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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/9/14

OPENINGS: NEIGHBORS (Universal) is a big win for all concerned, with a huge $19.6M Friday that could put it in reach of $50M for the weekend, especially if the fact that this is a rare mainstream Hollywood non-rom-com ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Office Christmas Party” Solid, “La La Land” Starts Huge

With a marketplace starved of adult comedy after the failure of Bad Santa 2, and the holiday deluge of product not quite here, this weekend is proving to be good timing for the arrival of OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (DreamWo...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/6/13

OPENINGS: OUT OF THE FURNACE (Relativity) will do nothing to change the reputation of the first weekend in December as a terrible time to open a new movie. Even in a more robust weekend, the grim quasi-art film, quas...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/16/14

OPENINGS: GODZILLA (Warners/Legendary) had the opening of its dreams with $38.5M on Friday (including $9.3M from Thursday night)–higher than the openings for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($35.2M) and Captain America:...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/20/14

OPENINGS: THINK LIKE A MAN TOO (Screen Gems/Sony) had almost exactly the same start as the first Think, up $75K from that movie’s opening day at $12.2M. Being a sequel, though, it will likely fail to reach T...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Soars, “A Million Ways” Perishes

MALEFICENT (Disney) performed as well as its Thursday night start suggested it might, at the high-end of expectations according to preliminary Friday numbers at Deadline and elsewhere. The revisionist fairy tale surged...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/2/14

OPENINGS: The opening day of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony) was actually a touch behind the opening day of the first Amazing ($35.2M to $35.9M). However the earlier movie had a different trajectory, opening on the T...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/22/13

OPENINGS: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) came up from initial Friday estimates to $70.5M, the 7th highest single day box office in US history (behind the final Harry Potter, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, ...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/2/13

OPENINGS: The production budget for 2 GUNS (Universal) was funded by producers Emmett/Furla and Foresight Entertainment, with Universal just on the hook for marketing and distribution. In addition, the overseas distr...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 3/14/14

OPENINGS: NEED FOR SPEED (DreamWorks/Disney) won Friday with $6.6M (which includes $1.1M from Thursday night), but it’s destined to come in 2d or even 3rd for the weekend, probably under $20M. At a $175M cost (...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/29/14

OPENINGS: AS ABOVE/SO BELOW (Universal) cost just $5M to produce, but its big-studio marketing campaign will add at least $30M to that, and after a $3.2M Friday, it’s headed for $9.5M by Sunday and $11.5M for the...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/30/14

OPENINGS: MALEFICENT (Disney) didn’t come cheap–with worldwide marketing, its price-tag will top $300M. But it seems to be money well spent, as its $24.2M Friday should propel it into a $70M+ weekend. I...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 11/21/14

OPENINGS: Congratulations and condolences to THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (Lionsgate), which had the biggest day of any movie this year–yet at $55M (slightly higher than Friday afternoon estimates had pr...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/23/14

OPENINGS: With $36M on Friday, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is assured of going over $100M by Monday, and the only question is by how much. The day fell a bit below the openings for Godzilla ($38.4M) and Captain Americ...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/25/14

OPENINGS: Despite all the testosterone flowing through the Avengers-verse, the biggest star to emerge from the mega-franchise is turning out to be Scarlett Johansson, the latest warrior woman at the front of the box of...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/9/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Office Christmas Party” Solid, “La La Land” Starts Huge

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/6/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/16/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/20/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Soars, “A Million Ways” Perishes

Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/2/14

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/22/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/2/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 3/14/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/29/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/30/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 11/21/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/23/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/25/14

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