It is entirely possible that Independence Day 2 loses to the second weekend of Finding Dory. If Dory had a steep decline of 60%, it would be on track for 55M. Now, if Independence Day 2 disappoints, it might fall … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘ID42’ Competes With ‘Dory’ For #1
Finding Dory is tracking really well headed into the weekend. A lot of comparisons are being made to Toy Story 3, which made 100M+ in its first weekend. This is the widest Pixar release ever, and with some ticket price … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Everyone Will Find ‘Dory’ and ‘Intelligence’
Pretty much everything this summer has disappointed except Captain America. Ninja Turtles opened under, Neighbors 2 disappointed, Alice flopped. So we have two sequels now, and a franchise tentpole. Warcraft has been getting terrible reviews, yet it has been lighting … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Three New Releases Vie For #1
The Turtles are back. The first film was a bit of a surprise, managing 191M. The sequel could go bigger, as fans are already excited for the big screen debuts of Bebop and Rocksteady (and Krang). Reviews won’t factor in, … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Ninja Turtles’ Vs ‘X-Men’
Despite the reviews, X-Men Apocalypse will still open big. 52% on Rotten Tomatoes isn’t awful. It won’t be hurt too much by the poor reviews up front, but it might translate into shitty word of mouth, which will affect the … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘X-Men’ To Break The ‘Looking Glass’
Captain America faces some truly legit competition this weekend from Neighbors 2 and Angry Birds. Both are tracking in the 40M range, with Cap landing just above it. If either film breaks out, Cap could lose his #1 spot. I’m … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Can Cap Three-Peat?
Good lord, look at that top heavy top 10. It was bad last weekend, but it’s worse this weekend, as our #1 film is now in it’s second week, and 4-10 aren’t going to make a whole lot of money. … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Captain’ Stays Strong Over A ‘Monster’
I saw this over at Obsessive Viewer, and it sparked my interest. Basically, the writers are trying to correctly guess the domestic box office top 10 for the summer. So, I decided to do one of my own here… by … Continue reading Summer Box Office Challenge
In case you were thinking to yourself, gee… the box office seems a bit slow right now… Captain America: Civil War is about to change that. Tracking is absolutely off the charts for the threequel, with many industry projections putting … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: A Great Big ‘Civil War’ Is Upon Us
So, Zootopia is definitely going to pass Batman V Superman. So much for the new DC Universe when a Disney toon can sneak up from behind and pass it. Speaking of Disney, they’re also having a banner session with The … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Jungle’ To Win Third Time
The Huntsman isn’t tracking that well. It already launched overseas, where it is doing so-so business. It won’t reach the 50M+ heights of the originals opening, and looks to get clobbered by Mowgli in his second week. The Jungle Book … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Jungle Book’ Continues It’s Perch At #1
Three new releases are opening this weekend, and one of them is tracking very VERY well. Disney’s The Jungle Book has been doing really well in early tracking, suggesting it should outpace Cinderella this weekend. Cinderella opened to 67M, and … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Mowgli and Ice Cube to Rule The Weekend
Obviously, Batman Vs Superman is going to win the weekend. The question is, how high can Superman fly? Man Of Steel opened to 116M and a 56% on Rotten Tomatoes. Batman Vs Superman is tracking better than that, but has … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Batman’ Vs ‘Greek’, Who Are We Kidding?
Weak reviews and an already downward trend in the series should mark a lower opening weekend for Allegiant. It’s not Hunger Games. People don’t care as much. Plus, Zootopia is still a thing, and there are other films still doing … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Allegiant’ To Post Lowest ‘Divergent’ Opening
The big question this week seems to be if 10 Cloverfield Lane has breakout potential in it. The quasi-sequel to the 2008 hit Cloverfield made 40M on opening weekend, with a ton of hype. At the time, 40M in January … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Can ‘Cloverfield’ Top ‘Zootopia’?
Disney’s Zootopia is looking to do some pretty big business this weekend, as it heads in as the new kids film in wide release, and with an amazing 100% on Rotten Tomatoes (as of this writing, 95 reviews in, and … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Deadpool’ To Be Finally Dethroned By ‘Zootopia’
Will Deadpool trounce the new releases again? Gods of Egypt has suffered a lot of bad press about its whitewashing of characters, and didn’t screen for critics. It’s likely because the film is awful, and there’s no potential for word … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Deadpool’ Ahead A Third Time?
No Valentines Weekend means less money available to the films at the box office. Plus, Deadpool’s total dominance, coupled with the lack of star power in the three new releases, and this could be a very sad week. Joseph Fiennes … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Deadpool’ Should Win The ‘Race’
Kung Fu Panda 3 managed to hold off a trio of newcomers, most notably Hail Caesar!, the only new release really worth talking about. Panda managed 21M over Hail Caesar’s 11.4M, which is kinda weak considering the all-star cast. This … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Panda’ Remains On Top, Few Pick ‘Choice’, ‘Zombies’ DOA
Wow. I should have factored the snow storm into my predictions. Everything is down further than I thought. Even The Revenant dropped 49% when it was projected to only drop 30%. I wonder what this week would have been without … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: Massive Snow Storm Crushes Hollywood
I’m going to buck the trend here. I think that Dirty Grandpa is underrated heading into the weekend, and the R rated DeNiro/Efron comedy has been testing well with audiences leading up to its release. Revenant has been experiencing small … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Can ‘Revenant’ Go 1st Against A ‘Dirty’ ‘Boy’ ‘Wave’?
As we head into Martin Luther King Jr weekend, Ride Along 2 is hoping to carry the success of the first film into this coming weekend. One thing is for sure, it will win the weekend. Reviews don’t matter here, … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Ride Along 2’ Will Finally Knock ‘Star Wars’ Down
Remember 1998, when Titanic had just been released and was the unstoppable juggernaut that couldn’t be toppled at #1. Leonardo DiCaprio was the star? Well, cut to 2016, and Star Wars is the unstoppable juggernaut, and Leonardo DiCaprio can’t top … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: Leo Can’t Top ‘Star Wars’
Yesterday, I did the “Worst” in film for 2015. Now, I’m going to make my way through the BEST in Film from 2015. Here are the first few categories. FUNNIEST FILM OF THE YEAR: Spy Ted 2 Cooties Trainwreck Pitch … Continue reading 2015 In Review: Best In Film Part 1
Star Wars will continue to rule the box office, as the only new entries are The Revenant, The Forest, and The Masked Saint (which won’t even crack the Top 10). I struggle with how The Revenant isn’t likely to do … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘The Revenant’ Can’t Pass ‘Star Wars’ Either
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now 6th All Time Worldwide, and 2nd Domestically. It is just 20M short of Avatar. It will probably pass it on Tuesday, as kids start going back to school tomorrow, so the astronomical weekday … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ Keeps Smashing Records
So, not only did Star Wars manage to continue to do insane business, but for the most part, a bunch of other films did really well over Christmas weekend. The Top 10 at the box office made over 268 million … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: Christmas ‘Awakens’ Your Wallet
Star Wars has been setting amazing records each day its been out. It’s actually projected to be the fastest movie to 500M, which it aims to hit by Sunday. It won’t have nearly the gross on Christmas Eve, as most … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Unstoppable ‘Force’ At The Box Office
The Force Awakens managed to open above all expectations, and shattered the record for highest opening weekend of all time, that Jurassic World just set a few months ago. Disney is reporting 238M for the weekend, but some believe it … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ Beats All Expectations
So, the easy prediction is that Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens will be the #1 movie at the box office. The second easy prediction is that it will make more money probably than every other film currently in … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: The ‘Force’ Is Strong This Weekend
1) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay pt 2- 101.0M Weekend, 101.0M Total 2) Spectre- 14.6M Weekend, 153.7M Total 3) Peanuts- 12.8M Weekend, 98.9M Total 4) The Night Before- 10.1M Weekend, 10.1M Total 5) The Secret In Their Eyes- 6.6M Weekend, 6.6M … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: Lowest ‘Hunger Games’ Debut So Far
Spectre led three new wide releases, and a random Bollywood entry, and Peanuts did some nice cleanup in second. Spectre dropped 49%, which is really solid. Peanuts dropped only 45%, which is even more solid. Not quite The Martian, which … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: Three Newbies Flop Under 007
Not a lot of competition for Spectre or Peanuts this week. Two adult aimed movies open, one hoping to cash in on the holiday season, and the other to cash in on an actual real life story. Love The Coopers … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Spectre’ To Hold #1
It’s time for EPIC FRANCHISE WAR WEEKEND! It’s like a WWE Smackdown, but with movies. This weekend, Spectre and Peanuts face off. Adults Vs Kids. Bond Vs Snoopy. One film will win. It will probably be Spectre. After the massive … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Bond Vs Snoopy
When last weekend’s #1 film was three weeks old heading into a notoriously slow weekend (Halloween is on Saturday of all days), one has to wonder if anyone is planning on heading to the movies this weekend… at all? Two … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: A Notoriously Awful Weekend Gets Worse
After surprising and landing a #1 debut, Goosebumps now has to defend itself against a barrage of new films. FIVE new films are opening or going wide this weekend. Fortunately for Goosebumps, some of them aren’t tracking well. Probably the … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Five News Films Look To Dethrone ‘Goosebumps’
I only said “might”. I didn’t say for sure. Calm down. With the small week-to-week drop that Martian had last week, a repeat of that could land The Martian a victory over Goosebumps this weekend. The PG rated Jack Black … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Martian’ Might Lose First
1) The Martian- 37M Weekend, 108.7M Total (-31%) 2) Hotel Transylvania 2- 20.3M Weekend, 116.8M Total (-38%) 3) Pan- 15.5M Weekend, 15.5M Total 4) The Intern- 8.6M Weekend, 49.5M Total (-25%) 5) Sicario- 7.3M Weekend, 26.7M Total (-39%) 6) Maze … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Martian’ Wins Again
Matt Damon’s The Martian is hoping to see a slight decline in the face of really only one new true competitor, the poorly reviewed, delayed Pan. The Hugh Jackman led flick is likely to still drum up business, as kid … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Martian’ Will Top ‘Pan’
The Martian managed a huge opening weekend, but if early estimates hold, it falls just short of the 55.7M that Gravity pulled in on its opening weekend, setting the record for October. The Martian was given a stamp of approval … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Martian’ Falls Short of ‘Gravity’
Matt Damon’s The Martian is tracking really well. I expect it to actually do on the high end of its expectations, probably around 60M. Yeah, it’s gonna be a big draw. The only other new releases are the wide expansion … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Martian’ To Bring In Big Bucks
Hotel Transylvania 2 was the big draw this weekend, for sure. It actually passed the original Hotel Transylvania (which was the record holder for top September opening) and set a new record… 5 million more than the original. It’s also … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Climbs ‘Everest’ To The Top
Hotel Transylvania 2 is about to benefit from being the only kids movie in the marketplace. The first made 42M in opening weekend, and I don’t think there’s enough demand for the sequel for it to surpass that. It’ll fall … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Transylvania 2’ The Top
The Maze Runner sequel is opening just a year after the original did well with a 32M opening. Scorch Trials should expand on the goodwill of the first sequel, and with not a lot of competition in the marketplace, should … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Maze Runner’ Should Race Easily To 1st
The two big new releases this weekend both performed well, and proved to be a shot in the arm at the box office, which desperately needed it after last weekends pathetic results. Leading the pack is The Perfect Guy, starring … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Perfect’ ‘Visit’ A Shot Of Adrenaline For The Box Office
That’s right. I’m officially predicting that not even Transporter: Refueled can hit 10M this weekend, in what is likely to be the slowest weekend at the box office, despite being a holiday weekend. The movies are either old or weak, … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Nothing Will Make 10M.
This weekend, two films traded places, as War Room dramatically exceeded expectations, and We Are Your Friends bombed almost on a record breaking level. It posted the third worst wide opening in history, besting only Delgo and The Oogieloves (there’s … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘War Room’ Surprises, ‘We Are Your Friends’ Is An Epic Bomb
If you were waiting to see a movie till the theatres were no longer crowded, this is your weekend. Typically one of the slowest weekends of the year, the final weekend in August features three newcomers, none of which will … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Compton’ Should Win A Third Time Around
Straight Outta Compton remained straight at the top, as all three new contenders were huge disappointments. Compton dropped 55% in week two, a bit harsher than predicted, but still managed to break past the 100M mark. It wasn’t the only … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Compton’ Wins, Newcomers Don’t Even Fight
Last night, all three new box office entries failed to make a splash in their Thursday night previews. On a day where Straight Outta Compton made 4.6M, adding to its ever impressive cume, audiences also said no to three poorly … Continue reading Thursday Night Box Office: None Of The Three Entries Made Even A Million