Posts Tagged ‘Boxoffice’
 

 

THE BIJOU’S WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/18/11

> As schools close and vacations begin, a lot of money is about to flood into Hollywood for about 2 blissful weeks.  But not enough to make up for the rest of a doleful year. SHERLOCK HOLMES:  GAME OF SHADOWS (Warners...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Thanksgiving Studio Scorecard – 11/24/11

> HUGO: The boxoffice story of the holiday was undoubtedly Martin Scorsese’s quasi-family film.  While almost every other film of the day fell steeply or at best held around even, Hugo zoomed an astonishing 40% ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Weekend Studio Scorecard – 11/4/11

> BREAKING DAWN PART 1:  Running $8M below New Moon at the parallel place in their runs, but with a slower rate of decline (at least until New Year’s Eve opens next week).  New Moon earned another $41M after the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “The Hangover” Is Having One

  Last weekend, Star Trek Into Darkness was the first boxoffice underperformer of the summer season; this weekend, it appears that THE HANGOVER PART III (Warners) may be the first unmitigated disaster.  According to preli...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through January 15

>Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol has moved up to a $320 million overseas tally, bringing the worldwide total to $554 million.  The fourth M:I is now the worldwide leader of the franchise.  Mission: Impossib...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Box Office Results TUESDAY December 27

>Box office volume came back down to a normal level on Tuesday, with the top 10 films grossing a collective $45.5 million (up slightly from the $40-42 million for the December 27 date when it also fell on an early weekday in 20...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 11/6/11

> The tiny 3% drop in PUSS IN BOOTS‘ second weekend is truly remarkable, and could well lead to studios adopting DreamWorks’ strategy in the future of opening an animated movie on Halloween weekend and then having a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Harry Potter and the All-Time Weekend Boxoffice Record

> Deadline has the early Saturday and weekend boxoffice estimates, and this is what “frontloaded” looks like:  HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART 2) plummeted by 52% from Friday (including midnights) to...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 3/31/13

  OPENINGS:  As usual with new arrivals, the eager studios behind GI JOE: RETALIATION (Paramount/MGM) have claimed a low Sunday decline (2d lowest in the Top 10), so the $41.2M weekend and $51.7M opening 4 days could slip...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “Dark Knight Rises” Actual Weekend Numbers

  After a moratorium on official boxoffice pronouncements due to the tragic events in Colorado, Warners has officially released the weekend boxoffice figure for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES:  $160.9M.  This is where the unoffic...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS August 14

>International box office results show that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 continues to surge: its overseas gross to date is now over $850 million and its estimated worldwide total exceeds $1.2 billion.  Rise ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 1-3

Weekend #22 of 2012 looks like it will total about $122 million for the top 12 films, down 21% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 20% from the four-year average for the weekend.  That would make it three down w...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/8/12

  Combine 2 big movies aimed at perfectly divergent demos, add 3D premium ticket prices, and shake well–the recipe for a strong weekend at the boxoffice. Based on preliminary Friday numbers at Deadline, both PROMETHE...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: Early Boxoffice Report – 9/10/11

> Deadline has some early Friday boxoffice numbers, and the news was good for CONTAGION and its maybe-I’m-retiring-and-maybe-I’m-not director Steven Soderbergh:  an $8M opening day that should lead to a weekend...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/29/12

>   Hold all tickets for 2d place. OPENINGS:  As of now, THE PIRATES!  BAND OF MISFITS (Sony), THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT (Universal), THE LUCKY ONE (Warners) and THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) are all project...
by Mitch Salem