span (same as the -9% last week) and still -1% below the average at this point the past four years ($5.168 billion).  Over the […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #42 of 2014 looks like a decent $126 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 13% above the norm for this weekend ($111 million). Opening at 3,173 theaters, Fury from Sony grossed $8.8 million Friday and is on track for a $25.1 million opening three-day weekend (somewhat below our $30.0 million […]

Updated international box office chart:

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #36 of 2013 now looks like $67 million for the top 12 films, a few million dollars better than yesterday’s estimate and now up slightly from the average post-Labor Day weekends the past few years. Opening at 3,107 theaters Friday, Riddick from Universal grossed $7.3 million Friday and a […]