A bull market existed at one place over the weekend: the nation’s movie theatres. Thanks to a huge opening for The Simpsons Movie and good holds for all the other top movies, the weekend box office rose 45% vs. the same weekend a year ago. Since June 29th, when the second quarter started for the […]
As I expected, the summer box office momentum resumed at the end of June. Since June 29th, the box office is up 11%, ahead of analyst estimates built into 3Q models for the theatres companies. I think the rest of July and August should be able to sustain the gains with some possibility for further […]
The third quarter improvement in the summer box office continued over the weekend but at a slower pace. Led by the new Adam Sandler film, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, the box office for the top 12 films was up 3.5% according to data from BoxOfficeMojo.com. Harry Potter and the Order of the […]
After a weaker than expected June, the summer box office is now on track for an all-time record. With Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opening at the high end of expectations and transformers showing great legs, the weekend box office for the top 12 films was up 14% according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. Since […]
The big three summer movies have now each been in theatres for more than two weeks. Together they are on track to gross about $900 million domestically, a huge number by any means (only 23 movies have ever grossed $300 million), but one that is a modest disappointment to many observers including myself. Spiderman 3 […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End performed in line with expectations pulling in $156 million over the Memorial Day weekend to set a new record for the holiday period. However, whisper numbers were higher as many observers, including myself, thought the film could bring in $175-200 million. Most Wall Street analysts were looking for […]
Shrek The Third beat expectations this weekend as I thought it would. The total box office of $122 million is the third highest opening weekend of all time behind only Spiderman 3 and Pirates 2. It will fall to fourth next weekend when Pirates 3 likely surpasses Spiderman 3. The weekend box office was up […]
The second big movie of the summer season, Shrek The Third, hits theatres today (actually showings began at 10 PM on Thursday night but those will count as opening day and opening weekend totals). No other new films are in wide release this weekend and Spiderman 3 is fading fast – even though it is […]
Spiderman 3 blew away the all-time opening weekend box office brining in $148 million in domestic box office. The old record was set last year by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest which grossed $135.6 million. Look for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End to be the new record holder when it opens […]
The weekend box office was extremely week, declining 27% against the same weekend a year ago. The total haul of $75 million was the lowest since last the weekend after Labor Day last September. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, it was the lowest final weekend of April since 2000. Back-to-back poor weekends leave the box office down […]
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