Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 10.14 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
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through March 3

The Hobbit moved up with another $21 million overseas since last week, bringing the foreign total to $700 million and the worldwide total to just over $1 billion. The biggest mover this past week overseas was A Good Day to Di...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Holiday Movie Season: Daily Box Office Track

Ten days into the three-week holiday movie season, 2012 is now 9% behind the average 10-day total over the last several years ($264 million this year for the first ten days versus $290 million on average 2004-2011).  However, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.19.2021

  OPENINGS:  The spectacular success of SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (Marvel/Columbia/Sony) may have less to say about the box office overall than some would like to think.  No Way Home vaporized all pandemic-era records with...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FRIDAY JULY 18 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #29 of 2014 looks like $129 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, -30% below the norm for this weekend and below our forecast ($147 million).  This is the fifth really sub-par wee...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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 – 11.17.2024

  OPENINGS:  A $34.1M US launch for a movie that reportedly carries about $350M in production and marketing costs likely means a nine-figure loss in theatrical release, which traditionally is considered less than desirabl...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 14-16

The 24th weekend of the year is looking like a very good $201 million for the top 12 films, well above the same weekend the last few years.   Opening at over 4,200 theaters Friday (well into the top 10% of theater counts), Man...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.9.2023

  OPENINGS:  Box office expectations were high for THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE (Nintendo/Illumination/Universal), but the video game adaptation blew past them with a record-smashing $204.6M 5-day opening (passing the $200....
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.17.2017

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 still down -2% from last year and still +2% above the av...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY JANUARY 10 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #2 of 2014 looks like $121 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 12% from the average for the same weekend the past few years (but better than we forecast earlier this week). ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY DECEMBER 21 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #51 is on pace for a horrifying $98 million.  This weekend of the year is tricky because sometimes it contains Christmas Day itself (such as 2009 when this weekend was December 25-27 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through February 3

Django Unchained (up $47 million overseas since last week) is starting to gain on Les Miserables (up $23 million overseas).  Django is now only $29 million behind Les Miz in our worldwide projection.  (Django leads dom...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY 1.2.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #1 of 2015 looks like $140 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up from the norm for this weekend and up somewhat from the same weekend last year.   Opening at 2,602 theaters Fri...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through November 25

The big movers overseas this past week were Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (up $151 million to $351 million to date overseas) and Skyfall (up $61 million to $568 million overseas to date).  Updated worldwide tracks fo...
by Mitch Metcalf