summer movie box office | Showbuzz Daily

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...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Pirates,” “Baywatch” Drown On Memorial Day Weekend

It’s beginning to look like a long, dark summer for Hollywood, which is adding two more box office disappointments to a growing list over this Memorial Day weekend. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALE...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Despicable Me 3″” Takes Holiday Weekend, “Baby Driver” A Sleeper, “The House” Burns Down

DESPICABLE ME 3 (Illumination/Universal) will have no trouble holding the lead at the box office over the 5-day July 4th weekend. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $28.6M (including $4.1M from Thursda...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Annabelle: Creation” Solid, “Nut Job 2″” & “Glass Castle” Weak

ANNABELLE: CREATION (New Line/Warners) will easily take the weekend. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day was $15.1M, slightly below the $15.5M for 2014’s original Annabelle, but Creation is ...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Minions” In Control

MINIONS (Illumination/Universal) was expected to enfold the weekend box office in its little yellow fingers, and so it is. Preliminary numbers at Deadline give it a $45M opening day, which appears to be the largest ope...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/21/15

OPENINGS: INSIDE OUT (Pixar/Disney) had the largest opening for an animated non-sequel ever at $91.1M. (Disney is claiming a slightly more abstract record as well, the largest opening for a film that isn’t base...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.26.2019

OPENINGS: ALADDIN (Disney) will probably be in the top half-dozen Memorial Day openings when Monday brings it to $105M or so (the 3-day total is $86.1M). Compared to other Disney live-action reboots of animated hits,...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

Friday Box Office: “Dunkirk” Victorious, “Girls Trip” Strong, “Valerian” Crashes

There’s a reason why Christopher Nolan may be, along with James Cameron, the last filmmaker who can truly demand blank checks from Hollywood. His WWII recreation DUNKIRK (Warners), devoid of name stars (apologies...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/21/16

OPENINGS: The weekend’s tallest dwarf was WAR DOGS (RatPac/Warners) with a soft $14.3M start. The 12% Saturday drop indicates that word of mouth isn’t great, and early international numbers are weak as we...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

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...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “War Room” Attacks, “We Are Your Friends” Has None

On one of the slowest weekends of the year, it took some holy help to raise the box office from the dead. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, WAR ROOM (Affirm/TriStar/Sony) is edging into Friday’s top s...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Solo” Fades, “Adrift” Becalmed, “Upgrade” OK, “Action Point” Splatters

There’s usually a box office hangover after a holiday weekend opening, but the Friday-to-Friday drop for SOLO (Lucasfilm/Disney) was particularly sour, down 77% to $8M in preliminary numbers at Deadline, compared t...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.9.2017

OPENINGS: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Marvel/Columbia/Sony) was considerably more front-loaded than initial enthusiasm suggested, dropping 27% on Saturday, and pushing its weekend total to $117M. While the weekend result...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7/17/16

OPENINGS: GHOSTBUSTERS (Village Roadshow/Columbia/Sony) is reporting a $46M weekend (that number assumes the lowest Sunday drop in the Top 10, so it may come down a bit in finals), about 10% higher than the start for I...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

“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...

by Mitch Salem

Full Story »

Page 1 of 1012 3 4 Next ›Last »

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

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Pirates,” “Baywatch” Drown On Memorial Day Weekend

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Despicable Me 3″” Takes Holiday Weekend, “Baby Driver” A Sleeper, “The House” Burns Down

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Annabelle: Creation” Solid, “Nut Job 2″” & “Glass Castle” Weak

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Minions” In Control

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/21/15

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.26.2019

Friday Box Office: “Dunkirk” Victorious, “Girls Trip” Strong, “Valerian” Crashes

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/21/16

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

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “War Room” Attacks, “We Are Your Friends” Has None

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Solo” Fades, “Adrift” Becalmed, “Upgrade” OK, “Action Point” Splatters

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.9.2017

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7/17/16

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

Search

Archive

Newsletter Sign-up