Posts Tagged ‘Predictions’
 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 5.22-24.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2015 now looks like $143 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, significantly below the norm for this weekend.  A definite clunker Memorial Day Week...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS Nov 30-Dec 2

This weekend is normally dead.  On average, last weekend (the three days after Thanksgiving) is the 7th busiest of the year, while this weekend (the first in December) is normally ranked 50th in terms of volume.  Last year, t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 1.22-24.2016

Weekend #4 of 2016 is looking like $118 million for the top 12 films this weekend (see comparisons below). Dirty Grandpa from Lionsgate should open with $12.0 million Friday-Sunday. The film is on track for around $31 mill...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 26-28

This weekend is on track to be the fifth weekend in a row to be up over the previous years.  None of the openers look like big hits — it’s just that Argo is hanging around very well in its third week and there are ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 10.17-19.2014

Weekend #42 of 2014 is looking like $136 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 22% from the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 3,000 theaters Friday (slightly above the 2,886 average theater count for opening wee...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions JANUARY 24-25

Weekend #4 of 2014 is looking like $107 million for the top 12 films, up 7% from the average for this weekend the past few years. Opening at around 2,700 theaters Friday (slightly below the 2,886 average theater count for openi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 20-22: Dark Knight Rises Should Be #2 Opening of All Time

Weekend #29 of 2012 looks like what last weekend should have been: $272 million for the top 12 films, up 50% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 67% from the four-year average for the weekend. Opening at 4,404 thea...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 4.29-5.1.2016

Weekend #18 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND April 29-May 1, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Project...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 2 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #31 of 2013 looks like a surprisingly weak $124 million for the top 12 films, down 5% from the average for this weekend the past few years (the first such decline since the weekend of Ju...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

OSCARLAND: Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

  Let’s face it:  anyone with an interest in the matter has been circling the same basic list of titles and names for weeks now, if not months, and the truth is that as much fun as it would be for some shocking surp...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 7.3-5.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #27 of 2015 looks like $133 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little better than yesterday’s estimate but still below the norm for this weekend ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 3.27-29.2015

Weekend #13 of 2015 is looking like $123 million for the top 12 films this weekend, slightly below the comparable weekends the past few years. Opening at around 3,150 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average theater count for...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 9.18-20.2015

Weekend #38 of 2015 is looking like $120 million for the top 12 films this weekend, well above the norm for this weekend (see comparisons below). Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials from Fox should open with a $40.5 million weeke...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY 4.3.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #14 of 2015 looks like $225 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, way above the norms for this weekend and setting a new record for early April. Opening at 4,004 theaters Friday,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 3.20-22.2015

Weekend #12 of 2015 is looking like $139 million for the top 12 films this weekend, very much in line with comparable weekends the past few years. Opening at around 3,750 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater c...
by Mitch Metcalf