The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between November 5 and November 11 grossed an excellent $207 million, up 22% from the four-year average for the week and up 30% from the same week last year.
The past six weeks are now 12% above the four-year average and a very big 23% above the same six-week period last year.
Year to date box office (now over $8.5 billion for wide-release films) is 5% above the average for the same period the last four years and now 6% ahead of the same period last year.
| Domestic Box Office Volume: All Wide-Release Films through November 11, 2012 | ($ millions) | 2012 vs 2011 | 2012 vs 4yr Avg | |||
| 2011 | 4-year Average | 2012 | ||||
| Week #45 | $160 | $169 | $207 | +30% | +22% | |
| Past Six Weeks | $792 | $872 | $977 | +23% | +12% | |
| Year to Date | $8,096 | $8,118 | $8,564 | +6% | +5% | |
Weekend Actuals versus Studio Estimate
Another round of very accurate studio estimates this weekend.
Skyfall came in officially at $88,364,714 for its opening weekend, up only 0.6% from the Sony estimate Sunday.
Wreck-It Ralph came in at $33,012,796 in its second weekend, within 0.1% of the Disney Sunday estimate.
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
| Updated ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final Estimates | Domestic Final Gross ($ millions) | percentile | |
| Skyfall | 208 | 94 | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | 183 | 93 | |
| Taken 2 | 142 | 87 | |
| Argo | 105 | 81 | |
| Flight | 87 | 73 | |
| Paranormal Activity 4 | 52 | 51 | |
| Sinister | 50 | 51 | |
| Here Comes the Boom | 45 | 49 | |
| Frankenweenie | 35 | 34 | |
| Cloud Atlas | 30 | 28 | |
| Alex Cross | 24 | 21 | |
| Man with the Iron Fists | 18 | 13 | |
| Seven Psychopaths | 17 | 11 | |
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | 15 | 10 | |
| Fun Size | 10 | 4 | |
| Chasing Mavericks | 6 | 1 |
Weekend Predictions for November 12-18 should be posted Wednesday. This weekend features the wide opening of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (from Summit) at over 4,000 theaters and the expansion of Lincoln (from Disney) to about 1,500 theaters.
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