Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

International Box Office through November 17

Updated worldwide box office chart for 2013 North American films.  Also, click here for a summary of worldwide performance by studio.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Thor: The Dark World has pushed Disney back into first place in the worldwide box office race, pushing Warner Brothers back into second place and Universal into third. For a complete ranking of 2013 films by worldwide performa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates NOVEMBER 15-17

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #46 of 2013 now looks like $123 million for the top 12 films, about $4 million above yesterday’s estimate. Opening at 2,024 theaters Friday, The Best Man Holi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/15/13

  OPENINGS:  THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (Universal) took advantage of being the only new movie in the market and nosed ahead of Thor on Friday, $10.7M to $10.5M.  That lead won’t hold for the rest of the weekend, but it&...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #46 of 2013 looks like $119 million for the top 12 films. Opening at 2,024 theaters Friday, The Best Man Holiday from Universal grossed $10.7 million Friday and is on track for a $31....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

With the release of Thor: The Dark World Disney has reclaimed second place in the worldwide box office race, pushing Universal to third and moving to within $100 million of Warner Brothers.  Still a lot of overseas upside fo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

International Box Office through November 10

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 11/10/13

  OPENINGS:  THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) held essentially even on Saturday, an excellent result for a franchise movie, especially where a chunk of its “Friday” number had come from Thursday night screenings....
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates NOVEMBER 8-10

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #45 of 2013 looks like $161 million for the top 12 films, not the record we had forecast but still 21% above the recent average for this weekend. Opening at 3,841 th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/8/13

  OPENINGS:  The $31.6M first day for THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) was about 24% higher than the $25.5M opening for the first Thor, an increment likely to reduce as the movie’s run continues, since sequels tend to ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #45 of 2013 looks like $160 million for the top 12 films, not the record we had forecast but still 21% above the recent average for this weekend. Opening at 3,841 theaters Friday, Thor:...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions NOVEMBER 8-10

The 45th weekend of the year is looking like $174 million for the top 12 films, which would be a record for the second weekend of November. Opening at over 3,800 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

International Box Office through November 3

Updated international box office chart:  
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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 (...
by Mitch Salem