Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.13.2022

  OPENINGS:  As expected, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Marvel/Disney) swamped the box office worldwide.  Its $180M US weekend was below Doctor Strange 2 ($187.4M) and the original Black Panther ($202M, on a Presidents...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.6.2022

  OPENINGS:  ONE PIECE FILM: RED (Crunchyroll/Sony) opened at $9.5M, on the low end of recent national anime releases compared to Jujutsu Kaisen‘s $18M and Dragon Ball Super‘s $21.1M.  As is typical for the g...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.30.2022

  OPENINGS:  Following several months of strong showings from the horror genre, PREY FOR THE DEVIL (Lionsgate) arrived at $7M to mop up the Halloween weekend remainder.  That was around the expected result, and consideri...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.23.2022

  OPENINGS:  BLACK ADAM (DC/New Line/Warners) arrived within moderate expectations at $67M.  That’s the highest weekend we’ve seen since Thor: Love & Thunder in July, but as a superhero epic with a $300M+...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.16.2022

  OPENINGS:  HALLOWEEN ENDS (Universal, also on Peacock) underperformed badly with $41.3M, about 25% below pre-release expectations, and 17% under the $49.4M start for last year’s Halloween Kills, despite a stronger...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.9.2022

  OPENINGS:  LYLE LYLE CROCODILE (Columbia/Sony) arrived below expectations at $11.5M (it might reach $13.4M with the Monday holiday), unable to take advantage of the 11-week gap since the last major family movie opened.�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.2.2022

  OPENINGS: As studio greenlight and release strategies continue to morph, one thing that’s clear is that there will never be a shortage of low-budget horror movies.  SMILE (Paramount) is the latest successful arriv...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.18.2022

  OPENINGS:  THE WOMAN KING (TriStar/Sony) launched at the higher end of expectations with $19M, boosted by strong reviews (94% on Rotten Tomatoes) and enthusiastic audience response as measured by exit polls.  In the cu...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.28.2022

  OPENINGS:  The box office may not have hit bottom yet (see “Next Weekend” below), but it’s getting close, with the horror movie THE INVITATION (Screen Gems/Sony) topping the weekend at a painful $7M. ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.14.2022

  OPENINGS:  BODIES BODIES BODIES (A24) went wide after last week’s NY/LA launch and is now in 1290 theaters, with more expansion scheduled to come.  A24 is reporting a $3.3M weekend, although it should be noted th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.7.2022

  OPENINGS:  BULLET TRAIN (Columbia/Sony) opened in line with general predictions at $30.1M, but that’s not the same as a good result.  The film carries around $175M in production/marketing costs, and faces a long ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.31.2022

  OPENINGS:  LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS (DC/Warners) arrived with a blah $23M, given its franchise-adjacent pedigree and starry voice cast, and it wasn’t very animated overseas either, with $18.4M in 63 markets.  It face...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.24.2022

  OPENINGS:  Jordan Peele’s NOPE (Universal) premiered on the lower end of expectations at $44M.  That’s a significant number for a project that isn’t based on preexisting IP, but down 38% from Peele...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.17.2022

  OPENINGS:  WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (Columbia/Sony) launched with $17M, ahead of (low) expectations, and fueled by an audience of women in the midwest/south.  There’s no direct competition in sight, and it should ...
by Mitch Salem