The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between November 26 and December 2 grossed an terrific $146 million, up 26% from the four-year average for the week and up a big 40% from the same week last year.
The past six weeks are now 18% above the four-year average and 23% above the same six-week period last year.
Year to date box office (now over $9.3 billion for wide-release films) is 6.8% above the average for the same period the last four years and 7.3% ahead of the same period last year.
| Domestic Box Office Volume: All Wide-Release Films through December 2, 2012 | ($ millions) | 2012 vs 2011 | 2012 vs 4yr Avg | |||
| 2011 | 4-year Average | 2012 | ||||
| Week #47 | $104 | $115 | $146 | +40% | +26% | |
| Past Six Weeks | $1,026 | $1,066 | $1,259 | +23% | +18% | |
| Year to Date | $8,702 | $8,741 | $9,335 | +7.3% | +6.8% | |
Weekend Actuals versus Studio Estimate
Two pint-sized films opened this weekend, and even their mini-openings were exaggerated by their studios Sunday morning.
Killing Them Softly came in officially at $6,812,900 for its opening three-day weekend, down 2.7% from the fairly bloated Weinstein Company estimate Sunday.
The Collection came in at $3,104,269 in its first weekend, down a very large 8.9% from the Sunday estimate.
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
| Updated ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final Estimates | Domestic Final Gross ($ millions) | percentile | |
| Skyfall | 285 | 97 | |
| Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | 280 | 97 | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | 177 | 93 | |
| Lincoln | 134 | 86 | |
| Flight | 93 | 75 | |
| Rise of the Guardians | 85 | 72 | |
| Life of Pi | 82 | 71 | |
| Red Dawn | 43 | 47 | |
| Killing Them Softly | 29 | 27 | |
| Cloud Atlas | 27 | 26 | |
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | 17 | 12 | |
| Man with the Iron Fists | 14 | 9 | |
| The Collection | 10 | 4 | |
| Fun Size | 9 | 3 | |
| Chasing Mavericks | 6 | 1 |
Weekend Predictions for December 7-9 should be posted Wednesday. This weekend features one wide-release opening: Playing for Keeps (romantic comedy starring Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel from FilmDistrict).
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