12 Years A Slave Friday box office

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/18/13

OPENINGS: When Paramount pushed the next Paranormal Activity to 2014, it seemed to give CARRIE (Screen Gems/Sony/MGM) an open field to own the Halloween movie season. But audiences weren’t interested, and Carri...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/24/13

OPENINGS: BAD GRANDPA (Paramount) cost only $15M to produce, and although that’s somewhat misleading (when worldwide marketing is added, the total cost becomes more like $75M+), it’s still headed for easy s...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/1/13

OPENINGS: Stop me if you’ve heard this before: an expensive action-adventure will need to overperform internationally in order to get past its red ink. With Thor 2 opening in just a week, ENDER’S GAME (...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Thor’s Mighty Hammer

It was foretold by the gods of Marvel that THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) would rule this weekend, and preliminary numbers at Deadline confirm that it will, with a $31M Friday (including $7.1M from Thursday night). That...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/8/13

OPENINGS: The $31.6M first day for THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) was about 24% higher than the $25.5M opening for the first Thor, an increment likely to reduce as the movie’s run continues, since sequels tend to ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: How Hot Is “Catching Fire”?

Early numbers at Deadline have the opening day (including Thursday night) of THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) at $67.5M, $200K above the launch of the original Hunger Games. That makes it slightly puzzling t...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 3/7/14

OPENINGS: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (Warners/Legendary) did well in late-night shows, raising its Friday estimate to $17.7M, which may bring its opening weekend to $43M or more. That’s still not in a league with t...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/18/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/24/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/1/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Thor’s Mighty Hammer

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/8/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: How Hot Is “Catching Fire”?

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 3/7/14

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