The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between November 19 and November 25 grossed an excellent $325 million, up 19% from the four-year average for the week and up 25% from the same week last year. Over the last four weeks,
The past six weeks are now 15% above the four-year average and 20% above the same six-week period last year.
Year to date box office (now almost $9.2 billion for wide-release films) is 6.5% above the average for the same period the last four years and 6.9% ahead of the same period last year.
| Domestic Box Office Volume: All Wide-Release Films through November 25, 2012 | ($ millions) | 2012 vs 2011 | 2012 vs 4yr Avg | |||
| 2011 | 4-year Average | 2012 | ||||
| Week #47 | $260 | $274 | $325 | +25% | +19% | |
| Past Six Weeks | $1,062 | $1,104 | $1,272 | +20% | +15% | |
| Year to Date | $8,598 | $8,626 | $9,189 | +6.9% | +6.5% | |
Weekend Actuals versus Studio Estimate
A fairly typical round of estimates Sunday morning for the weekend’s openers. Two were over-estimated Sunday and came down in the actuals, while one came up from the estimate.
Rise of the Guardians came in officially at $23,773,465 for its opening three-day weekend, down 1.0% from the Paramount estimate Sunday.
Life of Pi came in at $22,451,514 in its first wide weekend, up 2.1% from the Fox estimate Sunday.
Red Dawn came in officially at $14,276,668 for its first Friday-Sunday, down 2.2% from the estimate from FilmDistrict Sunday morning.
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
| Updated ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final Estimates | Domestic Final Gross ($ millions) | percentile | |
| Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | 313 | 99 | |
| Skyfall | 312 | 99 | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | 195 | 94 | |
| Lincoln | 141 | 87 | |
| Rise of the Guardians | 116 | 83 | |
| Flight | 95 | 76 | |
| Life of Pi | 84 | 72 | |
| Paranormal Activity 4 | 52 | 51 | |
| Red Dawn | 39 | 42 | |
| Cloud Atlas | 27 | 26 | |
| Alex Cross | 25 | 24 | |
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | 15 | 11 | |
| Man with the Iron Fists | 14 | 9 | |
| Fun Size | 9 | 3 | |
| Chasing Mavericks | 6 | 1 |
Weekend Predictions for November 30-December 2 should be posted Wednesday. This weekend features opening of The Collection (horror thriller from LD Entertainment) and Killing Them Softly (crime thriller from Weinstein).
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