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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “House With A Clock” Dominates Sleepy Weekend; “Fahrenheit 11/9,” “Life Itself,” “Assassination Nation” Crash

It’s been 7 weeks since Christopher Robin arrived for the family audience, and THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS (Universal) took advantage of that drought with a $7.7M opening day according to early numbers at D...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.10.2019

OPENINGS: CAPTAIN MARVEL (Marvel/Disney) launched with $455M worldwide, the highest superhero intro movie ever (although not all the titles in that category opened in China on their first weekend). In the US, its $15...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Incredibles 2″” Superheroic, “Tag” Mild, “Superfly” Awful, “Ocean’s 8″” Holds OK

After a few mild weeks, INCREDIBLES 2 (Pixar/Disney) has the summer box office back in blockbuster mode. It’s on pace to easily break Finding Dory‘s $135.1M animation opening record. According to prelimin...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.25.2018

OPENINGS: It was no picnic opening against the historic 2nd weekend of Black Panther, and all of the new arrivals may have left some money on the table. GAME NIGHT (New Line/Warners) fared best, and ran a healthy 25%...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Hollywood Takes The Holiday Off

Labor Day weekend is always the exhausted last gasp of the summer movie season, but this year the studios didn’t even try. Partly it’s the effect of August having generally been a disaster in 2015 (last yea...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: No Vacancy At “Hotel Transylvania 2,” Solid “Intern”

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (Columbia/Sony) is giving its beleaguered studio some good news, with a strong $12.8M opening day according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. That’s better than the $11M start for the first...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/23/15

OPENINGS: With a $10M production budget (and tens of millions in marketing on top), the $10.6M weekend for SINISTER 2 (Blumhouse/Gramercy/Focus/Universal) will test Blumhouse’s ability to make money out of just a...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.22.2018

OPENINGS: I FEEL PRETTY (Voltage/H Brothers/STX) became the first Amy Schumer movie to dip on its 2nd day of release, indicating weak word of mouth. Its $16.2M weekend put it in 3rd place for the weekend, with uncert...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6.24.2018

OPENINGS: JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (Legendary/Perfect World/Universal) is claiming a round-number $150M US opening (actually $150.001M, which is cute), a number that relies on an extremely strong Sunday projectio...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Aquaman” Stays Strong, Solid Start For “Escape Room”

Box office years typically start slow, with strong holds for holiday openings, and that’s proving to be the case for 2019 as well. AQUAMAN (DC/Warners) will retain its crown, as early numbers at Deadline indicate...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.24.2019

OPENINGS: The weekend multiple for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (DreamWorks Animation/Universal) was 3.2x, about mid-way between the first Dragon‘s 3.6x and Dragon 2‘s 2.6x. (Note that the s...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 3/27/16

OPENINGS: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners) weathered a 38% Saturday drop and is currently estimating a $170.1M weekend. That would make it Warners’ #1 US opening ever, beating the final Ha...

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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 US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.4.2018

OPENINGS: Both of the weekend’s R-rated arrivals had fair Saturday bumps, reflecting their older audiences. However, that’s also the demo for Oscar viewing, so we’ll see if their Sunday estimates ar...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.4.2018

OPENINGS: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (Regency/20th) is claiming a round-number $50M weekend, but even if that drifts down a bit in final numbers, it’s still a huge win. The box office was steady from Friday to Saturday,...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “House With A Clock” Dominates Sleepy Weekend; “Fahrenheit 11/9,” “Life Itself,” “Assassination Nation” Crash

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.10.2019

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Incredibles 2″” Superheroic, “Tag” Mild, “Superfly” Awful, “Ocean’s 8″” Holds OK

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.25.2018

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Hollywood Takes The Holiday Off

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: No Vacancy At “Hotel Transylvania 2,” Solid “Intern”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/23/15

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.22.2018

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6.24.2018

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Aquaman” Stays Strong, Solid Start For “Escape Room”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.24.2019

Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 3/27/16

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 6/28/13

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.4.2018

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.4.2018

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