SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/11/12
> John Carter traveled to Mars; the movie with his name also looks beyond the US for some help. OPENINGS: JOHN CARTER (Disney) may or may not have grossed over $30M this weekend–we’ll find out for sure tomorro...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 18
>21 Jump Street joins the worldwide box office chart about a third of the way down the list, ranked #14 out of 44 films released wide in North America over the past three months. We expect its domestic gross to top out at...
THE SKED MOVIE PROMO WATCH: OSCAR NIGHT EDITION
> The Academy limits the number of movie ads that can be aired on the Oscar telecast (until recent years, they didn’t allow any), so as not to make the night look like the awards are shilling for the studios. (God f...
FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE March 5-11
>Ten full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run 26% ahead of last year’s horrible pace, and the year-to-date total is now pacing 12% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several year...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 23-25
>The 12th weekend of the year should be a whopper: about $176 million for the top 12 films. How big is that for the fourth weekend in March? Enormous, unprecedented: up 62% from last year’s comparable weekend ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/2/12
> There are good movies and there are hits, and given the choice, there’s never been any doubt which Hollywood prefers. OPENINGS: A March filled to the brim with wannabe blockbusters is off to a big start. THE...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 16-18
>The 11th weekend of the year should generate about $101 million for the top 12 films, a somewhat soft weekend for the third weekend in March — down 3% from last year’s comparable weekend and down a similar percenta...
THE BOXOFFICE GAMES: “Hunger Games” Day 1 – Early Numbers – 3/23/12
> Boxoffice numbers have been bouncing around all day (Per-theatre averages as of 3PM Pacific time! Number of left-handed, red-haired patrons sitting through the entire end credits!), and they’re still not final or ...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 9-11
>The tenth weekend of the year should generate about $122 million for the top 12 films, a slightly better than normal weekend for the second weekend in March — up 4% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 10% fr...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 3/16/12
> Channing Tatum has his second big hit in just over a month. According to Deadline’s preliminary numbers, 21 JUMP STREET (Sony) had a very solid $13M Friday, which should mean a weekend around $32-35M. That p...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/25/12
> Hope you like Hunger Games rip-offs, because plenty of them are on the way. OPENINGS: The 3d biggest opening weekend of all time, the 2d best Saturday, the 4th best Sunday… and is it done? Lionsgate is estim...
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...
FRIDAY MARCH 16 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
> The 11th weekend of 2012 is looking to be very normal for the third weekend of March: $101 million for the Top 12 films, down 2% from the same weekend in 2011 and down the same amount from the weekend’s multi-year avera...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 25
>Welcome to the big leagues, Hunger Games. Our preliminary domestic total projection of $403 million and the overseas gross to date of $59 million instantly puts The Hunger Games in the stratosphere of worldwide revenue, ...