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Behind the Friday Box Office – 2/7/14

Note: all weekend-to-weekend comparisons to Jan 31-Feb 2 will look better than usual because of last week’s Super Bowl Sunday, which sharply depressed box office for the day. OPENINGS: THE LEGO MOVIE (Warners) ...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/10/14

OPENINGS: The only question for LONE SURVIVOR (Universal) to ponder as all concerned count their entirely unexpected riches this weekend (a $14.4M Friday and a weekend that could hit $40M) is whether they miscalculated...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Lone Survivor” Wins A Medal

So much for tracking. Defying all expectations, LONE SURVIVOR (Universal) is romping with what might be called the Duck Dynasty audience that goes underreported in pre-opening surveys, and according to preliminary numb...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/3/13

OPENINGS: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount) was an experiment in several ways–the first installment of the franchise to be a spin-off and not a direct sequel, the first released out of the Hallowee...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Marked Ones” Stumbles To Start 2014

Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount) is likely to win Friday but lose the weekend. Its $8.5M start positions it not only to come in below the wide releases of all t...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/27/13

OPENINGS: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (Paramount/Red Granite) fell behind American Hustle on Friday, dropping 6% to $6.3M, but considering that it’s a polarizing, 3-hour, hard-R saga that people aren’t even sur...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Status Mostly Quo

Preliminary numbers at Deadline present a Friday box office in which few titles moved more than 10% from Thursday, typical for the Christmas-to-New Year’s period. The top 2, once again, were FROZEN (Disney) and T...

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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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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Hobbits vs. Anchormen

Early numbers at Deadline have ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (Paramount) and THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Warners/MGM) just about neck-and-neck at the Friday box office, both in the $8.5-9M neighborhood. Ho...

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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 Friday Box Office – 2/7/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/10/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Lone Survivor” Wins A Medal

Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/3/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Marked Ones” Stumbles To Start 2014

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/27/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Status Mostly Quo

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/20/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Hobbits vs. Anchormen

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/13/13

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