OPENINGS: At $21.4M, PRISONERS (Warners) is exactly where the studio hoped it would be, at the sweet spot that propelled The Town to a $92M total (and Argo, with its Oscar help, to $136M). The question now is whether it can hold on to its momentum against newcomers like Gravity, Captain Phillips, The Fifth Estate […]
Updated international box office chart:
STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, no change in the studio standings from last week. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to include a look at all releases from each studio, divided into three buckets: worldwide grosses of over $300 million, grosses between $100 million and $299 […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #38 of 2013 now looks like $75 million for the top 12 films, down 15% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,260 theaters Friday, Prisoners from Warner Brothers grossed $7 million Friday and $9 million Saturday, now on track for a […]
PRISONERS (Warners) had a strong Saturday at the box office, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. The dark thriller increased by 28% on its second day to $9M, and should reach $21-22M for the weekend. That would put it right in between Argo ($19.5M) and The Town ($23.8M), the successes Warners hopes to emulate […]
OPENINGS: PRISONERS (Warners) came in at $7M on Friday, a bit less than the initial $7.5M estimate. That could indicate cooling word-of-mouth as the evening went on, or just overenthusiastic estimators. The number is still above Argo‘s $5.9M start but it’s below the $8.3M for The Town, two other adult thrillers Warners released in […]
Friday wasn’t a friendly neighborhood for ABC’s new arrival. ABC: THE NEIGHBORS arrived on Fridays with a 1.2 thud, down from all its Wednesday numbers and also down 0.3 from its LAST MAN STANDING lead-in. Not that Last Man had anything to feel good about, since its 1.5 was down half a ratings point […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #38 of 2013 looks like a lame $72 million for the top 12 films, down 19% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,260 theaters Friday, Prisoners from Warner Brothers grossed $6.9 million Friday and is on track for a $20.2 million opening weekend (somewhat above the $18.5 […]