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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.2.2017

OPENINGS: DESPICABLE ME 3 (Illumination/Universal) is the latest franchise to underdeliver this summer, with a 3-day studio estimate of $75.4M in the US. That’s far below the $115.7M opening of Minions, and it ...

by Mitch Salem

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 7/28/13

OPENINGS: Two smart studio decisions bailed out what could have been a scary opening weekend for THE WOLVERINE (20th). Fox kept the budget relatively low for its expensive genre, just $250M or so including worldwid...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 7/14/13

OPENINGS: Despite the strong weekend, it’s a bit troubling that GROWN UPS 2 (Sony) fell 11% on Saturday (the original Grown Ups rose 2% on its 2d day), suggesting frontloading and less than great word of mouth. ...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 8/18/13

OPENINGS: If a movie like THE BUTLER (Weinstein) can make back most of its production cost in a single weekend (and The Help did the same 2 years ago), why aren’t there more movies like The Butler? The answer i...

by Mitch Salem

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.2.2017

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