Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 31 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 35th weekend of 2012 is looking like $81 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, about the same as the last few Labor Day weekends.  The Possession broke out of the pack to open at #1 with an okay $16 million for the t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE August 20-26

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between August 20 and August 26 grossed a fairly typical $146 million, down 1% from the four-year average for the comparable week and up 6% from the same ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 24

The big gainers overseas this week: Brave (up $33 million, finally over the $200 million milestone overseas), Dark Knight Rises (up $31 million this week overseas), Ted (up $25 million overseas this week), Total Recall (u...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY AUGUST 24 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 34th weekend of 2012 is looking like $77 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 12% from the average for this reliably disappointing weekend.  Returning films fill the top six slots in the weekend rankings, with ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 24-26: Crappy Films Mark the Beginning of the 7-Week Box Office Drought

Weekend #34 of 2012 looks like a typically bad fourth weekend of August.  Three shitty new films open and a political documentary goes semi-wide, and each should be well under $10 million for the weekend.  The top 12 films th...
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
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES August 17-19

Although Expendables 2 did not open as big as we forecast earlier in the week, the weekend was not bad for a third weekend in August.      The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final estimates for films opening wide this weekend: T...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY AUGUST 17 BOX OFFICE REPORT

The 33rd weekend of 2012 is looking like $129 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, not as strong as we forecast Wednesday (because Expendables 2 is not as big as we forecast) but still up well over 20% from comparable we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 17-19

Weekend #33 of 2012 looks like an unusually robust third weekend of August.  Four new films open, with The Expendables 2 an atypically strong entry for this late weekend.  The top 12 films this weekend should total $143 milli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 12

The big gainer overseas this week was The Dark Knight Rises again, up $67 million to an overseas total of $445 million.  A billion dollars worldwide is still possible, but $950 million could be more realistic.   Ice Age 4 c...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 10 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 32nd weekend of 2012 is looking like a halfway decent $138 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday — despite being down a moderate 4% from the same weekend last year, this weekend is actually up 8% from this compar...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 10-12

Weekend #32 of 2012 looks like a fairly typical second weekend of August: the last gasp of summer with three films headed for modest success.  The top 12 films this weekend should total $136 million, up substantially from last...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE: July 30-August 5

Another relatively slow week at the North American box office.  Dark Knight Rises keeps chugging along (still lagging behind the domestic pace of 2008’s Dark Knight but still on track for close to $450 million), but two ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 5

Total Recall joins the chart this week in the middle of the pack, with a projected $66 million final domestic total and $6 million to date overseas.  It might get to $95 million overseas ultimately, which would put its eventu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES August 3-5

The weekend is looking almost exactly like it appeared yesterday with Total Recall and especially Diary of Wimpy Kid 3 struggling to make an impact, while The Dark Knight Rises holds on at #1.   The ShowbuzzDaily Domesti...
by Mitch Metcalf