Reading fragmentary Thursday night tea leaves to predict weekend boxoffice is a dicey business, particularly because in our post-Aurora era, those numbers now include showings as early as 9PM in addition to the once-traditional 12:01AM screenings. So the $2M earned by OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (Disney) last night can be parsed in several […]
A trio of movie fantasies opened on Friday, and only one survived. In fact, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (Nickelodeon/Paramount) thrived, outperforming expectations according to preliminary numbers at Deadline with $14.3M on Friday, which should give it $50M+ for the weekend. That opening day was far better than the $9.6M earned by […]
The gamble of CRAZY RICH ASIANS (Color Force/SK Global/Warners) is paying off with solid returns. The film opened on Wednesday and earned $8.8M in its first two days, and preliminary numbers at Deadline have its Friday at $7M. That should give it a $21M 3-day weekend and around $30M since opening day. A $70M […]
UPDATE: More refined Wednesday numbers are in via The Hollywood Reporter, and the major difference from the numbers below was for SILVER LININGS NOTEBOOK, which made $656K rather than $550K. still off the pace of last year’s The Descendants, which had a very similar release pattern. Also, RED DAWN made $4.2M rather than $4.5M, […]
PAIN & GAIN (Paramount) may take the last weekend before the summer movie season starts, but based on the preliminary numbers at Deadline, it’s not going to win very impressively, with a $7M Thursday night/Friday that should give it a $17-19M weekend, right where Mitch Metcalf’s weekend predictions had put it. Pain was shot on […]
> UPDATE: More detailed numbers are proving even better for MI4, which reportedly made $6.6M on Wednesday. The action sequel is close to a $2K average at 3400 theatres, and looks like the hit of the season with $25M already in the bank. Things are less promising for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, which […]
> Uh oh. Deadline has what are admittedly very preliminary numbers for Friday’s boxoffice. But if they hold, this holiday season may not be a festive one for Hollywood. SHERLOCK HOLMES: GAME OF SHADOWS appears to be headed for a $16M Friday (including a little over $1M from midnight screenings), which would likely mean around […]
Everyone knew that FURIOUS 7 (MRC/Universal) was going to have an enormous weekend, but the franchise is toppling even the most optimistic forecasts. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day (which includes $15.8M from Thursday night shows) could reach $68M, an amazing 75% increase over the first day of Fast & Furious 6, which […]