The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between November 12 and November 18 grossed an amazing $300 million, up 28% from the four-year average for the week and up 24% from the same week last year.
The past six weeks are now 13% above the four-year average and 21% above the same six-week period last year.
Year to date box office (now almost $8.9 billion for wide-release films) is 6.1% above the average for the same period the last four years and 6.3% ahead of the same period last year.
| Domestic Box Office Volume: All Wide-Release Films through November 18, 2012 | ($ millions) | 2012 vs 2011 | 2012 vs 4yr Avg | |||
| 2011 | 4-year Average | 2012 | ||||
| Week #46 | $242 | $235 | $300 | +24% | +28% | |
| Past Six Weeks | $918 | $987 | $1,114 | +21% | +13% | |
| Year to Date | $8,338 | $8,352 | $8,864 | +6% | +6% | |
Weekend Actuals versus Studio Estimate
Yet another round of very accurate studio estimates this weekend.
Breaking Dawn Part 2 came in officially at $141,067,634 for its opening weekend, down only 0.2% from the Summit estimate Sunday.
Lincoln came in at $21,049,406 in its first wide weekend, only 0.2% above of the Disney Sunday estimate.
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
| Updated ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final Estimates | Domestic Final Gross ($ millions) | percentile | |
| Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | 285 | 97 | |
| Skyfall | 264 | 97 | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | 179 | 93 | |
| Argo | 107 | 82 | |
| Lincoln | 89 | 74 | |
| Flight | 87 | 73 | |
| Paranormal Activity 4 | 51 | 51 | |
| Sinister | 49 | 51 | |
| Here Comes the Boom | 45 | 49 | |
| Cloud Atlas | 28 | 27 | |
| Alex Cross | 24 | 21 | |
| Man with the Iron Fists | 15 | 10 | |
| Seven Psychopaths | 15 | 10 | |
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | 15 | 10 | |
| Fun Size | 9 | 3 | |
| Chasing Mavericks | 6 | 1 |
Weekend Predictions for November 23-25 (as well as the Wednesday-Thursday warm-up period for the long holiday weekend) should be posted late Tuesday or early Wednesday. This weekend features opening of Rise of the Guardians (from Paramount/DreamWorks), Life of Pi (from 20th Century Fox) and Red Dawn (from FilmDistrict).
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