Posts Tagged ‘box office’
 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 8.12-14.2016

Weekend #33 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND August 12-14, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projectio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY MAY 2 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #18 of 2014 looks like $144 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 25% from the norm for this weekend.   Opening at 4,324 theaters, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from Sony gross...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 16 Box Office Report: The Butler Triumphs on an Otherwise Undistinguised Weekend

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #33 of 2013 looks like an okay $120 million for the top 12 films, up 6% from the average for this weekend the past few years but down 6% from last year’s comparable weekend.  Op...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 11.19.2017

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 down -2% from last year and still +1% above the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 12.17.2017

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 down -1% from last year and now +2% above the ave...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Prisoners” Has the Key

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline give PRISONERS (Warners) an easy win on Friday and almost certainly for the weekend, with a $7.5M opening day that should mean $20-22M by Sunday.  Warners is following the Argo playbook w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions AUGUST 23-25

The 34th weekend of the year is looking like $99 million for the top 12 films, up a decent 10% from the average for this weekend.  Opening at 3,046 theaters Wednesday (a bit above the 2,886 average theater count for opening ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.23.2023

  OPENINGS:  The most hyped box office weekend of the year delivered and then some.  BARBIE (Mattel/Warners) burst into theaters with $155M, technically the best of the year (although the $146.4M for Super Mario Bros cam...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.30.2023

  OPENINGS:  After last week’s Barbenheimer fireworks, the box office for new movies returned to earth–with a thud in the case of HAUNTED MANSION (Disney), which was at the bottom of projections at $24.2M.  W...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through December 16

Latest International Box Office overview.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 4.25.2021

  OPENINGS:  The theatrical box office continued to pick itself up off the floor this weekend with two high-performing R-rated action movies, which thrived despite an overlapping target audience and the availability of on...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.31.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  We will continue tracking 2015 for several more weeks as the holiday films finish their runs.  We will begin tracking the 2016 slates soon.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North America...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.15.2019

  WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -5% below last year’s comparable span and still basically eve...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.28.2022

  OPENINGS:  The box office may not have hit bottom yet (see “Next Weekend” below), but it’s getting close, with the horror movie THE INVITATION (Screen Gems/Sony) topping the weekend at a painful $7M. ...
by Mitch Salem