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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: 8/9/13

Sheer tonnage is keeping the total box office aloft, but on a movie-by-movie basis, things aren’t nearly as rosy. OPENINGS: Unless things collapse today, ELYSIUM (TriStar/Sony) will do doubt report a $30M weekend...

by Mitch Salem

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FRIDAY 3.6.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #10 of 2015 looks like $77 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down significantly from the norms for this weekend among the worst first weekends of March on record. Opening at...

by Mitch Metcalf

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Avengers: Endgame” Obliterates The Record Books–and Helps “Captain Marvel”

Box office discussions about AVENGERS: ENDGAME (Marvel/Disney) will revolve around records broken and those likely to fall. The first to go was the Thursday night record, which is now $60M (beating The Force Awakens...

by Mitch Salem

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/31/14

Even by Super Bowl Weekend standards, this one is likely to be dim. OPENINGS: Despite aggressive preliminary estimates, THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (Focus/Universal) couldn’t even carry the day on Friday with $3.9M, and ...

by Mitch Salem

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Blade Runner 2049″” Slow, “My Little Pony” & “Mountain Between Us” Moderate

BLADE RUNNER 2049 (Alcon/Sony/Warners) was a high-risk bet, with roughly $300M in production and worldwide marketing wagered on an extremely serious 164-minute sequel to a 35-year old film that only became legendary afte...

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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...

by Mitch Salem

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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: “Hobbit” Leaps; “Annie” and “Museum” OK; “Inherent Vice” Stalls

After a sub-par Thursday, preliminary numbers at Deadline have THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (New Line/MGM/Warners) surging to $16.1M on Friday. If that number holds, it will be a tremendous 62% jump from T...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbs & Shaw” Beats Back “Scary Stories,” “Dora” & More

On a weekend prizing quantity of newcomers over box office quality, HOBBS & SHAW (Universal) will easily retain the crown, despite a 70% Friday-to-Friday drop to $7.1M, per preliminary numbers at Deadline. The Fast...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Multiplexes “Taken” Again By Liam Neeson Franchise

Note: because last Friday was part of a holiday weekend, the week-to-week declines for holdovers are unusually heavy. That will modify over the course of the weekend, since the holiday box office was already tailing ...

by Mitch Salem

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/15/14

After 2 weeks of unexpectedly smash hits, the dog days of summer attacked multiplexes with a vengeance. OPENINGS: THE EXPENDABLES 3 (Lionsgate) squeezed ahead of Let’s Be Cops on Friday, $5.8M (including $875K fr...

by Mitch Salem

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/3/13

OPENINGS: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount) was an experiment in several ways–the first installment of the franchise to be a spin-off and not a direct sequel, the first released out of the Hallowee...

by Mitch Salem

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/13/13

Well, bah humbug. OPENINGS: Start the spin machine: THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Warners/MGM) has opened with $31.1M, $6M below the start for last year’s An Unexpected Journey. That’s more than ...

by Mitch Salem

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/13/14

OPENINGS: 22 JUMP STREET (Sony/Columbia) went even higher on Friday than early estimates had it, reaching $25M. Even if it’s front-loaded as a young-skewing sequel, a $60M weekend is all but guaranteed, which w...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 9/27/13

OPENINGS: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (Sony) had an even softer Friday than the early numbers claimed with $9.3M. That’s barely ahead of the first Cloudy‘s $8.1M, and sequels tend to be more front...

by Mitch Salem

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: 8/9/13

FRIDAY 3.6.2015 Box Office Report

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Avengers: Endgame” Obliterates The Record Books–and Helps “Captain Marvel”

Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/31/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Blade Runner 2049″” Slow, “My Little Pony” & “Mountain Between Us” Moderate

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/2/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/9/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbit” Leaps; “Annie” and “Museum” OK; “Inherent Vice” Stalls

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbs & Shaw” Beats Back “Scary Stories,” “Dora” & More

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Multiplexes “Taken” Again By Liam Neeson Franchise

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/15/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 1/3/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/13/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/13/14

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 9/27/13

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