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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Force Awakens” Stays Colossal On Saturday

  After its history-making $120.5M opening day, there were two pre-existing Saturday models that STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Lucasfilm/Disney) could have followed.  The final Harry Potter was so front-loaded that it cra...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Goosebumps” Holds Narrow Lead; “Bridge of Spies” Fair; “Crimson Peak” Fatal

  Based on preliminary Saturday numbers at Deadline, adjustments from the morning’s weekend estimates will be minimal, although mostly in the wrong direction.  GOOSEBUMPS (Columbia/Sony) increased 31% from Friday to...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Little Relief From Slow Summer Ticket Sales

  There were no miracles on Saturday to lift the faltering box office, although preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere suggest that the holdovers did better than the newcomers. DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (20th) ...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Bad Grandpa” Holds Well For Easy Win

  Considering its genre and target audience, BAD GRANDPA (Paramount) did very well in its second day, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, slipping just 4% to $12M.  By comparison, the three Jackass movies went d...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Ouija” Scares Pre-Halloween Win; “John Wick” OK #2

  OUIJA (Universal) had about the same hold on Saturday as Annabelle did 3 weeks ago, down 9% (in this case to $7.5M), according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, and that should be enough to get it to $20M for the weeke...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Neighbors” Takes Over Spider-Man’s Lease

  Mothers Day is a bit of a wild card this weekend, but based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, nothing on Saturday changed the way the box office is likely to play out.  NEIGHBORS (Universal) held very well, falling ju...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Lucy” Holds Its Lead Over “Hercules”

  Allaying concerns about word of mouth, LUCY (Universal) held quite well in its 2d day of release, down 10% from Friday to $15M+ (better than some of the summer’s blockbusters, which fell 15% or more), according to ...
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EARLY SATURDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbit” Back On Top, “American Hustle” Strong

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline suggest that more adults showed up at the multiplexes for the Saturday of this holiday weekend, boosting some of the less family-centric attractions.  THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG ...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Nightcrawler” and “Ouija” Battle For Slow Weekend Title

  The movie business rebounded from Halloween on Saturday, with substantial gains for just about everything.  Somewhat surprisingly, the second weekend of OUIJA (Blumhouse/Universal) is challenging the new release NIGHTCR...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Godzilla” Slightly Less Monstrous

  GODZILLA (Warners/Legendary) is proving to be a somewhat frontloaded hit, with preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere showing a Saturday drop of 15-20%, down from $38.5M on Friday to $32-32.5M.  If that holds, it...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Guardians” Stays Huge

  GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel/Disney) held strongly on Saturday despite its massive opening day.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, the outer space superhero romp dropped about 15% from Frida...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Lego” Even More Awesome on Saturday

  Two of the weekend’s openings drew upon their core audiences for strong Saturday results.  Weekend matinees are prime time for family movies, and according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE LEGO MOVIE (Warn...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Big Hero 6″” Surges Ahead of “Interstellar”

  Saturday matinees, and the families who attend them, were the difference for BIG HERO 6 (Disney) this weekend.  Disney’s roly-poly new action star came back from being around $1.2M behind INTERSTELLAR (Par/Warners...
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EARLY HOLIDAY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “X-Men” Slips, “Blended” Climbs Weakly

  Day 2 for X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (20th) was down by a larger margin than expected, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, from $36M on Friday to $29-30M on Saturday.  If that number holds, it...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Keep the Lead

  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Paramount) held very well on its second day of release, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere.  Its Day 2 drop was in the neighborhood of 15%, which is about as well as...
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