Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 7.31.2016
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.24.2016
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. We will continue tracking 2015 for several more weeks as the holiday films finish their runs. We will begin tracking the 2016 slates next week. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North A...
Weekend Box Office Predictions 11.7-9.2014
Weekend #45 of 2014 is looking like $167 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 19% from the norm for this weekend. Opening at 3,500 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the...
International Box Office through February 16
International box office for 2013 releases through February 16, 2014. Frozen continues to do very well here and around the world, closing to a few steps behind Despicable Me 2. The other big mover overseas continues to b...
BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/22/13
The box office effect of the upcoming holidays is already being seen, as studios are estimating extremely low Sunday drops from Saturday based on seasonal patterns. With one conspicuous exception, everything in town is...
Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.29.2024
OPENINGS: THE WILD ROBOT (DreamWorks Animation/Universal), aided by strong reviews, started above expectations with $35M. It has the family audience almost to itself until mid-November, and should pass $100M in the U...
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...
Holiday Box Office Volume: through December 26
The top 10 films December 26, 2014 totaled $63.3 million,right at the average $63.1 million for the days since 2002 when December 26 landed on a Friday-Sunday. The last time December 26 fell on a Friday (2008), the day’...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through November 18
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 enters the worldwide chart with $200 million overseas to date. Ultimately, we expect the overseas number to rise to about $425 million, putting the final Twilight on track for $710 million...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 19-21
Only one new opener (Oblivion) and only one decent holdover (42) mean it’s pretty slim pickings at the box office this weekend: less than $100 million for the top 12 films, down 11-22% from the same weekend in recent year...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 11-13
Weekend #19 of 2012 looks like it will be about $163 million for the top 12 films, up 26% from last year’s comparable weekend and up the same amount from the four-year average for this weekend. Only one movie dares to o...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 10-12
As Dark Shadows followed The Avengers last year in the second weekend of May, The Great Gatsby will try to follow Iron Man 3’s huge opening last weekend. Let’s face it, the TV spots for Gatsby make the film look l...
Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 6.25.2017
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 +4% above last year and now +5% above the a...
FRIDAY 1.23.2015 Box Office Report
Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #4 of 2015 looks like $143 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above the norm for the fourth weekend of the year, which usually struggles to get above $100 million. (See c...
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 ...