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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” Tuneful, “Equalizer 2″” Solid, “Hotel Transylvania 3″” & “Skyscraper” Drop

A weekend of sequels is dancing to the beat of MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (Perfect World/Universal), which had a $15.1M opening day according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. That’s up an impressive 53% from ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bourne” Solid, “Bad Moms” Fair, “Nerve” Slowing

JASON BOURNE (Universal) is performing in line with expectations. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have its opening day at $22M (including $4.3M from Thursday night), down just 10% from the $24.7M start (with no Thursda...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Dawn” Breaks Solidly for “Apes”

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (20th) had a good but not overwhelming Thursday night showing with $4.1M. That’s more than triple the $1.25M for 2011″s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but it’s far from...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Guardians 2″” Kicks Off Summer Movie Season

With a franchise like GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 (Marvel/Disney), profitability isn’t at issue. Guardians 2 carries around $350M in worldwide production/marketing costs, and it will be in hailing distance of f...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fantastic 4″” Super-Flops, “The Gift” and “Ricki & The Flash” OK

Word of mouth on FANTASTIC FOUR (20th) is going to be deadly (the exit polls are dismal, and since they survey ticketbuyers enthusiastic enough to show up on the first day of release, lesser fans are likely to consider i...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Inside Out” Takes The Day, But “Jurassic” Lies In Wait

INSIDE OUT (Pixar/Disney) is in line for the biggest non-sequel opening in the history of animation. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have it winning Friday with $32.8M (that includes $3.7M from Thursday night), on its ...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Keep the Lead

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Paramount) held very well on its second day of release, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere. Its Day 2 drop was in the neighborhood of 15%, which is about as well as...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.3.2017

OPENINGS: Hollywood’s barely-breathing Labor Day weekend didn’t get any healthier on Saturday. The CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Columbia/Sony) re-release had a 35% Saturday bump, and like everythin...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Finding Dory” Locates Record Audiences, “Central Intelligence” OK

In its time of need, Hollywood looked to Pixar for salvation, and FINDING DORY (Pixar/Disney) is delivering. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, its opening day was $53M (including $9.2M from Thursday evening...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.2.2017

OPENINGS: DESPICABLE ME 3 (Illumination/Universal) is the latest franchise to underdeliver this summer, with a 3-day studio estimate of $75.4M in the US. That’s far below the $115.7M opening of Minions, and it ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “War” Unspectacular, “Spider-Man” Drops, “Big Sick” Expands

Despite some of the best reviews of the year for any movie, big studio or indie, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (TSG/20th) is off to a merely OK start. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it had a $21.1M open...

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“AVENGERS” BOX OFFICE: Ultron Huge But Perhaps Not Ultra

There was wide speculation that AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (Marvel/Disney) would outgross the opening weekend of the first Avengers, but in the US that may not be in the cards. Ultron did beat Avengers on Friday, $84.5M v...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/14/15

OPENINGS: JURASSIC WORLD (Legendary/Universal) took its place in the history books with the biggest worldwide opening of all time, its $511.8M ahead of the final Harry Potter‘s $483.2M. That particular record r...

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Behind the Weekend US/Worldwide Box Office – 7/6/14

OPENINGS: It was a sad lot of newcomers this holiday weekend. TAMMY (Warners) is claiming a $21.2M weekend ($32.9M including Wed-Thurs), which will leave it struggling to get past $70M in the US. (It also brought i...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.20.2017

OPENINGS: The $21.6M start for THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (Summit/Lionsgate) was on target for the B-movie, which had a modest 2% Saturday dip. It also earned $6.6M in early international release. While it does n...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” Tuneful, “Equalizer 2″” Solid, “Hotel Transylvania 3″” & “Skyscraper” Drop

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bourne” Solid, “Bad Moms” Fair, “Nerve” Slowing

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Dawn” Breaks Solidly for “Apes”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Guardians 2″” Kicks Off Summer Movie Season

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fantastic 4″” Super-Flops, “The Gift” and “Ricki & The Flash” OK

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Inside Out” Takes The Day, But “Jurassic” Lies In Wait

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Keep the Lead

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.3.2017

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Finding Dory” Locates Record Audiences, “Central Intelligence” OK

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.2.2017

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “War” Unspectacular, “Spider-Man” Drops, “Big Sick” Expands

“AVENGERS” BOX OFFICE: Ultron Huge But Perhaps Not Ultra

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/14/15

Behind the Weekend US/Worldwide Box Office – 7/6/14

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.20.2017

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