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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...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.30.2023

  OPENINGS:  After last week’s Barbenheimer fireworks, the box office for new movies returned to earth–with a thud in the case of HAUNTED MANSION (Disney), which was at the bottom of projections at $24.2M.  W...
by Mitch Salem
 
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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...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on grosses from Wednesday and Thanksgiving, Weekend #47 is on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by 10% — exactly on the pace we forecast earlier in the week.  Breaking Dawn Part 2 is running sl...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY JULY 20 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Despite the horrific murders in Aurora, Colorado at the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, business remained quite strong in the nation’s movie theaters throughout Friday.  The 29th weekend of 2012 is looking lik...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 6.19-21.2015

Weekend #25 of 2015 is looking like $202 million for the top 12 films this weekend, significantly above the norm for the same weekend the past few years and way above last year’s misfire on this weekend (see comparison...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions June 28-30

The 26th weekend of the year (halfway through already!) is looking like an on-target $189 million for the top 12 films, within a few percentage points of the comparable weekend the last few years.     Opening at around 3,000�...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 11.6-8.2015

Weekend #45 of 2015 is looking like a solid $165 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up somewhat from the norm for this weekend (see comparisons below). Spectre from Sony should open with a $85.5 million weekend. T...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Holiday Box Office Volume: through January 2

The 2014 holiday box office has pulled even with 2013 and remains somewhat above the average for the last decade or so. The top 10 films on Friday January 2, 2015 totaled a solid $51.9 million, somewhat above the average $48.7 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.15.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +4% above last year and now +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.638 billion).  O...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 7.3-5.2015

Weekend #27 of 2015 is looking like $161 million for the top 12 films this weekend, a touch below the norm for the same weekend the past few years but well above last year’s Independence Day Weekend dud (see compariso...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.22.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +4% above last year and +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.794 billion).  Over the sam...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 12.18.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +2% above last year and still +3% above the average for this point the pas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE September 17-23

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between September 17 and September 23 grossed a weak $107 million, down 12% from the four-year average for the week and down a big 24% from the same week ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 19-21

This weekend is on track to be the fourth weekend in a row to be up over the previous years.  Paranormal Activity 4 opens very large but will play out very quickly as the young, horror audience flocks to the first weekend.  T...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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