Posts Tagged ‘Boxoffice’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 3/9/12

> Deadline‘s preliminary numbers for Friday have JOHN CARTER (Disney) at around $10M for the day, which depending on how much it plays as a family movie on Saturday, should mean a $25-30M weekend.  That’s not a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES April 27-29

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly above the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume for t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

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
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through February 5

>The latest worldwide box office rankings are charted below.  Among the new releases this weekend, Chronicle sits in the middle of the list with $78 million worldwide to date ($65 million estimated final domestic and an ea...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/2/12

  OPENINGS:  KILLING THEM SOFTLY (Weinstein) is estimating a pathetic $7M weekend, just about the worst of Brad Pitt’s starring career, and even that may be pushing it, since the studio is claiming a relatively soft...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY JULY 29 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

>Holy Smurfs!  The Smurfs will exceed their estimate and Cowboys & Aliens is falling short of its prediction enough to put the two films on a course for a photo-finish at the end of the weekend.  Both films l...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 2/12/12

> Hollywood Hearts this weekend. OPENINGS:   It turned out that THE VOW (Screen Gems/Sony) was indeed slightly more frontloaded than SAFE HOUSE (Universal), but not by enough to rob it of 1st place.  Vow‘s ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY “HUNGER GAMES” WATCH

> THE HUNGER GAMES held fairly well on its first Tuesday, dropping around 4% to $10.3M.  This isn’t quite as good as it sounds, because Tuesday is generally an up day (except where Monday is part of a holiday weekend...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS October 23

>The Worldwide Box Office chart now tracks the movies released in the U.S. the last three months.  This will provide a clearer view of the marketplace at any point of the year.  Remember that each week going forward, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE August 22-28

> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in down 12% versus last year’s comparable week (the second down week in a row).  Year-to-date box office is now down 4.1% versus last year.  The Help again was the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/13/12

      THE AVENGERS:  Simply spectacular.  The 50% drop in Weekend 2 ripped past the $75M record to an amazing $103M.  The level of the weekly decline isn’t unprecedented (Avatar dropped an insane 2%, Shr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 25-27

Weekend #21 of 2012 (the traditional Friday-Sunday portion of this Memorial Day weekend) looks like it will total about $153 million for the top 12 films, down 29% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 11% from the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through November 27

>Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is now closing in on $275 million overseas to date (close to the expected domestic final tally), as it approaches $600 million worldwide.  One level down, The Adventures of Tintin has b...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 10/20/12

  Holdovers saved the boxoffice this weekend. OPENINGS:  Although the studio flew to announce that a 5th installment will be opening a year from now, the weak start for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (Paramount) is a signpost to t...
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