International Box Office through November 3
Updated international box office chart:
BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 11/3/13
OPENINGS: There are still several days before THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) reaches these shores, and it hasn’t opened yet in other major countries like China or Japan, but it’s already looking like a block...
BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/1/13
OPENINGS: Stop me if you’ve heard this before: an expensive action-adventure will need to overperform internationally in order to get past its red ink. With Thor 2 opening in just a week, ENDER’S GAME (...
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1 Box Office Report
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #44 of 2013 looks like $116 million for the top 12 films, down 3% from the same weekend’s average in recent years. Opening at 3,407 theaters Friday, Ender’s Game from Lion...
Weekend Box Office Predictions NOVEMBER 1-3
The 44th weekend of the year is looking like $114 million for the top 12 films, better than last weekend but 4-8% below comparable weekends the past few years. Opening at over 3,350 theaters Friday (slightly above the 2,886 ...
Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard
STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, only moderate changes for each studio. The biggest gainer this week was Paramount, which released a film from its tiny slate: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa....
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 Box Office Report
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #43 of 2013 looks like $96 million for the top 12 films, less than forecast but still up 12% to 18% from the same weekend in recent years. Opening at 3,336 theaters Friday, Jackass Pres...
EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bad Grandpa” Does Good
Amid its very public internal tumult today, Deadline managed to post some preliminary box office numbers, and if they hold up, BAD GRANDPA (Paramount) will take over first place for the weekend. Its reported $11.5M Fri...
Weekend Box Office Predictions OCTOBER 25-27
The 43rd weekend of the year is looking like $104 million for the top 12 films, 22% from the multi-year average for this weekend. And on its fourth weekend, Gravity will be knocked out of the top spot by…..Johnny Knoxvi...
BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 10/20/13
OPENINGS: There was nothing supernatural about the blah $17M opening for CARRIE (Screen Gems/Sony/MGM), on the low end of Halloween horror openings, and with Bad Grandpa targeting a similar audience next weekend, there...
Weekend Studio Estimates OCTOBER 18-20
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #42 of 2013 now looks like $96 million for the top 12 films, down 15% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,157 theaters Friday, Car...
FRIDAY OCTOBER 18 Box Office Report
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #42 of 2013 looks like a pretty weak $93 million for the top 12 films, down 18% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,157 theaters Friday, Carrie from So...
BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 10/13/13
Sunday numbers will likely be a bit stronger than usual this week due to the Columbus Day holiday tomorrow. OPENINGS: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (Sony) didn’t even come close to taking the weekend, but its $26M is quite st...