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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ghostbusters” No Scare For “Pets”

The $17.1M opening day (including $3.4M from Thursday night) for GHOSTBUSTERS (Columbia/Sony) reported in preliminary numbers at Deadline would be fine if the movie were at the same budget level as previous Paul Feig/Mel...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Secret Life of Pets” Makes “Mike & Dave” Roll Over & Play Dead

For the fourth consecutive weekend, an animated movie will lead the box office, as Finding Dory‘s mantle is taken by THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (Illumination/Universal). With a $38M Friday (including $5.3M from Thur...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bourne” Solid, “Bad Moms” Fair, “Nerve” Slowing

JASON BOURNE (Universal) is performing in line with expectations. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have its opening day at $22M (including $4.3M from Thursday night), down just 10% from the $24.7M start (with no Thursda...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Stay In Shells, “Me Before You” Fair, “Popstar” Never Starts

The latest underperforming franchise entry is TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (Nickelodeon/Movie Media Group/Alibaba/Paramount). Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $11.6M, down 55% fro...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fate of the Furious” Loses Speed But Zooms Past Competition

How big is big enough? It’s a question that comes up on giant franchise installments, and the latest is THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (Universal), the 8th in its series. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, ...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12/11/16

OPENINGS: The adult-oriented OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (DreamWorks/Paramount) had a 3% Saturday bump and wound up with a fair $17.5M for the weekend If it can hold decently against next week’s monstrous arrival, ...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7/10/16

OPENINGS: THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (Illumination/Universal) quintupled the next-highest grosser of the weekend, with the biggest opening in US history for an animated non-sequel at $103.2M, easily passing last year̵...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4/3/16

THE MAIN EVENT: As the roof caved in on BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners), the studio had two last-ditch goals: to avoid a Weekend 2 result that dropped 70% from last week or dipped below $50M ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “War Dogs” Leads Weak Openings, “Ben-Hur” Crashes

The stretch of box-office beginning in mid-August is one of the weakest of the year, and this weekend’s arrivals did nothing to change that tradition. WAR DOGS (RatPac/Warners) had the best of the low starts, wit...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mummy” Stays In Grave, “Wonder Woman” Triumphs

THE MUMMY (Perfect World/Universal) is a disaster, although the studio and its minions will try to spin otherwise through the course of the weekend. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it earned $12M on openi...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Magnificent 7″” Respectable, “Storks” Doesn’t Hatch

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (Village Roadshow/MGM/Columbia/Sony), an expensive action movie in a month that doesn’t often feature them, and toplining the potent combo of Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, is starting off...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “American Made,” “Kingsman 2” & “It” Duel For #1

There’s going to be a crowd at the top of the box office this weekend, but there’s not much good news in it for anyone. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, AMERICAN MADE (Cross Creek/Universal) to...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Rogue One” & “Sing” On Top Again, “La La Land” To Become 2016’s #1 Indie

There were no new openings for New Year’s weekend, and not much in the way of surprises among the returning titles. ROGUE ONE (Lucasfilm/Disney) continued its ride through the holidays with $18.1M on Friday accor...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/2/13

OPENINGS: The studio-reported $28.5M weekend for Tim Burton’s MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (TSG/20th) is below the $29.7M opening for Burton’s flop Dark Shadows. Miss Peregrine cost l...

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New Year’s Weekend Box Office Update

Official studio estimates are in for New Year’s Weekend in the US, but overseas numbers are still sketchy. A few notes: ROGUE ONE (Lucasfilm/Disney) had a US result in keeping with preliminary numbers, up 15% on ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ghostbusters” No Scare For “Pets”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Secret Life of Pets” Makes “Mike & Dave” Roll Over & Play Dead

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bourne” Solid, “Bad Moms” Fair, “Nerve” Slowing

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Stay In Shells, “Me Before You” Fair, “Popstar” Never Starts

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fate of the Furious” Loses Speed But Zooms Past Competition

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12/11/16

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7/10/16

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4/3/16

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “War Dogs” Leads Weak Openings, “Ben-Hur” Crashes

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mummy” Stays In Grave, “Wonder Woman” Triumphs

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Magnificent 7″” Respectable, “Storks” Doesn’t Hatch

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “American Made,” “Kingsman 2” & “It” Duel For #1

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Rogue One” & “Sing” On Top Again, “La La Land” To Become 2016’s #1 Indie

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/2/13

New Year’s Weekend Box Office Update

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