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Home Market Releases for October 24th, 2017

October 25th, 2017

There are not many films on this week’s list of home market releases, but there are several bigger titles making their home market debut. Some, likeCars 3, are only coming out onVideo on Demand, but there are also some serious Pick of the Week contenders hitting DVD / Blu-ray as well. Of these contenders,War for the Planet of the Apes has the best combination ofreviews and extras on theBlu-ray Combo Pack.More...

Home Market Releases for October 17th, 2017

October 18th, 2017

It is one of those weeks. There’s a massive release coming out, which has scared away nearly all of the competition, so it is a really shallow week. Fortunately, that huge release isSpider-Man: Homecoming, which is not only one of the biggest hits of the year, it is also one of thereviewed. It isn’t the only contender for Pick of the Week, but theBlu-ray Combo Pack wins that honor.More...

International Box Office: Spider-Man Swings into China with $70.63 million

September 14th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming returned to the international top five earning first place with $71.82 million on 21,675 screens in 47 markets for totals of $495.74 millioninternationally and $823.43 millionworldwide. The film debuted in first place in China with $69.12 million on 20,440 screens over the weekend for a four-day opening of $70.63 million. This is already the biggest single market for the film, overtaking South Korea, where it has earned $51.51 million. At this point, the film will have no trouble getting to $900 million worldwide, but $1 billion is out of reach.More...

Weekend Wrap-Up:It Jump Starts Box Office with $123 million

September 11th, 2017

Historically, theweekend after the Labor Day long weekend is one of the worst weekends of the year. That is not the case this year. In fact, this year, this weekend was historic in a much more positive sense of the word.It broke tons of records, some of which were more esoteric. It demolished the records for biggestSeptember weekend box office, biggest horror weekend, Biggest R-rated day, biggest opening weekend for aStephen King, etc. All of this led to the weekend box office more than doublinglast weekend’s total earning $163 million. This is also 62% higher than the same weekendlast year. A change this severe usually only happens when there is a misalignment in holidays. I’ve been saying that a lot over the past few weeks; however, this has been due to a massive decline, so it is nice to be unabashedly positive for once. Year-to-date, 2017 is still well behind 2016 at $7.63 billion to $8.08 billion. 2017 did close the gap and it is now 5.6% or $450 million behind last year’s pace. If the movie industry can close the gap by this much each week, then it will take till Halloween before it has caught up in terms of dollars and would take until nearly Christmas to catch up in terms of ticket sales.More...

Weekend Predictions: DoesIt Have What it Takes to Rescue the Box Office?

September 7th, 2017

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend is usually one of the worst weekends of the year. However, that’s not the case this year. In fact, this could be the best weekend in about two months.It is widely expected to dominate the box office. In fact, there are some who think it will earn much more than the rest of the box office combined. That would be great news for the overall box office numbers. On the other hand,Home Again is only expected to earn around $10 million; however, it reportedly only cost $15 million to make, so that’s not a bad opening. This weekendlast year, the biggest new release wasSully with just over $35 million, whileWhen the Bough Breaks did okay in a counter-programming role pulling in $14 million. Overall, the box office earned $101 million and ifIt lives up to the hype, it will help 2017 win in the year-over-year competition by a significant degree.More...

International Box Office: Dunkirk Invades China with $30.27 million

September 7th, 2017

Dunkirk returned to the international top five for the first time in nearly amonth with $36.5 million in 60 markets for totals of $280.0 millioninternational and $459.0 millionworldwide. Nearly all of this came from its first place opening in China, where it pulled in $29.80 million over the weekend for a four-day opening of $30.27 million. The film also opened in Italy, but had to settle for second place with $3.6 million on 606 screens.Dunkirk wraps up its international run in Japan this weekend and will finish with north of $500 million worldwide. Unless it cost an obscene amount to advertise, this will be enough to ensure profitability by its initial push into the home market.More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Labor Day Bounce Helps Bodyguard Pull In $10.54 million

September 6th, 2017

The lastweekend of the summer had no new wide releases, so it made sense that the box office would drop even further. However, that was not the case. I think the combination of the last long weekend of the summer and terrible recent box office results led a lot of people to go to the movies one last time before school starts. After all, it is likely most moviegoers haven’t seen a movie in theaters for several weeks.The Hitman’s Bodyguard easily led the way with $10.54 million over three days and $13.27 million including Monday. It earned more over three days than any of its competitors earned over four. Overall, the box office rose 9.8% fromlast weekend to $76 million. Sadly, this is still 24% lower than the same weekendlast year, but it could have been worse. Year-to-date, 2017 has pulled in $7.45 billion, which puts it 6.3% or $500 million behind last year’s pace.More...

Friday Estimates: Hitman Guards the Box Office with $2.43 million

September 2nd, 2017

Expectations for this weekend were really low. They were so low that when I sawThe Hitman’s Bodyguard had earned $2.43 million onFriday, I was pleasantly surprised. That’s only 20% lower than last Friday and the holiday should boost its three-day legs, helping it earn just over $9 million. It’s on pace for $12 million over four days for a running tally of over $55 million. That’s enough forLionsgate’s share to cover its entire $30 million production budget.More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Hitman Assassinate the Box Office?

August 31st, 2017

Not only will this weekend likely be the worst weekend of the year, there’s a very high likelihood it will be theworst weekend in over a decade. It arguably could be the worst weekend of all time. There are no wide releases, or even semi-wide releases. The widest “new” release of the week is the 40th Anniversary re-release forClose Encounters of the Third Kind, but last week’s 3D re-release forTerminator 2: Judgment Day suggests it won't come close to the top ten.Tulip Fever is a long-delayedWeinstein Co. release and just avoiding the Mendoza Line would be a reason to celebrate. Up next in terms of theater counts isHazlo Como Hombre. It is a Chilean film and films aimed at Hispanics have had success in recent years. They only need to earn just over $2 million during the three-day weekend to reach the top ten, so one of them could get there, but that’s not a sure thing. This leavesThe Hitman’s Bodyguard with an easy path to first place. This weekendlast year, the biggest new release wasThe Light Between Oceans, which earned just under $5 million. Sadly, this might be more than all three new releases earn this year. Last year the overall box office finished just under $100 million.More...

International Box Office: Valerian Has $28.88 million Reasons to Visit China

August 31st, 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets earned first place on the international chart with $32.78 million in 32 countries for totals of $124.12 millioninternationally and $163.81 million worldwide. The film earned first place in China with $28.88 million over the weekend for a total of $29.24 million. The film has yet to open in South Korea and Italy so it will likely top its production budget worldwide; that’s nowhere near enough to break even, but if it can get to $200 million worldwide, then it can at least safe face.More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Hitman Guards the Top of the Chart with $10.26 million

August 29th, 2017

Amazingly, theweekend box office was actually worse than expected, as every new release we talked about in ourpredictions missed the Mendoza Line*. This leftThe Hitman’s Bodyguard with an easy first place with $10.26 million during its second weekend of release, just avoiding the bottom tenworst number one films of the 21st century. It could break the record next weekend, as there are no new wide releases looking to take top spot. Overall, the box office plummeted 28% to just $69 million. This is in the bottom tensmallest domestic weekends of the 21st century, 13th worst including the year 2000. (Interestingly, the year 2000 produced 5 of the worst 7 weekends in that time frame and September 2000 alone has 4 of the 5 worst weekends.) Again, since there are no new wide releases next weekend, we could see this record fall. The $69 million weekend total is 41% lower than the same weekendlast year, which is a decline you normally only see when there is a misalignment in holidays. Unfortunately, we’ve seen a similar decline several times in recent weeks. Year-to-date, 2017 has pulled in $7.32 billion, which is $490 million or 6.2% less than 2016’s pace. We really need 2017 to put up some wins soon, or we simply won’t be able to turn around the deficit before the end of the year.More...

Weekend Estimates: Industry Suffering Worst Slump in at Least 30 Years

August 27th, 2017

Things are so bad at the box office this weekend that it’s hard to figure out just how bad. We’ve been tracking box office since 1997, and have researched weekend reports back to the beginning of the 1980s, and a diligent search of our database doesn’t offer a weekend that’s clearly been worse than this one. Based on current ticket sales, it’s the9th-worst in terms of consumer spending since 2000, with $66.6 million reported so far. That number will go up a bit when numbers are announced for all movies on Monday, but most likely only fractionally (I think we have numbers for everything that made over $500,000). But that figure doesn’t account for ticket price inflation. If we do so, things look even more dire…More...

Friday Estimates: Leap! Comes up Lame as Hitman Tops Chart with $3.15 million

August 26th, 2017

Asexpected,The Hitman’s Bodyguard earned first place onopening Friday, and better than average for the summer. It will likely finish with just under $10 million instead of just over $10 million. This isn’t a major issue for the film, but if it does earn first place with less than $10 million, it will beonly the tenth film to do so in the 21st century. Being on this list isn’t necessarily a bad sign for the film and instead is a bad sign for the overall market. For example,Guardians of the Galaxy earned first place during its sixth weekend of release, with just $10.4 million, not because it was struggling, but because the competition was terrible. In this case,The Hitman’s Bodyguard is on pace to become a midlevel hit, while the new releases are all bombs. In fact, the film is on pace to earn enough domestically forLionsgate’s share to cover its entire production budget and this is reason to celebrate.More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Leap! Make the Box Office Jump for Joy?

August 24th, 2017

This will likely be the worst weekend of the year at the box office, at least so far. There’s only one wide release,Leap!, while there are two other films opening “nationwide” that both have a real shot at the top ten,All Saints andBirth of the Dragon. All three films combined might not earn more than $10 million over the weekend. By comparison, this weekendlast year,Don’t Breathe opened with $26.41 million. 2017 is going to lose in the year-over-year comparison yet again and we can hardly afford to fall further back.More...

International Box Office: Creation Rises to First with $42 million

August 24th, 2017

Annabelle: Creation climbed into first place internationally last weekend, with $42.0 million on 13,209 screens in 56 markets for totals of$96.7 million overseas, and $160.9 million worldwide. The film’s biggest new market was Mexico, where it earned a first-place $8 million on 3,086 screens, while it also earned first place in Brazil with $4.4 million on 1,263 screens. However, its most impressive market was India, where it earned first place with $4.4 million on 1,159 screens. It is very rare for non-Indian films to top the chart in India.

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Weekend Wrap-Up: Hitman Tops Chart with $21.38 million as Summer Closes

August 22nd, 2017

The summer is over, butThe Hitman’s Bodyguard did well for this time of year earning $21.38 million over theweekend.Logan Lucky was well back opening with just $7.60 million. Overall, the box office fell 18% fromlast week to just $96 million. This is also 27% lower than the same weekendlast year. The top two films this year actually did better than the top two films earned last year, but the depth was just terrible. Year-to-date, 2017 has pulled in $7.21 billion, putting it $430 million or 5.6% lower than last year’s pace.More...

Weekend Estimates: Hitman’s Bodyguard Tops Chart with Solid $21.6 Million

August 20th, 2017

We’re at that point in the year when we’ll take what we can get at the box office, andThe Hitman’s Bodyguard will deliver according to that lowered metric this weekend with about $21.6 million, according toLionsgate’s Sunday morning projection. That’s in line with to a little ahead of expectations, but a B+ CinemaScore and mediocre reviews suggest it won’t have substantial legs. ForRyan Reynolds, the opening is ahead of this year’sLife, which debuted with $12.5 million, and well clear of 2015’sSelf/Less ($5.4 million).Samuel L. Jackson, meanwhile, appears in such a mess of movies it’s hard to say how this compares to any one of them.More...

Friday Estimates: Bodyguard Hits Its Target with $8.0 million

August 19th, 2017

The Hitman’s Bodyguard is giving the late summer box office a bit of a boost, earning $8.0 million onFriday. This is far from a monster opening, but assuming it has average legs, it will become a midlevel hit by the end. This assumption seems safe, as itsreviews are only 40% positive, while it earned a B plus from CinemaScore, both of which suggest below average legs; however, the next two weeks are particularly bad when it comes to new releases, so the lack of competition should help out. The film has a better than 50/50 shot at over $20 million over the weekend, but even if it just misses that mark, it is still great for this time of year andLionsgate should be happy with this result.More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Hitman Score a Hit? Or has Summer Split?

August 17th, 2017

There are a couple of new releases coming out in wide release:The Hitman’s Bodyguard andLogan Lucky. The two films have vastly different Tomatometer Scores, but similar box office potentials. Unfortunately, neither is expected to become a hit and there’s a chance whichever of them earns first place will do so with the lowest box office result of the year so far, currently held bySplit’sthird weekend of release. If the yearly low record isn’t broken this weekend, it will almost certainly be broken next weekend. This weekendlast year,Suicide Squad earned first place with just over $20 million. This is more than any one film will make this weekend. Additionally, there were six films that earned $10 million or more last year, while there are only three that have a shot at that milestone this week. 2017 is going to lose to 2016 yet again.More...

International Box Office: Wolf Warrior 2 Score Threepeat with $86 million

August 17th, 2017

Wolf Warriors 2 remained the top draw on the international market pulling in $86 million in six markets for totals of $685.52 millioninternationally and $687.45 millionworldwide. Almost all of this has been earned in its native China, where it added $85.10 million over the weekend to its running tally, which now sits at $683.80 million. It is currently the biggest ever film in China, both in terms of local currency and American dollars, topping the previous record-holder,The Mermaid. It will have no trouble getting to $800 million worldwide and if it can find audiences outside China, it might get to $900 million or even $1 billion. There’s very little competition for the next few weeks, so that could be the boost the film needs to get to that milestone. It is a long shot, but something to keep an eye on.More...

Contest: Go Nuts: Winning Announcement

August 17th, 2017

The winners of ourGo Nuts contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions forAnnabelle: Creation’s opening weekend were...More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Creation Helps Summer Conclude with $35.01 million

August 15th, 2017

Annabelle: Creation’s opening saved summer for one week, but that’s the practically the only good news we have to talk about this weekend. The film pulled in $35.01 million, which is over three times itsnearest competition. That’s the bad news. The depth this pastweekend was terrible, as there were only two films with more than $10 million, compared to five films lastweekend. The overall box office fell 4.6% to just $117 million. Worse still, this is 32% lower than the same weekendlast year. Year-to-date, 2017 is behind 2016 by $360 million or 4.9% at $7.07 billion to $7.43 billion. The year has lost over $500 million compared to last year’s pace during summer alone. This is a disaster.More...

Weekend Estimates: Annabelle to the Rescue

August 13th, 2017

After a series of lackluster weekends at the box office,Annabelle: Creation is doing its bit to clear away the end-of-Summertime blues with a $35 million opening this weekend. That’s right in line with the $37 millionAnnabelle opened with three years ago, which is an impressive performance for a horror franchise. It’s also the best opening for a horror movie sinceSplit’s $40 million start back in January. The first film in the franchise fell away quite rapidly, and ended up with $84 million in total, so a final total of over $100 million is far from assured, but with a production budget of only $15 million, and probably not much more than $20 million in marketing, this should be a highly profitable movie forWarner Bros., especially since the franchise is popular globally.More...

Friday Estimates: Creation Comes to Life with $15 million

August 12th, 2017

Annabelle: Creation dominated the box office onFriday with $15 million. This is likely more than any other film will earn over the full weekend. As for its box office chances going forward, the film has earned68% positive reviews and grabbed a B from CinemaScore. Horror films tend to struggle when it comes to CinemaScore, so a B isn’t a bad result and the film’s legs should be no worse than average for a horror movie as a result. Look for about $37 million over the weekend, which could be enough to get to $100 million domestically. It depends on how strong the competition is for the next few weeks.More...

Thursday Night Previews: Annabelle Saves Summer with $4 million in Previews

August 11th, 2017

Annabelle: Creation needed a $3 million during its previews to have a chance at saving the summer, and even then it would need better than average legs for the genre to hit $30 million during its opening weekend. Fortunately, it earned $4 million in previews. This is more than twice as much asDon’t Breathe andLights Out earned this time last year; however, those two films were not sequels and sequels tend to have shorter legs.Annabelle’sreviews are 68% positive at the moment, which is good enough for this time of year. At this point, opening with more than $30 million is a safe bet, while $35 million to $40 million isn’t out of the question.More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Annabelle Scare the Box Office to Life?

August 10th, 2017

UnlessAnnabelle: Creation is a $30 million hit, it is safe to say summer ended a couple of weeks ago. The film has about a 50/50 chance of getting there.The Nut Job: Nutty by Nature is widely expected set a record this week, but not a good one. Finally there’sThe Glass Castle, which is only opening semi-wide. Overall, the box office looks weak compared to this weekendlast year.Sausage Party opened with $34.26 million, which is more than any film this year will make. Worse still,Suicide Squad won the weekend with $43.54 million. 2017 is going to lose to 2016 in the year-over-year comparison by at least $43.54 million.More...

Contest: Dark Days: Winning Announcement

August 10th, 2017

The winners of ourDark Days contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions forThe Dark Tower’s opening weekend were...More...

Contest: Go Nuts

August 4th, 2017

There are two wide releases next weekend. (As expected,The Glass Castle is opening semi-wide.) Even ifAnnabelle: Creation andThe Nut Job: Nutty by Nature had the same overall box office potential,Annabelle: Creation would win the weekend, as horror films are historically more front-loaded than family films are. Because of this, it is the best choice for the the target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. We are using “Go Nuts” as the name of the Contest, because it is funnier. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening three-day weekend box office number forAnnabelle: Creation.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday),without going over, will win a Frankenprise consisting of their choice of either one TV on DVD release, two movies, or a kids package (could be a theatrical release, a couple of single-disc TV on DVD releases, or a full season TV on DVD release). Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday),without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above.Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven’t won, or haven’t won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don’t delay!More...

2017 Preview: August

August 1st, 2017

July is over and we should all be happy about that. Granted, there were some positive results we can talk about.Spider-Man: Homecoming is a huge hit andDespicable Me 3 will pull in a sizable profit before it reaches the home market. There were also a couple of other $100 million hits and a midlevel hit or two; however, overall, 2017 wasn’t able to compete with 2016 and the box office finally lost its lead over last year. 2017 started the summer about $200 million ahead of 2016, but will finish July about $100 million behind last year’s pace. August doesn’t look any better. There are a couple of films that have a reasonable shot at $100 million,The Dark Tower andAnnabelle: Creation, as well as a few that should be solid midlevel hits. However, last year we hadSausage Party andDon’t Breathe, both of which nearly hit $100 million, then we had midlevel hits likePete’s Dragon,Kubo and the Two Strings, andWar Dogs. I don’t know if 2017 will be able to compete with that. ... Now some of you are thinking I forgot aboutSuicide Squad. Trust me, I willnever forget that movie. I ignored it to make a point. Even withoutSuicide Squad, I don’t think 2017 will make up the deficit it has with 2016. WithSuicide Squad, it is going to be a disaster. I want to be optimistic, but there’s no evidence to suggest I should be.More...

Annabelle: Creation Trailer

July 3rd, 2017

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