Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

Holiday Movie Season: Dec 28 Update — Settling Into a Familiar Pattern

Friday’s $52.1 million for the top 10 films is very close to the pace for the same day in 2007 (when December 28 was also a Friday). In fact, over the past three days, 2012 is performing almost identically to 2007.  The ...
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 US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.10.2024

  OPENINGS:  KUNG FU PANDA 4 (DreamWorks Animation/Universal), the first new all-ages animated release since the holiday season, arrived at the high end of projections with $58.3M, impressively above the $41.3M start for ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.12.2023

  OPENINGS:  Franchises continued to be the lifeblood (so to speak) of Hollywood, and this week it was SCREAM VI (Paramount) breaking its saga’s previous record with $44.5M, almost 50% higher than the $30M for last ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FRIDAY JULY 5 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #27 of 2013 looks like a terrific $223 million for the top 12 films, up sharply from the comparable weekend in recent years. Not even The Lone Ranger could derail a hot summer box office...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates DECEMBER 13-15

Based on Friday’s  and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #50 of 2013 looks like $139 million for the top 12 films from Friday-Sunday, not as strong as we had forecast and down $5 million from yesterday’s estimate b...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: The Boy Band Weekend Begins

  The young, fanatically committed audience for ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (Sony) is the very definition of probable frontloading, so it’s no surprise that the concert doc debuted with a strong $2.7M last night at 7PM...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 2.5-7.2016

Weekend #6 of 2016 is looking like $94 million for the top 12 films this weekend, below the norm for this time of year (see comparisons below). Hail, Caesar! from Universal should open with $12.5 million Friday-Sunday. The...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 29-31

The 13th weekend of 2013 looks like it will be even with the pace for the comparable weekend the past few years.  The top 12 films Friday-Sunday should total about $144 million. Opening at a very high 3,719 theaters Thursday, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 7-9

The 23rd weekend of the year is looking like a wobbly $127 million for the top 12 films, well under the same weekend the last few years.  Three out of four weekends in May were anchored by solid commercial films (Iron Man 3, S...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY APRIL 19 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #16 of 2013 is looking like $102 million for the top 12 films, down 19% from the same weekend last year and down 8% from the average the past few years for this weekend.   Opening at 3,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates 1.16-18.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #3 of 2015 looks like $185 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, even better than the estimate yesterday ($172 million), way up from the norm for this weekend ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through May 27

Marvel’s The Avengers (distributed by Disney) increased again to $782 million to date overseas (up from $723 million last week), although the growth rate continues to slow down.  (Click “read more” to see t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 7.8-10.2016

Weekend #28 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND July 8-10, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection W...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Warner Brothers remains a mere $61 million ahead of second-place Disney, looking at worldwide grosses for films released in 2013.  Each of the top two studios reaped about $50 million this past week, mostly from overseas activ...
by Mitch Metcalf