Posts Tagged ‘movies’
 

 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

>Twilight’s latest, Breaking Dawn Part 1, is opening close to what we expected, but Happy Feet Two was not as able to weather the storm as strongly as we projected.  Overall, the weekend is running 20% ahead of the s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY 9.11.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #37 of 2015 looks like $82 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, slightly above the norm for the first weekend after Labor Day (see track below). Opening at 2,221 theaters Frid...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office PREDICTIONS June 21-23

The 25th weekend of the year is looking like a very good $217 million for the top 12 films, well above the same weekend the last few years.   Opening at over 3,800 4,004 theaters Friday (just above the top 10% of theater coun...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. Disney solidified its grip on first place in worldwide box office (thanks to Monsters University), while Paramount jumped ahead of 20th Century Fox courtesy of World War Z. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Loo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 5.8-10.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #19 of 2015 looks like a wobbly $120 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little better than yesterday’s estimate ($117 million) but still well below...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Box Office Year to Date & Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. Another very good week for Universal with the moderate domestic success of The Purge and the continued strong overseas performance of Fast & Furious 6.  The perennial also-ran studio (Universal) is now a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions SEP 12-14

Weekend #37 of 2014 is looking like $65 million for the top 12 films this weekend, down 21% from the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 3,500 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates 6.26-28.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #26 of 2015 now looks like $175 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, better than it looked yesterday and closer to hitting the norms for this weekend.  Jura...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 5-7

> Rise of the Planet of the Apes should open easily at #1 with over $43 million.  With broadly positive reviews behind it, this prequel should have decent holds in the following few weeks.  The Smurfs should slide int...
by Mitch Metcalf