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Weekend Studio Estimates 10.24-26.2014

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #43 of 2014 still looks like a decent $103 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 16% above the norm for this weekend ($89 million). Opening at 2,858 theaters,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions APRIL 11-13

Weekend #15 of 2014 is looking like a very good $149 million for the top 12 films, 41% above the typical volume for this weekend the past few years ($112 million) and the second strong weekend in a row. Opening at around 3,900...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions JANUARY 10-12

Weekend #2 of 2014 is looking like $100 million for the top 12 films, a pretty shabby total for a weekend that normal totals $125 million or more. Opening at around 2,700 theaters Friday (slightly below the 2,886 average theate...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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HOLIDAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE December 23-26

>Based on actual results for Friday, December 23-Sunday, December 25 and studio projections for Monday, December 26, the four-day holiday weekend continues to look dominated by Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible — Ghost Pr...
by Mitch Salem
 
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American Sniper: Putting the Phenomenal Box Office in Perspective

One useful way to look at box office momentum is to compare the Opening (normally the first Friday-Sunday or in some cases the first wide-release weekend and all the additional days before that) to the Next 7 Days, the first fu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through November 13

>Adventures of Tintin continues to roll around the world and is up to $159 million overseas, already what we expect it to do domestically when it opens here in December.  Real Steel is now up to almost $150 million oversea...
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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE October 10-16

>The past week (seven days ending Sunday) is up 5% versus last year’s comparable week.  Year-to-date box office is now down 3.2% versus last year, the smallest year-to-year margin we’ve seen so f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES” – Take the Train

> Watch It At Home; Dreary Franchise Moviemaking. In the 137 minutes of Pirates of the Caribbean:  On Stranger Tides, the 4th installment in Disney’s hugely successful franchise (and yes, you have to sit through all ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FRIDAY 12.26.2014 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #52 of 2014 looks like $192 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up +21% from the norm for this weekend ($158 million) and up +6% from the same weekend last year.   Opening at 3,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY 5.29.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #22 of 2015 looks like $123 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well below the norm for this weekend.   Opening at 3,777 theaters Friday, San Andreas from Warner Brothers is...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Studio Estimates June 28-30

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #26 of 2013 now looks like $185 million for the top 12 films, up a bit from yesterday’s $181 million estimate and still very close to the same weekend in recen...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY 1.9.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #2 of 2015 looks like $110 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down from the norm for this weekend and down from the same weekend last year.   Opening at 3,593 theaters Friday,�...
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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: July 4 Update

>Through Monday, July 4, Team Metcalf has pulled within $60 million of Team Salem.  Metcalf will enjoy another few weeks of Transformers: Dark of the Moon and two more marginal openings before Harry Potter and the Deathly ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JUNE 17-19 — SLIGHT CORRECTION

>This weekend will feature a moderately successful comic book movie targeting teens and young adults and a mediocre opening for a family comedy aimed at kids and young parents.  Last year Toy Story 3 opened this weekend to...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Box Office Year to Date: 2013 Remains On Its Sluggish Track

Ten weeks into 2013, the North American box office continues to track as a B-level year (nearly identical to 2008 and 2011), well below recent A-level years (2009, 2010 and 2012).  To date, 2013 totals $1.528 billion for wide-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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