WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. The studios are starting to separate from each other as we approach the midpoint of the year. 20th Century Fox is nearing $1.9 billion worldwide box office to date. Fox had a decent week with an additional $148 million worldwide (mostly from the domestic release of The Fault in Our Stars). Warner Brothers […]
OPENINGS: In the US, ONWARD (Pixar/Disney) was merely a disappointment by Pixar standards, with an OK 37% Saturday bump that allowed it to claim a $40M weekend, pending actuals on Monday. That isn’t much better then the $34.7M launch for last year’s Lego Movie 2, and it’s far off last March’s $55M for How […]
OPENINGS: Thanks to a slightly higher Saturday than its predecessor (down 42% from Friday instead of 44%), THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 (Summit/Lionsgate) is headed for the 2nd highest opening of the franchise, its $141.3M behind only New Moon‘s $142.8M. However, the series boxoffice numbers are so tightly bunched together that we […]
OPENINGS: INCREDIBLES 2 (Pixar/Disney) resoundingly became the highest-opening animated film of all time with a giant $180M weekend, more than 30% higher than the $135.1M for Finding Dory. Its Saturday behaved similarly to Dory, down 18% from Friday compared to Dory‘s 17%, although Incredibles 2 is looking for a better Sunday hold, down 16% […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is still +12% above last year and still +21% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.624 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $8.9 […]
OPENINGS: Allowing for the usual studio practice of predicting lower-than-typical Sunday drops to boost the numbers a bit, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (Disney/Pixar) opened in line with expectations at what may be slightly less than the $82M number announced today. That puts it only behind 3 other big-ticket animated sequels (the last Toy Story and 2 […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is a first look at the studio scorecard for the 2016 slates. We have updated the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwide and the lower category for films under $150 million worldwide. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at […]
OPENINGS: The biggest story of the weekend took place off American shores, as IRON MAN 3 (Disney) topped all expectations to open with a fantastic $195.3M in 42 territories (China and Russia are the notable ones still to come). That’s higher than the $185.1M opening for The Avengers (in 39 territories that didn’t include […]