Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates JULY 19-21

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #29 of 2013 looks like a decent $181 million for the top 12 films, up slightly from yesterday’s estimate and now up 3% from the average for this weekend over the past several year...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.16.2023

  OPENINGS:  There had been an expectation, or at least a hope, that MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART I (Skydance/Paramount) would get a boost from the spectacular performance of Top Gun: Maverick, but that...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.20.2018

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box offic...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 7/14/13

  OPENINGS:  Despite the strong weekend, it’s a bit troubling that GROWN UPS 2 (Sony) fell 11% on Saturday (the original Grown Ups rose 2% on its 2d day), suggesting frontloading and less than great word of mouth. ...
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 – 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
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.2.2018

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box offic...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.21.2024

  OPENINGS:  ABIGAIL (Universal) launched at the low end of expectations with $10.2M, lower than the $11.8M for Night Swim and virtually the same as the $9.9M for Imaginary.  Those films are respectively at $32.5M and $2...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard: 8.17.2014

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  No change in the studio rankings this week with no studio increasing more than $100 million over the past 7 days worldwide.  Fox’s modest gain this week comes mostly from the domestic poten...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY AUGUST 29 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #35 of 2014 looks like $84 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 1% below the norm for this weekend ($85 million). Opening at 2,639 theaters, As Above/So Below from Universal gros...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 12.13.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +4% above last year and still +1% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.144 billion)....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 4.1-3.2016

Weekend #14 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND April 1-3, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection W...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 14-16: Some Signs of Life

This weekend will definitely be up over the disaster that was last weekend.  We expect the top 12 films to total around $74 million, although that is still down 15% from the same weekend last year.  The returning films won...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.10.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  We will continue tracking 2015 for several more weeks as the holiday films finish their runs.  We will begin tracking 2016 in a few weeks.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 9-11

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #32 of 2013 now looks like $142 million for the top 12 films, down from yesterday’s $148 million estimate but still up 6% from the average for this weekend the...
by Mitch Metcalf