Posts Tagged ‘Thursday night box office’
 

 

Weekend Box Office: “Catching Fire” Strikes Tinder Tonight

  THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, the 600-pound gorilla of the holiday movie box office season (The Hobbit 2 is by comparison a smaller simian, at least in the US) opens tonight, and the question is just how big it will b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: The Boy Band Weekend Begins

  The young, fanatically committed audience for ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (Sony) is the very definition of probable frontloading, so it’s no surprise that the concert doc debuted with a strong $2.7M last night at 7PM...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: A Lot of Silence

  All four of this weekend’s wide releases began with Thursday night screenings last night, but only KICK-ASS 2 (Universal) reported the results.  Kick Ass 2 started with a $1.3M Thursday (screenings started at 8PM)...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Elysium” Starts Slow

  ELYSIUM (Sony) got off to a very moderate start with $1.7M from 10PM Thursday night shows.  That’s better than the Thursday nights for 2 Guns ($1.2M) and White House Down ($1.35M), but nowhere near the $3.6M for P...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “2 Guns” Starts Small

  2 GUNS (Universal), with a 10PM Thursday start, had an unexceptional $1.2M launch, on the low end of the summer.  But while it was below White House Down‘s $1.35M, and that action movie went on to just a $24.9M we...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Wolverine” Shows Its Claws & Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

  THE WOLVERINE (20th) is the weekend’s only big newcomer at the box office, and it got off to a healthy $4M start last night.  That number is particularly strong since Wolverine held off till 10PM to start its laun...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Conjuring” Scares the Competition; “R.I.P.D.” Rots and Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

  The weekend looks highly promising for THE CONJURING (Warners), which haunted up $3.3M in screenings that began 7PM on Thursday night.  Although other summer openings have had similar mid-$3M starts (including The Great...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Heat” and “White House Down” Start Slow and Full Summer Thursday Results

  Neither THE HEAT (20th) nor WHITE HOUSE DOWN (Sony) is expected to turn many heads at the box office this weekend (Mitch Metcalf’s predictions are here), and that was reflected in their early Thursday night and mid...
by Mitch Salem