12 Years a Slave box office

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 3/2/14

OPENINGS: NON-STOP (Universal) had a very solid Saturday, rising 22% from Friday, and even though Oscar Sunday may push it below the $30M weekend it’s currently projecting, it should comfortably take the weekend....

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/17/14

OPENINGS: Kevin Hart has been hanging around the edges of being a movie star for a few years now, and RIDE ALONG (Universal) makes it official. With a $14.5M Friday start, it could challenge Cloverfield for the Marti...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/22/13

The box office effect of the upcoming holidays is already being seen, as studios are estimating extremely low Sunday drops from Saturday based on seasonal patterns. With one conspicuous exception, everything in town is...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/20/13

OPENINGS: ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (Paramount) eked out a Friday victory over The Hobbit, $8.7M to $8.6M, but Hobbit will likely take the weekend fairly easily, with perhaps $30M to $27M for Anchorman. Tha...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/15/13

OPENINGS: THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Warners/MGM) had a better Saturday hold than last year’s An Unexpected Journey (-22% vs. -25%), suggesting that positive word of mouth is kicking in, and no doubt ea...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/13/13

Well, bah humbug. OPENINGS: Start the spin machine: THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Warners/MGM) has opened with $31.1M, $6M below the start for last year’s An Unexpected Journey. That’s more than ...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: 12/8/13

OPENINGS: With a dreadful $5.3M weekend, OUT OF THE FURNACE (Relativity) emerged burnt to a crisp. The only useful thing it could do at this point is boost Christian Bale’s chance for an Oscar nomination–...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/6/13

OPENINGS: OUT OF THE FURNACE (Relativity) will do nothing to change the reputation of the first weekend in December as a terrible time to open a new movie. Even in a more robust weekend, the grim quasi-art film, quas...

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THANKSGIVING WEEK BOX OFFICE: “Frozen” Doesn’t Put Out “Fire”

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Wednesday was a great day for both THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) and the new FROZEN (Disney), setting the stage for a sensational holiday box office weekend for the pair. Catchi...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 11/24/13

OPENINGS: We noted here yesterday that if THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) could just hold on as well on its first Saturday as The Hunger Games had, a $160M weekend was within its grasp. That’s exact...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/22/13

OPENINGS: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) came up from initial Friday estimates to $70.5M, the 7th highest single day box office in US history (behind the final Harry Potter, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, ...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 11/17/13

OPENINGS: THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (Universal) had a strong Saturday bump for a movie aimed at the African-American audience, up 16% from Friday (in comparison, Think Like A Man increased 9% and Tyler Perry’s last 2 ...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/15/13

OPENINGS: THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (Universal) took advantage of being the only new movie in the market and nosed ahead of Thor on Friday, $10.7M to $10.5M. That lead won’t hold for the rest of the weekend, but it&...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 11/3/13

OPENINGS: There are still several days before THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) reaches these shores, and it hasn’t opened yet in other major countries like China or Japan, but it’s already looking like a block...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 3/2/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/17/14

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/22/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/20/13

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/15/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/13/13

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: 12/8/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/6/13

THANKSGIVING WEEK BOX OFFICE: “Frozen” Doesn’t Put Out “Fire”

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 11/24/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/22/13

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 11/17/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/15/13

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