Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY JANUARY 4 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #1 of 2013 is on pace for $124 million, very much line with the comparable weekend in previous years.  Texas Chainsaw 3D is opening somewhat better than forecast ($22.5 million versus o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 4.17-19.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #16 of 2015 now looks like $112 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, better than it looked yesterday ($105 million) but still slightly below the norm for thi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY 9.4.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #36 of 2015 looks like $63 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, actually fairly good versus the norm for the dreadful Labor Day weekend (see track below). Opening at 1,960 theat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.2.2018

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
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 6.18.2017

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 now +6% above last year and now +6% above the a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY 3.20.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #12 of 2015 looks like $119 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, below the norms for this weekend.   Opening at 3,875 theaters Friday, Insurgent from Lionsgate/Summit is on tr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.19.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Universal remains a dominant #1, growing even more this week.  Unfriended helped a little with its domestic opening, but the big reason for the weekly again this week was Furious 7 which is exp...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Weekend #45 is on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by well over 20%.  Skyfall matched our bullish ShowbuzzDaily forecast and is on track to be the best-opening and best-grossing Bond film ever.   Wreck-I...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

International Box Office through September 29

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions SEP 12-14

Weekend #37 of 2014 is looking like $65 million for the top 12 films this weekend, down 21% from the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 3,500 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  The release of Godzilla has pushed Warner Brothers into second place, just behind Sony (each with around $1.3 billion worldwide to date in 2014).  20th Century Fox ($1.1 billion to date worldwid...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.25.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +4% above last year and still +5% above the average for this point the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ted 2″” Loses Some Stuffing, “Inside Out” and “Jurassic World” Duel For #1

  Seth MacFarlane’s moment, it seems, has passed.  The three years that followed the triumphant opening of the original Ted included his missteps as Oscars host and as live action star of A Million Ways to Die In th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.4.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.     YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +5% above last year and still +5% above the average for this poin...
by Mitch Metcalf