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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Loses A Bit of Magic, “A Million Ways” Still Dead

  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, MALEFICENT (Disney) gained just 6% on Saturday from its Friday start, not a great bump for a family movie, giving it around $25.5M on Saturday and a weekend that no...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 10/5/13

  If preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, GRAVITY (Warners) will own the new record for all-time best October opening.  It had a superb $23.5M Saturday, up 35% from its $17.5M opening day, for what should be a $55M+ week...
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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: “Transformers” and the $100M Weekend Question

  The odds are strong that on Sunday morning, TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (Paramount) will claim a $100M weekend, the first of 2014–but we won’t really know until Monday whether the movie has hit that mark....
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Need For Speed” Slows, “Single Moms” Flops

  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the weekend box office will largely be in line with Friday’s results.  Both NEED FOR SPEED (DreamWorks/Disney) and SINGLE MOMS CLUB (Lionsgate) barely budged on Saturday f...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “22 Jump Street” and “Dragon 2″” Both Drop on Saturday

  It wasn’t a great Saturday for either of the weekend’s big openings.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, 22 JUMP STREET (Sony/Columbia) fell more than 25% from Friday to around $19M....
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Butler” Stays In Charge

  If preliminary weekend numbers at Deadline hold, THE WORLD’S END (Focus/Universal) will be a bit more frontloaded than it would have liked, slipping 10% from Friday to Saturday for $3.1M on its second day, and a bi...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Ark Gets Bigger for “Noah”

  Proving, once again, that opening night exit polls are all but meaningless, preliminary numbers at Deadline have NOAH (Paramount/Regency) rising as much as 20% from Friday to Saturday despite a “C” grade that...
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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: “Rio 2″” Flies Lower on Saturday, Falls Behind “Captain America 2″”

  RIO 2 (20th/Blue Sky) appears to be losing altitude, according to preliminary box office numbers at Deadline.  The sequel reportedly climbed 30-34% on its second day of release, from $11.9M on Friday to $16M or less.  ...
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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: Turtles, Guardians Hold Their Lead

  There wasn’t much shift in position among the top titles at the Saturday box office.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Nickelodeon/Paramount) kept its $1M edge over GUARD...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Butler” Stays In Charge

  Preliminary figures at Deadline give THE BUTLER (Weinstein) a commanding victory over its competition.  Very impressively, on Saturday Butler reportedly increased its take by about 10% over Friday, putting it on target ...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Man of Steel” Remains Kryptonite-Free

  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, MAN OF STEEL (Warners) dropped 18% on its second full day of release to $36.1M.  That’s a good but not exceptional hold for a mega-opening; some recent comparisons are a 1...
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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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