Posts Tagged ‘movies’
 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 3.20-22.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #12 of 2015 looks like $123 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little better than it looked yesterday but still below the norms for this weekend.   Open...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 20-26

> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in down 12% versus last year’s comparable week (the second significant decline in a row).  Year-to-date box office is down 8% versus last year.    The Past We...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE MAY 23-24: Pirates on Mediocre Track

> Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides fell short of the magic number for early weekday box office (Monday-Tuesday combined), suggesting lower than average long-term playability. During its first Monday-Tuesday in releas...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through November 20

>Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 debuts on the international box office chart with a very solid $400+ million worldwide mark.  The latest Twilight has an overseas total to date of $144 million already with an expected ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE January 2-8

>2012 is underway, and the first week of the year (January 2-8) which includes strong early week business for the holiday holdovers and a better than expected weekend from low-budget The Devil Inside was up substantially from b...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS August 21

>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, already a billion dollar movie worldwide, is now closing in on a billion dollars overseas alone.  The estimated worldwide gross for the final Harry Potter film now stands at $1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions FEBRUARY 7-9

Weekend #6 of 2014 is looking like a tepid $114 million for the top 12 films, a 30% increase over last year’s disaster for the comparable weekend (Identity Thief and Side Effects bowed this time last year).  But $114 is ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #48 of 2013 looks like $194 million for the top 12 films from Friday-Sunday — 3% below last year’s Thanksgiving weekend but 11% above the four-year average for Thanksgiving w...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 11.14-16.2014

Weekend #46 of 2014 is looking like $128 million for the top 12 films this weekend, down 33% from the norm for this weekend.   Opening at 3,152 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the la...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JUNE 3-5: X-Men: First Class to Lead Another Strong Weekend

> Box office momentum continues this weekend with one strong new entry and several solid holdovers.  We expect another weekend tally above the same weekend in 2010. Opening at about 3,400 theaters, X-Men: First Class shoul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES December 23-25

>Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), the total box office for this weekend is now looking like only $100 million, down 24% from last year.  Projected weekend grosses for each film (summa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 13-15

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in very similar to the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  Contraband is leading the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 16-18

>Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), The Lion King returned to theaters 17 years later — in 3D no less — and scored a solid #1 for the weekend.  Drive opened okay, while Stra...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY 9.18.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #38 of 2015 looks like $100 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, somewhat above the norm for the weekend (see track below). Opening at 3,791 theaters Friday, Maze Runner: Scor...
by Mitch Metcalf