The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between September 24 and September 30 grossed a decent $136 million, up 7% from the four-year average for the week and up a similar 8% from the same week last year.
The past six weeks are now down 5% from the four-year average box office average and still down 8% from the same six-week period last year. Year to date box office (closing in on $7.6 billion for wide-release films) continues to cling to a 5% gain from the average for the past four years and a 4% gain over last year at this time.
| Domestic Box Office Volume: All Wide-Release Films through September 30, 2012 | ($ millions) | 2012 vs 2011 | 2012 vs 4yr Avg | |||
| 2011 | 4-year Average | 2012 | ||||
| Week #39 | $126 | $128 | $136 | +8% | +7% | |
| Past Six Weeks | $779 | $758 | $719 | -8% | -5% | |
| Year to Date | $7,304 | $7,246 | $7,587 | +4% | +5% | |
Weekend Actuals versus Studio Estimate
Hotel Transylvania came in officially at $42,522,194 today for its opening weekend, down a modest 1.1% from the Sony estimate Sunday morning.
Looper came in at $20,801,522 in its opening weekend, down 1.9% from the Sony estimate — not as precise but not a wild estimate.
Pitch Perfect ended up grossing $5,149, 433 in its first weekend, down 1.0% from the Universal estimate Sunday.
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
| Updated ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final Estimates | Domestic Final Gross ($ millions) | percentile | |
| Hotel Transylvania | 144 | 88 | |
| Looper | 64 | 62 | |
| Finding Nemo 3D | 50 | 51 | |
| The Possession | 50 | 51 | |
| End of Watch | 48 | 51 | |
| Trouble with the Curve | 42 | 45 | |
| Resident Evil: Retribution | 41 | 45 | |
| Lawless | 39 | 43 | |
| 2016 Obama’s America | 35 | 35 | |
| House at the End of the Street | 33 | 33 | |
| Pitch Perfect | 27 | 25 | |
| Premium Rush | 20 | 15 | |
| The Master | 19 | 14 | |
| Dredd 3D | 15 | 10 | |
| Hit and Run | 14 | 9 | |
| The Words | 12 | 6 | |
| Won’t Back Down | 5 | 1 |
Weekend Predictions October 5-7 should be posted Wednesday. This weekend features the openings of Taken 2 (action), Frankenweenie (animation) and Pitch Perfect (musical comedy expanding wide).
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