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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Halloween” Slashes “Hunter Killer,” “Mid90s”

The major studios didn’t try to seriously challenge HALLOWEEN (Blumhouse/Miramax/Universal) on its titular weekend, and despite a 69% Friday-to-Friday drop to $10.3M according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/29/13

Mitch Metcalf has a great analysis of the continuing strength of THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) after its $31.3M Friday in his box office post today–highly recommended. Catching Fire should set a sl...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/22/14

OPENINGS: The question for IF I FALL (Warners/MGM), as with any movie that has a high proportion of young female appeal, is just how frontloaded it will turn out to be. Friday’s $6.8M included $1.1M from Thursd...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Endgame” Stays Huge, “Long Shot” So-So, “The Intruder” OK, “UglyDolls” Dim

After AVENGERS: ENDGAME (Marvel/Disney) torched the record books last weekend, the remaining question was whether it would have the stamina to challenge the biggest records of them all, The Force Awakens in the US ($936....

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 2/21/14

Note: all holdovers will show unusually sharp Friday-to-Friday declines due to Valentine’s Day last week, and should recover somewhat over the course of the weekend. OPENINGS: 3 DAYS TO KILL (Relativity), with ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ted 2″” Loses Some Stuffing, “Inside Out” and “Jurassic World” Duel For #1

Seth MacFarlane’s moment, it seems, has passed. The three years that followed the triumphant opening of the original Ted included his missteps as Oscars host and as live action star of A Million Ways to Die In th...

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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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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: 8/9/13

Sheer tonnage is keeping the total box office aloft, but on a movie-by-movie basis, things aren’t nearly as rosy. OPENINGS: Unless things collapse today, ELYSIUM (TriStar/Sony) will do doubt report a $30M weekend...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/13/14

OPENINGS: 22 JUMP STREET (Sony/Columbia) went even higher on Friday than early estimates had it, reaching $25M. Even if it’s front-loaded as a young-skewing sequel, a $60M weekend is all but guaranteed, which w...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hitman’s Bodyguard” Shoots Down “Logan Lucky”

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (Summit/Lionsgate) is off to a mild late-August start, but it will be enough to win the quiet weekend. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $8.1M (including $1.7M from Thursd...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bohemian Rhapsody” Rocks, “Nutcracker” & “Nobody’s Fool” Sag

Following on the heels of La La Land and A Star Is Born, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (Regency/20th) is underscoring the vitality of the adult-oriented musical genre. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it had a $19.2M ...

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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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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/29/14

OPENINGS: AS ABOVE/SO BELOW (Universal) cost just $5M to produce, but its big-studio marketing campaign will add at least $30M to that, and after a $3.2M Friday, it’s headed for $9.5M by Sunday and $11.5M for the...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 2/28/14

OPENINGS: NON-STOP (Universal) had the Friday lead with $10M, but that doesn’t mean it’ll take the weekend. In any case, Universal’s investment will pay off handsomely–it covered only $12M of ...

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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: “Halloween” Slashes “Hunter Killer,” “Mid90s”

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/29/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/22/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Endgame” Stays Huge, “Long Shot” So-So, “The Intruder” OK, “UglyDolls” Dim

Behind the Friday Box Office – 2/21/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ted 2″” Loses Some Stuffing, “Inside Out” and “Jurassic World” Duel For #1

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

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: 8/9/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/13/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hitman’s Bodyguard” Shoots Down “Logan Lucky”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bohemian Rhapsody” Rocks, “Nutcracker” & “Nobody’s Fool” Sag

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/6/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/29/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 2/28/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Moana” Stays On Top

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