The weekend after Christmas is still traditionally a strong weekend. Having New Years Day will balance out New Years Eve. Films will have a small week-to-week decline, as no new films open wide. 1) Rogue One- 38M Weekend, 400M Total … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Star Wars’ To Continue To Lead Over New Year’s
These projections are for the Wed-Sun span of five days. Star Wars is going to win. Sing is expected to perform really well but Star Wars is unbeatable in week two. The other new releases are all projected to turn … Continue reading Holiday Box Office Projections: ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Sing’ At The Top?
Rogue One is clearly going to win the weekend. Last year, The Force Awakens opened to 247M, and went on to be the top grossing domestic release. Rogue One can’t match that business. It can’t match that hype. It was … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: How ‘Rogue’ Will One Go?
Moana should easily lead Office Christmas Party, the lone new wide release. Moana has been getting a ton of attention, and that isn’t likely to stop until Rogue One. Office Christmas Party has Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, but tracking … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Moana’ To Crash A ‘Christmas Party’
With our widest new release being Incarnate, opening in 1700 screens, this is definitely a catch-up week. However, this weekend is traditionally always brutal as films drop 50-60% almost no matter what. A really amazing week-to-week hold film will still drop 40%, just because of the post-Thanksgiving doldrums. There are quite a few proven crowdpleasers out right now (Moana, Beasts, Strange, Trolls) that will see their harshest drops to date. Still, Moana will lead the pack as the freshest crowdpleaser out there. Incarnate isn’t expected to do much. Despite the fact that Krampus performed well in this same timeframe, Incarnate … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Moana’ To Lead A Slow Weekend
With Moana opening tonight at 7PM, Fantastic Beasts is already looking to lose its #1 perch. Moana currently has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, which will cause a huge boost of confidence in ticket buying over the 5 day weekend. … Continue reading Thanksgiving Box Office Predictions: How Big Will ‘Moana’ Get?
The Harry Potter spinoff prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is definitely going to win the weekend. But the question is, how big could it go? Well, unlike the Harry Potter series, this is not based on a … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: A ‘Fantastic’ Week As Miles Teller ‘Bleed’s For ‘Billy Lynn’
I’m kidding. Arrival won’t beat Dr Strange. It’s more of a cerebral alien film, and less like Independence Day. However, the 100% on Rotten Tomatoes that they’re promoting should send more people to the theatres than initially expected. Anyone who … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: A New ‘Arrival’ Challenges The ‘Doctor’
You’re probably headed to the theatres this weekend. If not, you definitely know someone who is. Between Doctor Strange and Trolls, the box office is about to receive an adrenaline shot after having a sluggish October. It’s good news for … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Three New Films Lead, One ‘Strange’ Will Win
Tom Hanks’s Inferno, the third book in the Da Vinci Code series by Dan Brown, is looking to easily get the top spot as it is the only new wide release this weekend, and it has already been doing quite … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Inferno’ For Top Spot
It looks like there is life in both the Jack Reacher franchise and the Madea franchise as the two films battle for the top spot. Ouija is kind of disappointing, though the film did only cost 9M to make, so … Continue reading Friday Box Office: Tom Cruise Vs Madea
There are a handful of new wide releases this weekend hoping to reenergize the box office. The leader of the pack is Tom Cruise’s Jack Reacher sequel, which hopes to make an impact in a marketplace crowded with adult-targeted films. … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Audiences Go Back To ‘Jack Reacher’
Ben Affleck is hoping to take the top spot this weekend with The Accountant, which is running ads that it is critically acclaimed, yet it lacks a RT score. So, is it REALLY a good film, or is it using … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Ben Affleck Aims For The Top
The big question this weekend is the impending arrival of Hurricane Matthew and its impact on the weekend box office. Even if Matthew’s eye never hits land, the outer bands will be drenching Florida, Georgia, and the Carolina’s over the … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Will The Hurricane Stop The ‘Train’?
We’ve had a lot of flops this summer, and some disappointments. So, ultimately, how did they pan out at the foreign box office? Were any saved overseas? X-Men Apocalypse: 155.4M Domestic, 388.1M Foreign X-Men Apocalypse has made 543.6M this year … Continue reading Foreign Box Office: Did It Save Any Flops?
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