Posts Tagged ‘Boxoffice’
 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 5 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

>Rise of the Planet of the Apes will finish the weekend at #1 with an estimated $51 million at this point, significantly above the ShowBuzzDaily forecast.  In contrast, Universal’s The Change-Up is struggli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/30/11

> As detailed in Mitch Metcalf’s Boxoffice Report, Friday’s numbers were solid but lacking any breakout excitement.  First, let’s take a quick look at the limited-run Oscar hopefuls: THE IRON LADY (Weinst...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Box Office Footnotes – 7/2/11

> After a nice Friday bump, TRANSFORMERS:  DARK OF THE MOON took a small step backwards yesterday, with a lower % of increase than either of its predecessors had on their first Saturdays.  As Mitch Metcalf noted in hi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through April 8

>The Hunger Games continues its rise up the worldwide box office chart with overseas revenue to date now $157 million to go along with an estimated final domestic haul of $380 million.  There is probably another $150-200 m...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 26 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> As Hurricane Irene marches up the East Coast from North Carolina to Boston this weekend, the full impact on the weekend box office remains unclear, but there will be a significant impact.  News reports say that 65 millio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: Midnight “Paranormal”

> The new PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 is off to a good start:  its $8M boxoffice from midnight shows last night was 30% higher than Paranormal 2‘s midnight performance, and in a league with Hangover 2‘s $10.4M, which...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Box Office Footnotes – 6/17/11

> GREEN LANTERN cost at least as much as Thor ($350-400M with worldwide marketing), and will probably open around 15% lower–and Thor is no blockbuster hit.  Which means that although intensive promos got bodies into ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE December 12-18

>The much anticipated surge at the box office did not materialize for the slew of sequels releases.  Total volume for the past week was down 17% from last year, and the second Sherlock Holmes and third Alvin and the Chipmu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/7/12

  OPENINGS:  PLAYING FOR KEEPS (FilmDistrict) cratered as expected, in 6th place on its opening day with a sad $2.1M start.  It’s on its way to a $6M weekend and perhaps $15M in total, which won’t even pay of...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 6-8

>The Devil Inside looks like a $34-35 million opening weekend based on studio estimates (Friday and Saturday actual results with estimates for Sunday).  The top 12 films combined total this weekend has been reduced to $128...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY MARCH 16 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> The 11th weekend of 2012 is looking to be very normal for the third weekend of March: $101 million for the Top 12 films, down 2% from the same weekend in 2011 and down the same amount from the weekend’s multi-year avera...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE May 21-27

Now 21 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is running 15% ahead of last year’s pace.  Just two weeks ago, box office was running 21% ahead of 2011.  The past week was off a stunning 32% from the sam...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE February 13-19

>Seven full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run well ahead of last year’s slow pace and now has moved solidly ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several years.    ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/22/12

  This weekend’s boxoffice is something like a dead heat in a $5000 claiming race at a second-rate track.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (Warners), END OF WATCH (Open Road) and...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE Aug 1-7

> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in up 19% versus last year’s comparable week (the fourth significant increase in as many weeks).  Year-to-date box office is now down 4.6% versus last ye...
by Mitch Metcalf