> The updated worldwide grosses rankings show that Rango (Paramount) has slightly expanded its lead (with more room to grow) and that Battle: Los Angeles (Sony) is poised to challenge The Green Hornet (also Sony) for #2. Hop (Disney) enters the chart in the top 10, at #8, with some serious upside in the coming weeks. It will probably […]
OPENINGS: As we noted on Friday, the 3-day weekend studio estimates are lower than they’d otherwise be, due to lower pre-holiday moviegoing on Saturday and especially Sunday. That will all change on Christmas Day, which will usher in the biggest 8 days of the box office year. JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (Columbia/Sony) is […]
OPENINGS: The only wide opening of the week was the Christian-aimed action movie INFIDEL (Cloudburst), the first release from that studio. The official estimate is $1.5M from 1724 theatres, or a bit less than $900 per-theatre for the weekend, but that number assumes a very strong Sunday, so we’ll see if it holds up. […]
OPENINGS: WRATH OF MAN (Miramax/UA/MGM) held solidly through the weekend and emerged with $8.1M, better than Nobody‘s recent $6.8M start, and not too far below the $10.7M for Guy Ritchie’s pre-pandemic The Gentlemen. That film ended up with $36.5M in the US, and with the relative lack of competition Wrath faces, it could also […]
OPENINGS: The news was good and bad for POWER RANGERS (Lionsgate). Its US opening was very solid at $40.5M (even if that number turns out to be a bit overstated, with an ambitious Sunday estimate). But it carries at least $200M in production/marketing costs, and to reach profit, it also needs to be strong […]
OPENINGS: THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS (DreamWorks/Reliance/Participant/Disney) brings to an ignominious end the distribution relationship between DreamWorks and Disney. Their final shared title disappointed on every level, with a $5M 3-day weekend that might become $6M on Monday, and no chance of recouping its costs. Even though the weak reviews, length and period setting worked […]
OPENINGS: The biggest arrival of the weekend is still 2 weeks away from reaching the US. INFERNO (Columbia/Sony), the latest in the DaVinci Code/Angels & Demons franchise, opened in 53 markets comprising about 2/3 of the world with $50M. That’s a solid start, but suggests that when the movie goes worldwide (except for France) […]
OPENINGS: ADRIFT (H Brothers/STX) was at the top of a very low hill with $11.5M (plus $350K in 9 overseas territories). STX, which only has domestic rights, is claiming to be on the hook for only around $30M in limited production and marketing costs, but even at that number, it may not break even, […]