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Weekend Box Office Predictions 7.1-3.2016

Weekend #27 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND July 1-3, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Four Day Fri-Sun Domestic Total Projection Overseas To...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 6/23/13

  OPENINGS:  Allowing for the usual studio practice of predicting lower-than-typical Sunday drops to boost the numbers a bit, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (Disney/Pixar) opened in line with expectations at what may be slightly les...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 2.12-14.2016

Weekend #7 of 2016 is looking like $153 million for the top 12 films this weekend (for the three-day Friday-Sunday portion), near the norm for this weekend but below last year’s torrid pace (see comparisons below). Dea...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 19

The four new films in North America this weekend have had very little presence overseas so far — only ParaNorman has overseas receipts to date (and only $5 million at that).  The one film from this weekend that should ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: 12/8/13

  OPENINGS:  With a dreadful $5.3M weekend, OUT OF THE FURNACE (Relativity) emerged burnt to a crisp.  The only useful thing it could do at this point is boost Christian Bale’s chance for an Oscar nomination–...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.7.2017

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +7% above last year and now +15% above the average...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 2.22.2023

  OPENINGS:  There was no question that  ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA (Marvel/Disney) would dominate Presidents Day weekend and become 2023’s first blockbuster.  Its $104M 3-day weekend (projected to reach...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions JULY 11-13

Weekend #28 of 2014 is looking like $135 million for the top 12 films this weekend, -30% below the norm for this weekend.  Another really weak weekend in what is turning out to be a troubling summer at the box office.   Open...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY 12.19.2014 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #51 of 2014 looks like $126 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up 4% from the norm for this weekend ($121 million) but down -8% from the same weekend last year.   Continuing at...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.21.2022

  OPENINGS:  With little else new around, DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO (Crunchyroll/Sony) seized the weekend with $20.1M, a bit lower than the studio’s Dragon Slayer: Mugen Train, which opened with $21.2M at about ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.5.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +5% above last year and +8% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.174 billion).  Over th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

International Box Office through August 11

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 3 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 31st weekend of 2012 is looking like a soft $115 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 27% from the same weekend last year.  Dark Knight Rises stays at #1 as two new films fail to impress.             Tota...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates 5.29-31.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #22 of 2015 now looks like $130 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little better than it looked yesterday but still significantly below the norm for th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. Disney solidified its grip on first place in worldwide box office (thanks to Monsters University), while Paramount jumped ahead of 20th Century Fox courtesy of World War Z. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Loo...
by Mitch Metcalf