Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #37 of 2013 looks like a very good $97 million for the top 12 films, up 18% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,049 theaters Friday, Insidious Chapte...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions SEPTEMBER 13-15

The 37th weekend of the year is looking like $81 million for the top 12 films, very close to the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at around 2,900 theaters Friday (just above the 2,886 average theater count for open...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, Warner Brothers has moved back ahead of Universal in a very tight race for second place. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to includ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

International Box Office Report through September 8

Updated international box office chart:  
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates SEPTEMBER 6-8

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #36 of 2013 now looks like $67 million for the top 12 films, a few million dollars better than yesterday’s estimate and now up slightly from the average post-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #36 of 2013 looks like a very average $62 million for the top 12 films, down 5% from the average post-Labor Day weekends the past few years. Riddick and The Butler did not hit our more a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions SEPTEMBER 6-8

The 36th weekend of the year (usually the lowest-grossing weekend of the year) is looking like $73 million for the top 12 films, actually above the four-year average for this weekend ($65 million) and way above last yearR...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATE: Behind The Holiday Weekend Box Office – 9/2/13

  OPENINGS:  ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (TriStar/Sony) continued its frontloaded box office swoon, with a 28% Sunday drop and probably another 25% today (the Monday number will likely be 75% below what the movie earned on ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 1

Here is the Weekend Studio Estimates summary (posted much later than usual but for the record). Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #35 of 2013 now looks like $93 million for the top 12 films, down a b...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

International Box Office through September 1

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. The worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date remain the same as last week’s. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to include a look at all releases from each studio, divided into...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 9/1/13

  Even though Labor Day Weekend is historically slow at the multiplex, the Monday holiday still boosted the Sunday takings for most titles. OPENINGS:  Frontloading 101:  on Thursday night/Friday, ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS U...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/30/13

  OPENINGS:  The $8.9M start for ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (TriStar/Sony), which includes $2.7M from Thursday night, was behind only the Justin Bieber concert movie ($12.4M) among recent debuts in its genre, surpassing ef...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY AUGUST 30 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #35 of 2013 looks like a very decent $95 million for the top 12 films, up 16% from the average Friday-Sunday portion of recent Labor Day weekends.  One Direction: All of Us and the out-...
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