Posts Tagged ‘Weekend’
 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES November 16-18

The weekend looks like a terrific $242 million for the top 12 films, a little better than it looked yesterday (now 20% better than the multi-year average for this weekend).  Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 appears a little str...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #45 of 2013 looks like $160 million for the top 12 films, not the record we had forecast but still 21% above the recent average for this weekend. Opening at 3,841 theaters Friday, Thor:...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES October 26-28

The weekend looks like a mediocre $82 million for the top 12 films, a little softer than it looked yesterday (now slightly lagging the multi-year average for this weekend).  Argo continues to do well, as we expected, but th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates 3.27-29.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #13 of 2015 now looks like $146 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, above the norms for this weekend. Opening at 3,708 theaters Friday, Home from Fox and D...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 7.17-19.2015

Weekend #29 of 2015 is looking like $195 million for the top 12 films this weekend, somewhat above the norm for this weekend and way above last year’s very soft weekend (see comparisons below).   Ant-Man from Disney ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 12.6-7.2014

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 6 and Sunday December 7, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popula...
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
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 11.7-9.2014

Weekend #45 of 2014 is looking like $167 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 19% from the norm for this weekend.   Opening at 3,500 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 10-12

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #19 of 2013 looks like $152 million for the top 12 films, about the same as the $151 million estimate yesterday.  Iron Man 3 picked up the pace with a very strong s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions: 1.15-17.2016

Weekend #3 of 2016 is looking like a pretty normal $143 million for the top 12 films this weekend (see comparisons below). Ride Along 2 from Universal should open with $35.0 million Friday-Sunday and about $43 million Frida...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

BOXOFFICE GAMES: “Hunger Games” Very Early Day 2 Number – 3/24/12s

> Deadline is reporting that Saturday’s boxoffice for THE HUNGER GAMES is heading for $50M.  This is obviously a very preliminary figure–some late night west coast shows haven’t even started yet, much les...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 9-11

>Two new films open this weekend, a formulaic romantic comedy from director Garry Marshall and an R-rated comedy starring Jonah Hill that looks like it will come and go very quickly.  New Year’s Eve will be #1 this w...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 28 and Sunday June 29, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates NOVEMBER 8-10

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #45 of 2013 looks like $161 million for the top 12 films, not the record we had forecast but still 21% above the recent average for this weekend. Opening at 3,841 th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES October 7-9

> Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), Real Steel is now looking like an opening weekend of over $27 million — $2 million more than projected yesterday.  Real Steel jumped 27% from ...
by Mitch Metcalf