The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between October 8 and October 14 grossed a decent $167 million, up 7% from the four-year average for the week and up 44% from the same week last year.
The past six weeks remain 1% above the four-year average box office average now 4% above the same six-week period last year. Year to date box office (now over $7.9 billion for wide-release films) is running 5% above both the average for the same period the last four years and last year at this time.
| Domestic Box Office Volume: All Wide-Release Films through October 14, 2012 | ($ millions) | 2012 vs 2011 | 2012 vs 4yr Avg | |||
| 2011 | 4-year Average | 2012 | ||||
| Week #41 | $116 | $157 | $167 | +44% | +7% | |
| Past Six Weeks | $737 | $761 | $770 | +4% | +1% | |
| Year to Date | $7,535 | $7,522 | $7,917 | +5% | +5% | |
Weekend Actuals versus Studio Estimate
Argo came in officially at $19,458,109 for its opening weekend, down 3.3% from the Warner Brothers estimate Sunday morning — the biggest miss of the weekend, as the studio stretched to claim the film opened with more $20 million.
Sinister came in at $18,007,634 in its opening weekend, down 1.3% from the Sunday estimate.
Here Comes the Boom opened officially with $11,816,596, down 1.5% from the Sony estimate.
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
| Updated ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final Estimates | Domestic Final Gross ($ millions) | percentile | |
| Hotel Transylvania | 149 | 89 | |
| Taken 2 | 135 | 87 | |
| Pitch Perfect | 73 | 65 | |
| Looper | 72 | 65 | |
| Argo | 66 | 63 | |
| Sinister | 50 | 51 | |
| End of Watch | 43 | 47 | |
| Finding Nemo 3D | 43 | 47 | |
| Frankenweenie | 43 | 47 | |
| Resident Evil: Retribution | 40 | 44 | |
| Trouble with the Curve | 37 | 40 | |
| Here Comes the Boom | 35 | 35 | |
| House at the End of the Street | 32 | 31 | |
| Seven Psychopaths | 21 | 16 | |
| The Master | 18 | 13 | |
| Dredd 3D | 13 | 8 | |
| Won’t Back Down | 5 | 1 |
Weekend Predictions for October 19-21 should be posted Wednesday. This weekend features the openings of Paranormal Activity 4 (horror) and Alex Cross (crime thriller).
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