Here’s an instructive piece of box office math, courtesy of Disney and The Lone Ranger. Ranger cost (including worldwide marketing) about $350M all told, and it’s going to have global theatrical revenues of about $240M. Disney is reporting that the movie will end up losing around $190M, which is $80M higher than the usual […]
STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, the weekly changes look much higher than normal. Most of those increases are a function of some September films not being fully counted in the yearly totals for the past few weeks. All of the 2013 films are properly accounted for now. Warner Brothers […]
OPENINGS: Nothing improved for the weekend’s newcomers after Friday’s dim numbers. THE LAST WITCH HUNTER (QED/Summit/Lionsgate) led with a soft $10.8M, and whether or not Lionsgate is being entirely frank when it claims to have little exposure, someone is going to be feeling a tug on their wallet. The results overseas, not unexpectedly, were […]
OPENINGS: As expected, FANTASTIC FOUR (20th) plunged 25% on Saturday as word of mouth caught up with it (by comparison, Ant-Man lost just 14% on its 2d day of release), giving it a sad $26.2M weekend. Things didn’t get any better when international was factored in, as the franchise-killer managed just $34.1M in 43 […]
OPENINGS: After an October built on blockbusters that had been held off the market for more than a year, Thanksgiving weekend served as a reminder (to all except those paid to tout box office totals) that the theatrical release business continues to be far from recovered in the lingering Covid world. Overall business was […]
OPENINGS: The Gerard Butler vehicle PLANE (Lionsgate) launched with $10M over the 3-day weekend ($11.6M with the Monday holiday), a sturdy number although not up to the $21.4M for Butler’s pre-pandemic Angel Has Fallen. It hasn’t yet opened overseas. HOUSE PARTY (Warners), originally set for HBO Max, had a mild start with $3.8M ($4.5M […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Warner Brothers moved back into first place for the year with the release of Focus, although it really is a virtual tie with Universal. Note: the Scorecard has been updated below, flipping The DUFF and McFarland, USA to their correct studios. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +3% above last year and now +8% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.455 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $6.8 billion […]