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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mockingjay 2″” Flies Low, “Spotlight” Expands, “Carol” Opens Big

As with Spectre 2 weeks ago, THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (Lionsgate) is making a tremendous amount of money in its opening weekend–but not as much as had been expected in light of what its franchise predece...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jurassic World” Devours June Records

JURASSIC WORLD (Legendary/Universal) is stomping past even the the highest expectations for its opening. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, its opening day was a stupendous $78.6M (including $18.5M from Thur...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Easy Win For “Guardians”, Sword Stays In the Stone For “King Arthur,” “Snatched” Is MIA

Hollywood offered slim competition to the second weekend of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 (Marvel/Disney) and the latest comic book spectacular will easily win the weekend with what Deadline currently estimates will be $...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “2 Guns” Leads A Dim Weekend

According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, 2 GUNS (Universal/Emmett-Furla) claimed Friday with $9.8M (including $1.3M from Thursday night). If that number holds, it’ll be considerably below Denzel Washington&...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hitman’s Bodyguard” Wipes Out “Leap” & “Birth Of The Dragon” On Zombie Weekend

The major studios are barely participating in late August distribution, and it was clear the box office would be dreadful this weekend even before calculating the effects of Hurricane Harvey and the expected massive pay-...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “American Sniper” Takes Out the Competition

OPENINGS: Even though it technically opened last year, 2015 has its first blockbuster hit with AMERICAN SNIPER (Warners/Village Roadshow). According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Clint Eastwood’s newly-mi...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Great Wall,” “Fist Fight,” “Cure For Wellness” Fall to “LEGO Batman”

A weak slate of newcomers is almost always good news for the holdovers in the market, and that will be the case this holiday weekend. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (Warners Animati...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE OF HORROR: Halloween Slaughters “Burnt,” “Our Brand Is Crisis”

The last time Halloween fell on a Saturday, in 2009, Hollywood mostly stayed away. (The concert movie This Is It opened the previous Wednesday.) This year, two studios tried to counterprogram the holiday with problem...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Solo” Lonesome, “Deadpool 2″” Down Heavily To Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend

This may be a good time to pause the stories about Disney’s infalliability, and the unstoppable dominance of the Star Wars franchise. SOLO (Lucasfilm/Disney) is underperforming in a big way, with preliminary numb...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Early Friday Box Office: “Thor: Ragnorak” Keeps Lead, “Murder” Solid, “Daddy’s Home 2″” OK

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (20th) had a surprising amount of marketing muscle behind it, and at least in the short term it seems to be paying off. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day was $10.6M ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” Tuneful, “Equalizer 2″” Solid, “Hotel Transylvania 3″” & “Skyscraper” Drop

A weekend of sequels is dancing to the beat of MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (Perfect World/Universal), which had a $15.1M opening day according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. That’s up an impressive 53% from ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Shazam” Leads Slow Weekend, “Little” OK, “Hellboy” Weak, “After” & “Missing Link” Dim

SHAZAM (DC/New Line/Warners) is going to win a bleak weekend at the box office, and even it doesn’t have much to boast about. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have it dropping 68% from last Friday to $6.6M, worse ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/18/13

It’s not much of a surprise at this point that GRAVITY (Warners) continues to run rings around its competition. Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the blockbuster will easily win its third consecutive week...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “LEGO Batman,” “50 Shades Darker,” “John Wick 2″” All Solid

This is a well-designed weekend for Hollywood, with a trio of sensibly-budgeted franchise titles all drawing audiences from their mostly separate target demos. The Friday winner, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Subdued Ride Along 2 Takes Lead Over Revenant, Star Wars, 13 Hours

Behaving much like recent high-profile sequels Spectre and Mockingjay Part 2, RIDE ALONG 2 (Universal) appears to be heading for an opening weekend around 20% below its predecessor. According to preliminary numbers at ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mockingjay 2″” Flies Low, “Spotlight” Expands, “Carol” Opens Big

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jurassic World” Devours June Records

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Easy Win For “Guardians”, Sword Stays In the Stone For “King Arthur,” “Snatched” Is MIA

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “2 Guns” Leads A Dim Weekend

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hitman’s Bodyguard” Wipes Out “Leap” & “Birth Of The Dragon” On Zombie Weekend

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “American Sniper” Takes Out the Competition

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Great Wall,” “Fist Fight,” “Cure For Wellness” Fall to “LEGO Batman”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE OF HORROR: Halloween Slaughters “Burnt,” “Our Brand Is Crisis”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Solo” Lonesome, “Deadpool 2″” Down Heavily To Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend

SHOWBUZZDAILY Early Friday Box Office: “Thor: Ragnorak” Keeps Lead, “Murder” Solid, “Daddy’s Home 2″” OK

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” Tuneful, “Equalizer 2″” Solid, “Hotel Transylvania 3″” & “Skyscraper” Drop

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Shazam” Leads Slow Weekend, “Little” OK, “Hellboy” Weak, “After” & “Missing Link” Dim

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/18/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “LEGO Batman,” “50 Shades Darker,” “John Wick 2″” All Solid

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Subdued Ride Along 2 Takes Lead Over Revenant, Star Wars, 13 Hours

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