Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

FRIDAY MAY 3 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #18 of 2013 kicks of the summer with a very solid $203 million for the top 12 films, below the Avengers-fueled same weekend last year but above the four-year average for this weekend.  ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

“Iron Man 3” Flies High With $15.6M Thursday Night Boxoffice

  With $345M already in the bank from its giant overseas openings (that includes an all-time opening day record in China), IRON MAN 3 (Disney) turned its metallic gaze to the US last night, and had a huge $15.6M in evening...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 3-5

Iron Man 3 will push the 18th weekend of the year to well over $210 million for the top 12 films, fully 19% better than the average for the comparable weekends recently but still 15% below the same weekend last year, when The A...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Box Office Year to Date: 2013 Remains Quiet

Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals just under $2.5 billion, down 16% from 2012 and down 9% from the prior four-year average 2009-2012.  Each ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: 4/26/13

  OPENINGS:  PAIN & GAIN (Paramount) is a “relationship” movie, not in the sense of the relationships between the movie’s characters (oh God, no), but the relationship between the studio and its dire...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FRIDAY APRIL 26 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #17 of 2013 is looking like a very weak $80 million for the top 12 films, down 34% from the average the past few years for this weekend and down 18% from the same weekend last year.  M...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: “Pain & Gain” Doesn’t Pump Audiences Up

  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/Fri...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 26-28

The two openers this weekend will be forgotten in several days or weeks, while Oblivion has a good chance of staying at #1 in its second weekend and 42 will be the other holdover still above the significant $10 million weekend ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Box Office Year to Date Scorecard — New Format

Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals $2.37 billion, down 15% from 2012 and down 8% from the prior four-year average 2009-2012.  Each year-to-da...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through April 21

Updated International Box Office Chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY APRIL 19 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #16 of 2013 is looking like $102 million for the top 12 films, down 19% from the same weekend last year and down 8% from the average the past few years for this weekend.   Opening at 3,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 19-21

Only one new opener (Oblivion) and only one decent holdover (42) mean it’s pretty slim pickings at the box office this weekend: less than $100 million for the top 12 films, down 11-22% from the same weekend in recent year...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Box Office Year to Date

Through 14 weeks of the year, 2013 totals $2.232 billion (for wide-release films that have played at more than 400 theaters).  This remains well behind the 2012 pace ($2.624 billion) and the very similar 2010 pace ($2.618 bill...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through April 14

The Croods was the big mover overseas this past week, up $38 million outside North America to $243 million overseas and $416 million worldwide.  The other big gainer outside of home was G.I. Joe: Retaliation (up $23 million...
by Mitch Metcalf