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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Chappie” Wins (So To Speak); “Unfinished Business” Flops Even Worse

An oddity of this year’s box office is that while a few very big hits (American Sniper, 50 Shades of Grey, The SpongeBob Movie) have pushed the total 2015 take well above last year’s start, there have been no...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “50 Shades” of Box Office Domination Begins

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (Universal/Focus) had the giant box office start that’s been anticipated since the movie was announced. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it earned $31M on Friday (that includes $...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Multiplexes “Taken” Again By Liam Neeson Franchise

Note: because last Friday was part of a holiday weekend, the week-to-week declines for holdovers are unusually heavy. That will modify over the course of the weekend, since the holiday box office was already tailing ...

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HOLIDAY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE SCORECARD: Hobbit, Unbroken, Into the Woods Stay Strong

Hollywood continued to have box office gifts to unwrap on the day after Christmas. WIDE RELEASE: THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (New Line/MGM/Warners) gained 19% from Christmas Day on Friday to $15.7M, put...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbit” Leaps; “Annie” and “Museum” OK; “Inherent Vice” Stalls

After a sub-par Thursday, preliminary numbers at Deadline have THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (New Line/MGM/Warners) surging to $16.1M on Friday. If that number holds, it will be a tremendous 62% jump from T...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Dumb and Dumber To” Outsmarts “Big Hero 6″”

Belying its title, DUMB AND DUMBER TO (Red Granite/Universal) picked a strategically smart weekend to debut, facing very little fresh competition (because of last weekend’s Big Hero 6/Interstellar double bill and n...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 10/17/14

OPENINGS: FURY (Columbia/Sony) should reach $25M for the weekend after a $8.8M Friday. Sony is claiming total costs (including worldwide marketing) of $150M, and that’s probably low by at least $25M. With a b...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 10/4/14

On what’s shaping up to be a very good weekend for Hollywood, the two leaders showcase different kinds of hits. OPENINGS: ANNABELLE (New Line/Warners) took Friday with $15.5M ($2.1M from Thursday night), which is...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/26/14

OPENINGS: THE EQUALIZER (Columbia/Sony) was just a tad below the opening day for Denzel Washington’s Safe House, $12.6M vs. $13.6M. That suggests a $36-37M weekend, which would be the 3rd highest of his career,...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/19/14

OPENINGS: As YA franchises go, the $11.3M opening day for THE MAZE RUNNER (20th) was ahead of the $9.6M for the first Percy Jackson, which ended up with a $31.2M weekend. Maze is being pitched more to teens than to f...

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Behind the Friday Box Office: 9/12/14

OPENINGS: NO GOOD DEED (Screen Gems/Sony) surged ahead of expectations with a $8.8M Friday. The level of its frontloadedness, however, isn’t yet clear. 2009’s Obsessed, an April 2009 Screen Gems thrille...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/22/14

OPENINGS: The question for IF I FALL (Warners/MGM), as with any movie that has a high proportion of young female appeal, is just how frontloaded it will turn out to be. Friday’s $6.8M included $1.1M from Thursd...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/15/14

After 2 weeks of unexpectedly smash hits, the dog days of summer attacked multiplexes with a vengeance. OPENINGS: THE EXPENDABLES 3 (Lionsgate) squeezed ahead of Let’s Be Cops on Friday, $5.8M (including $875K fr...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/18/14

Even though it’s just mid-July, Guardians of the Galaxy is the only likely blockbuster opening left this summer. Barring some surprises, the seasonal picture is ugly. OPENINGS: THE PURGE: ANARCHY (Universal) t...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/13/14

OPENINGS: 22 JUMP STREET (Sony/Columbia) went even higher on Friday than early estimates had it, reaching $25M. Even if it’s front-loaded as a young-skewing sequel, a $60M weekend is all but guaranteed, which w...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Chappie” Wins (So To Speak); “Unfinished Business” Flops Even Worse

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “50 Shades” of Box Office Domination Begins

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Multiplexes “Taken” Again By Liam Neeson Franchise

HOLIDAY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE SCORECARD: Hobbit, Unbroken, Into the Woods Stay Strong

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbit” Leaps; “Annie” and “Museum” OK; “Inherent Vice” Stalls

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Dumb and Dumber To” Outsmarts “Big Hero 6″”

Behind the Friday Box Office – 10/17/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 10/4/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/26/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/19/14

Behind the Friday Box Office: 9/12/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/22/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/15/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/18/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/13/14

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