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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.20.2022

OPENINGS: UNCHARTED (Columbia/Sony) had a strong start with $44.2M ($51M with the holiday Monday), once again largely due to the M18-34 demo, but also suggesting that Tom Holland may be emerging as an action star even ...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.11.2022

OPENINGS: The combination of the typically low early-December box office and the approach of Avatar 2 dissuaded the studios from introducing any new product this week. The closest thing to a wide release in the US wa...

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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: Holdovers Lead “Dirty Grandpa,” “The 5th Wave” On Snowy Weekend

This was never going to be much of a box office weekend, and the east coast snowstorms certainly won’t help. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, all 3 of the newcomers are closely packed with $3.5-4M Fr...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.26.2021

A few notes: this week’s newcomers opened along a range of dates, including Tuesday night, Wednesday, Friday night and Saturday, and those scheduling decisions had an affect on the totals below. Also, the fact ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Deadpool” Flings Aside “Risen,” “The Witch” & “Race”

None of the weekend’s openings were expected to come near last week’s blockbuster opening, and none will. The target Christian audience is turning out for RISEN (Affirm/Columbia/Sony), with preliminary numb...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Kung Fu Panda 3″” Easily Tops “Finest Hours,” “50 Shades of Black”

As will be noted endlessly by the studio and its mouthpieces all weekend, KUNG FU PANDA 3 (DreamWorks Animation/20th) is the first in the series to open in January, after June and May openings for the previous chapters.�...

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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 US/Worldwide Box Office – 11.14.2021

OPENINGS: CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG (Nickelodeon/Paramount, also on Paramount+) opened on Wednesday and earned $22M over 5 days, $16.4M of it over the weekend. That’s somewhat above the $13.1M start for Paw Patr...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.3.2019

OPENINGS: The entertainment business revolves these days around IP, but not all franchises are created equal, and there turned out to be a thunderous lack of interest in TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (Skydance/Tencent/20th/Dis...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.30.2018

OPENINGS: NIGHT SCHOOL (Perfect World/Universal) had a surprising 18% Saturday bump (by comparison, both Central Intelligence and Girls Trip dropped 4% on their first Saturdays), suggesting that it’s appealing to...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Captain America: Civil War” Towers Over “Money Monster,” “The Darkness”

If preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, the Weekend 2 drop for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (Marvel/Disney) will be in line with comparable superhero epics. Its second Friday looks like $19.5M, which would be down about...

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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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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Rogue One” Spits Out “Collateral Beauty,” “La La Land” Expands

ROGUE ONE (Lucasfilm/Disney) is performing as expected, massive but short of last year’s core Star Wars installment The Force Awakens. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Friday’s take was $72M (i...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.5.2019

OPENINGS: THE INTRUDER (Screen Gems/Sony) performed on target with $11M, and given the massive competition and the fates of the weekend’s other arrivals, that counted as a win. It still wasn’t anything to...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.20.2022

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.11.2022

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Hollywood Takes The Holiday Off

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Holdovers Lead “Dirty Grandpa,” “The 5th Wave” On Snowy Weekend

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.26.2021

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Deadpool” Flings Aside “Risen,” “The Witch” & “Race”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Kung Fu Panda 3″” Easily Tops “Finest Hours,” “50 Shades of Black”

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/18/13

Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 11.14.2021

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.3.2019

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.30.2018

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Captain America: Civil War” Towers Over “Money Monster,” “The Darkness”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.4.2018

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Rogue One” Spits Out “Collateral Beauty,” “La La Land” Expands

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.5.2019

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