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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/16/13

OPENINGS: Comparisons between THE BUTLER (Weinstein) and The Help 2 years ago are somewhat skewed by the fact that Help opened on a Wednesday, so it had already earned $9.9M before its $26M weekend. Nevertheless, an...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Shazam” Solid, “Pet Sematary” OK, “Best of Enemies” Soft, “Dumbo” Crashes

By superhero movie standards, SHAZAM (DC/New Line/Warners) was moderately priced, with around $225M in production/marketing costs. Preliminary numbers at Deadline put its opening day at $20M (including $5.9M from Thurs...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/30/14

OPENINGS: MALEFICENT (Disney) didn’t come cheap–with worldwide marketing, its price-tag will top $300M. But it seems to be money well spent, as its $24.2M Friday should propel it into a $70M+ weekend. I...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 7/12/13

What kind of summer movie season has it been, really? For the past several weeks, business has been consistently up, erasing the losses from a soft spring, and even with 3D, Imax and inflation taken into account, more ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ocean’s 8″” Solid, “Hereditary” Mildly Shivery, “Hotel Artemis” Condemned

OCEAN’S EIGHT (Village Roadshow/Warners) wasn’t expected to be a blockbuster, and its reported production budget of $70M was in keeping with that, although the A-level Warners marketing campaign will raise th...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Dunkirk” Battles “The Emoji Movie,” “Atomic Blonde” Non-Explosive

The box office race is likely to be tight this weekend, with contenders at either end of the quality spectrum. THE EMOJI MOVIE (Columbia/Sony) drew first blood with a $10.2M opening day (including $900K from Thursday n...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/9/14

OPENINGS: NEIGHBORS (Universal) is a big win for all concerned, with a huge $19.6M Friday that could put it in reach of $50M for the weekend, especially if the fact that this is a rare mainstream Hollywood non-rom-com ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Dumbo” Flies Low, “Unplanned” OK, “Hotel Mumbai” & “The Beach Bum” Dim

The Disney machine is hitting an atypical pothole with DUMBO (Disney), which according to preliminary numbers at Deadline had a $14.8M Friday ($2.6M of that from Thursday night). That’s very much on the low end o...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Last Jedi” Conquers The Cosmos, “Ferdinand” Meek, “Shape of Water” Expands

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Lucasfilm/Disney) was expected to be gigantic, but not quite as huge as 2015’s The Force Awakens, which benefited from a decade of pent-up expectations. That’s exactly where itR...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 4/25/14

This will be the last weekend without a mega-hit on top for a while. OPENINGS: THE OTHER WOMAN (20th) will take the weekend with around $25M after a $9.3M Friday, and the potentially better news is that Diaz’s la...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Boo 2″” Tops Weak “Geostorm,” “Only The Brave” & “Snowman”

It’s a busy but not particularly big weekend at the multiplex. The weekend’s winner will be BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN (Lionsgate), which did a fairly good job of holding the audience for last year’s or...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 6/28/13

OPENINGS: Almost all the “early Friday” numbers turned out to be overly optimistic, but THE HEAT (20th) is still having a great opening, with a $13.6M first day that should put it in the neighborhood of a $...

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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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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Moana” Stays On Top

There don’t appear to be many surprises in the Friday box office numbers, based on preliminary estimates at Deadline. As usual, ticket sales declined on Thanksgiving itself (particularly for family movies), then ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Wrinkle In Time” Narrowly Takes Day, But “Black Panther” Heads for Weekend Win (Again)

A WRINKLE IN TIME (Disney) has likely taken the only box office title it will ever have. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Wrinkle had a narrow victory on Friday with $11.3M ($1.2M of that from Thursday nig...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/16/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Shazam” Solid, “Pet Sematary” OK, “Best of Enemies” Soft, “Dumbo” Crashes

Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/30/14

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 7/12/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ocean’s 8″” Solid, “Hereditary” Mildly Shivery, “Hotel Artemis” Condemned

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Dunkirk” Battles “The Emoji Movie,” “Atomic Blonde” Non-Explosive

Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/9/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Dumbo” Flies Low, “Unplanned” OK, “Hotel Mumbai” & “The Beach Bum” Dim

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Last Jedi” Conquers The Cosmos, “Ferdinand” Meek, “Shape of Water” Expands

Behind the Friday Box Office – 4/25/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Boo 2″” Tops Weak “Geostorm,” “Only The Brave” & “Snowman”

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 6/28/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/17/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Moana” Stays On Top

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Wrinkle In Time” Narrowly Takes Day, But “Black Panther” Heads for Weekend Win (Again)

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