Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800)	792	$102,003,019
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,191	$135,248,769
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 501-600)	526	$102,003,019
Top 2013 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	33	$102,003,019
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies	21	$102,003,019
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 501-600)	558	$102,003,019
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies	4	$102,003,019
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 101-200)	120	$102,003,019
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200)	164	$102,003,019
All Time Domestic Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	110	$102,003,019

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Oct 25, 2013	1	$32,055,177		3,336	$9,609	$32,055,177	1
Nov 1, 2013	2	$20,010,303	-38%	3,345	$5,982	$61,568,639	2
Nov 8, 2013	2	$11,326,977	-43%	3,187	$3,554	$78,773,603	3
Nov 15, 2013	5	$7,421,536	-34%	3,190	$2,327	$89,953,174	4
Nov 22, 2013	7	$3,433,864	-54%	2,625	$1,308	$95,434,629	5
Nov 29, 2013	15	$1,766,420	-49%	1,503	$1,175	$98,779,629	6
Dec 6, 2013	15	$820,378	-54%	1,503	$546	$100,020,913	7
Dec 13, 2013	21	$267,858	-67%	456	$587	$100,563,450	8
Dec 20, 2013	23	$193,165	-28%	257	$752	$100,850,051	9
Dec 27, 2013	27	$233,960	+21%	257	$910	$101,263,071	10
Jan 3, 2014	30	$174,804	-25%	220	$795	$101,625,444	11
Jan 10, 2014	30	$135,415	-23%	192	$705	$101,830,232	12
Jan 17, 2014	37	$86,265	-36%	154	$560	$101,963,474	13

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Oct 25, 2013	1	$12,560,227			3,336	$3,765	$12,560,227	1
Oct 26, 2013	1	$11,514,488	-8%		3,336	$3,452	$24,074,715	2
Oct 27, 2013	1	$7,980,462	-31%		3,336	$2,392	$32,055,177	3
Oct 28, 2013	1	$2,804,645	-65%		3,336	$841	$34,859,822	4
Oct 29, 2013	1	$2,900,230	+3%		3,336	$869	$37,760,052	5
Oct 30, 2013	1	$2,021,657	-30%		3,336	$606	$39,781,709	6
Oct 31, 2013	1	$1,776,627	-12%		3,336	$533	$41,558,336	7
Nov 1, 2013	2	$6,082,641	+242%	-52%	3,345	$1,818	$47,640,977	8
Nov 2, 2013	2	$8,891,280	+46%	-23%	3,345	$2,658	$56,532,257	9
Nov 3, 2013	2	$5,036,382	-43%	-37%	3,345	$1,506	$61,568,639	10
Nov 4, 2013	2	$1,532,622	-70%	-45%	3,345	$458	$63,101,261	11
Nov 5, 2013	3	$1,761,514	+15%	-39%	3,345	$527	$64,862,775	12
Nov 6, 2013	3	$1,317,244	-25%	-35%	3,345	$394	$66,180,019	13
Nov 7, 2013	2	$1,266,607	-4%	-29%	3,345	$379	$67,446,626	14
Nov 8, 2013	2	$3,383,492	+167%	-44%	3,187	$1,062	$70,830,118	15
Nov 9, 2013	3	$4,812,941	+42%	-46%	3,187	$1,510	$75,643,059	16
Nov 10, 2013	3	$3,130,544	-35%	-38%	3,187	$982	$78,773,603	17
Nov 11, 2013	5	$1,476,006	-53%	-4%	3,187	$463	$80,249,609	18
Nov 12, 2013	3	$870,445	-41%	-51%	3,187	$273	$81,120,054	19
Nov 13, 2013	3	$691,513	-21%	-48%	3,187	$217	$81,811,567	20
Nov 14, 2013	3	$720,071	+4%	-43%	3,187	$226	$82,531,638	21
Nov 15, 2013	4	$2,285,441	+217%	-32%	3,190	$716	$84,817,079	22
Nov 16, 2013	5	$3,392,631	+48%	-30%	3,190	$1,064	$88,209,710	23
Nov 17, 2013	5	$1,743,464	-49%	-44%	3,190	$547	$89,953,174	24
Nov 18, 2013	4	$526,920	-70%	-64%	3,190	$165	$90,480,094	25
Nov 19, 2013	4	$624,473	+19%	-28%	3,190	$196	$91,104,567	26
Nov 20, 2013	4	$496,652	-20%	-28%	3,190	$156	$91,601,219	27
Nov 21, 2013	4	$399,546	-20%	-45%	3,190	$125	$92,000,765	28
Nov 22, 2013	7	$1,071,504	+168%	-53%	2,625	$408	$93,072,269	29
Nov 23, 2013	7	$1,529,816	+43%	-55%	2,625	$583	$94,602,085	30
Nov 24, 2013	7	$832,544	-46%	-52%	2,625	$317	$95,434,629	31
Nov 25, 2013	7	$368,927	-56%	-30%	2,625	$141	$95,803,556	32
Nov 26, 2013	7	$443,797	+20%	-29%	2,625	$169	$96,247,353	33
Nov 27, 2013	12	$394,191	-11%	-21%	1,619	$243	$96,641,544	34
Nov 28, 2013	15	$371,665	-6%	-7%	1,619	$230	$97,013,209	35
Nov 29, 2013	15	$726,447	+95%	-32%	1,503	$483	$97,739,656	36
Nov 30, 2013	14	$740,343	+2%	-52%	1,503	$493	$98,479,999	37
Dec 1, 2013	15	$299,630	-60%	-64%	1,503	$199	$98,779,629	38
Dec 2, 2013	14	$104,949	-65%	-72%	1,503	$70	$98,884,578	39
Dec 3, 2013	14	$116,639	+11%	-74%	1,503	$78	$99,001,217	40
Dec 4, 2013	14	$99,061	-15%	-75%	1,503	$66	$99,100,278	41
Dec 5, 2013	14	$100,257	+1%	-73%	1,503	$67	$99,200,535	42
Dec 6, 2013	15	$242,538	+142%	-67%	1,157	$210	$99,443,073	43
Dec 7, 2013	15	$386,947	+60%	-48%	1,157	$334	$99,830,020	44
Dec 8, 2013	15	$190,893	-51%	-36%	1,157	$165	$100,020,913	45
Dec 9, 2013	15	$71,424	-63%	-32%	1,157	$62	$100,092,337	46
Dec 10, 2013	15	$77,284	+8%	-34%	1,157	$67	$100,169,621	47
Dec 11, 2013	15	$68,256	-12%	-31%	1,157	$59	$100,237,877	48
Dec 12, 2013	16	$57,715	-15%	-42%	1,157	$50	$100,295,592	49
Dec 13, 2013	-	$78,531	+36%	-68%	456	$172	$100,374,123	50
Dec 14, 2013	-	$116,011	+48%	-70%	456	$254	$100,490,134	51
Dec 15, 2013	-	$73,316	-37%	-62%	456	$161	$100,563,450	52
Dec 16, 2013	-	$32,183	-56%	-55%	456	$71	$100,595,633	53
Dec 17, 2013	-	$27,947	-13%	-64%	456	$61	$100,623,580	54
Dec 18, 2013	-	$16,452	-41%	-76%	456	$36	$100,640,032	55
Dec 19, 2013	-	$16,854	+2%	-71%	456	$37	$100,656,886	56
Dec 23, 2013	-	$40,834		+27%	257	$159	$100,890,885	60
Dec 24, 2013	-	$20,189	-51%	-28%	257	$79	$100,911,074	61
Dec 25, 2013	-	$57,152	+183%	+247%	257	$222	$100,968,226	62
Dec 26, 2013	-	$60,885	+7%	+261%	257	$237	$101,029,111	63
Dec 30, 2013	-	$46,860		+15%	257	$182	$101,309,931	67
Dec 31, 2013	-	$27,828	-41%	+38%	257	$108	$101,337,759	68
Jan 1, 2014	-	$69,454	+150%	+22%	257	$270	$101,407,213	69
Jan 2, 2014	-	$43,427	-37%	-29%	257	$169	$101,450,640	70
Jan 3, 2014	-	$58,158	+34%		220	$264	$101,508,798	71
Jan 4, 2014	-	$74,128	+27%		220	$337	$101,582,926	72
Jan 5, 2014	-	$42,518	-43%		220	$193	$101,625,444	73
Jan 6, 2014	-	$16,646	-61%	-64%	220	$76	$101,642,090	74
Jan 7, 2014	-	$18,052	+8%	-35%	220	$82	$101,660,142	75
Jan 8, 2014	-	$17,404	-4%	-75%	220	$79	$101,677,546	76
Jan 9, 2014	-	$17,271	-1%	-60%	220	$79	$101,694,817	77
Jan 10, 2014	-	$37,665	+118%	-35%	192	$196	$101,732,482	78
Jan 11, 2014	-	$62,686	+66%	-15%	192	$326	$101,795,168	79
Jan 12, 2014	-	$35,064	-44%	-18%	192	$183	$101,830,232	80
Jan 13, 2014	-	$11,756	-66%	-29%	192	$61	$101,841,988	81
Jan 14, 2014	-	$12,270	+4%	-32%	192	$64	$101,854,258	82
Jan 15, 2014	-	$11,192	-9%	-36%	192	$58	$101,865,450	83
Jan 16, 2014	-	$11,759	+5%	-32%	192	$61	$101,877,209	84
Jan 17, 2014	-	$23,213	+97%	-38%	154	$151	$101,900,422	85
Jan 18, 2014	-	$37,193	+60%	-41%	154	$242	$101,937,615	86
Jan 19, 2014	-	$25,859	-30%	-26%	154	$168	$101,963,474	87
Jan 20, 2014	-	$15,366	-41%	+31%	154	$100	$101,978,840	88
Jan 21, 2014	-	$8,311	-46%	-32%	154	$54	$101,987,151	89
Jan 22, 2014	-	$8,144	-2%	-27%	154	$53	$101,995,295	90
Jan 23, 2014	-	$7,724	-5%	-34%	154	$50	$102,003,019	91

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Oct 25, 2013	1	$41,558,336		3,336	$12,458	$41,558,336	1
Nov 1, 2013	2	$25,888,290	-38%	3,345	$7,739	$67,446,626	2
Nov 8, 2013	3	$15,085,012	-42%	3,187	$4,733	$82,531,638	3
Nov 15, 2013	4	$9,469,127	-37%	3,190	$2,968	$92,000,765	4
Nov 22, 2013	9	$5,012,444	-47%	1,619	$3,096	$97,013,209	5
Nov 29, 2013	14	$2,187,326	-56%	1,503	$1,455	$99,200,535	6
Dec 6, 2013	15	$1,095,057	-50%	1,157	$946	$100,295,592	7
Dec 13, 2013	21	$361,294	-67%	456	$792	$100,656,886	8
Dec 20, 2013	29	$372,225	+3%	257	$1,448	$101,029,111	9
Dec 27, 2013	31	$187,569	-50%	257	$730	$101,450,640	10
Jan 3, 2014	30	$244,177	+30%	220	$1,110	$101,694,817	11
Jan 10, 2014	31	$182,392	-25%	192	$950	$101,877,209	12
Jan 17, 2014	36	$125,810	-31%	154	$817	$102,003,019	13

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Argentina	12/19/2013	$0	0	66	66	$234,270	12/30/2018
Australia	11/14/2013	$0	0	297	1,030	$8,829,919	12/13/2015
Austria	10/25/2013	$0	0	39	77	$1,255,530	12/13/2015
Brazil	11/29/2013	$489,857	130	140	473	$1,982,360	12/13/2015
Colombia	11/15/2013	$0	0	21	37	$155,087	12/30/2018
Croatia	10/24/2013	$0	0	14	31	$286,438	12/30/2018
Ecuador	12/6/2013	$5,489	24	24	69	$141,503	12/30/2018
Egypt	11/13/2013	$0	0	8	26	$35,754	12/30/2018
Estonia	10/25/2013	$0	0	3	6	$264,078	12/13/2015
Finland	10/25/2013	$0	0	17	30	$529,218	12/13/2015
France	12/11/2013	$358,562	128	128	128	$358,562	12/13/2015
Germany	10/24/2013	$0	0	242	341	$9,260,136	12/13/2015
Iceland	10/25/2013	$0	0	3	6	$143,230	12/30/2018
Jordan	11/14/2013	$0	0	4	9	$67,143	12/30/2018
Latvia	10/25/2013	$0	0	5	11	$221,991	12/30/2018
Lebanon	10/31/2013	$0	0	5	11	$165,211	12/30/2018
Lithuania	10/25/2013	$0	0	5	8	$236,398	12/13/2015
Mexico	11/29/2013	$628,577	351	351	1,045	$2,678,983	12/13/2015
Netherlands	10/24/2013	$0	0	52	52	$1,254,465	12/13/2015
New Zealand	11/14/2013	$0	0	43	124	$450,165	12/13/2015
Norway	11/8/2013	$0	0	52	143	$1,143,813	12/13/2015
Peru	11/14/2013	$0	0	25	62	$260,747	12/30/2018
Slovenia	10/24/2013	$0	0	9	54	$268,726	12/13/2015
United Arab Emirates	11/14/2013	$0	0	21	23	$379,455	12/30/2018
United Kingdom	10/23/2013	$0	0	203	415	$10,493,198	12/13/2015
Rest of World						$17,803,620
International Total						$58,900,000	12/30/2018

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800)	1,785	$58,900,000
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,308	$58,900,000
Top 2013 Movies at the International Box Office	76	$58,900,000
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies	77	$58,900,000
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,381	$58,900,000
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies	12	$58,900,000
All Time International Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 101-200)	195	$58,900,000
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500)	419	$58,900,000
All Time International Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	165	$58,900,000

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,205	$160,903,019
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900)	840	$160,903,019
Top 2013 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	50	$160,903,019
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies	49	$160,903,019
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 801-900)	889	$160,903,019
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies	7	$160,903,019
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 101-200)	151	$160,903,019
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300)	268	$160,903,019
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	137	$160,903,019

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Feb 2, 2014	2	225,632		225,632	$3,959,842	$3,959,842	1
Feb 9, 2014	6	137,773	-39%	363,405	$2,718,261	$6,678,103	2
Feb 16, 2014	11	68,217	-50%	431,622	$1,363,658	$8,041,761	3
Feb 23, 2014	9	49,474	-27%	481,096	$959,796	$9,001,557	4
Mar 2, 2014	13	29,431	-41%	510,527	$499,444	$9,501,001	5
Mar 9, 2014	26	20,752	-29%	531,279	$409,644	$9,910,645	6
Mar 16, 2014	20	25,568	+23%	556,847	$485,792	$10,396,437	7
Apr 13, 2014	30	8,402		595,457	$125,946	$11,024,262	11
Apr 27, 2014	28	11,925		621,222	$145,843	$11,377,151	13
May 4, 2014	28	11,613	-3%	632,835	$141,679	$11,518,830	14

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Feb 2, 2014	2	166,961		166,961	$3,492,829	$3,492,829	1
Feb 9, 2014	1	123,093	-26%	290,054	$2,733,896	$6,226,725	2
Feb 16, 2014	6	53,243	-57%	343,297	$1,121,302	$7,348,027	3
Feb 23, 2014	7	29,859	-44%	373,156	$646,149	$7,994,176	4
Mar 2, 2014	10	21,193	-29%	394,349	$471,978	$8,466,154	5
Mar 9, 2014	17	13,607	-36%	407,956	$298,001	$8,764,155	6
Mar 16, 2014	17	17,233	+27%	425,189	$284,349	$9,048,504	7
Mar 23, 2014	19	6,022	-65%	431,211	$109,110	$9,157,614	8
Jul 20, 2014	13	9,555		480,457	$94,788	$9,646,138	25

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

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2014 Awards Season: Oscar Ceremony Live Blog - And the Oscar goes to... 12 Years a Slave

March 2nd, 2014

The Oscars are being handed out this evening and as usual, we will be live-blogging the event. Here's the last look at the nominations with those chosen by our contest entrants as the likely winners in Bold. If I disagree with the consensus, they are in italics, and sharp-eyed readers will note there are no categories where that's true. Finally, if I am rooting for an underdog, they are underlined. There are only two categories where that is true. I want Chiwetel Ejiofor to win Best Lead Actor for his performance in 12 Years a Slave. I also want Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa to win for Best Hair and Make-up, because Dallas Buyers Club had a hair and make-up budget of $250. Yes it was effective, but the special effects make-up used in Bad Grandpa was just more difficult to pull off, even if the movie wasn't Oscar-bait. Regardless, I don't expect there to be many surprises at this year's awards. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 28th, 2014

January 28th, 2014

There are a large number of first run releases coming out this week on the home market, five in total. This is a huge amount. This week, the latest season of Downton Abby also comes out on the home market, and it is the best selling new release of the week, at least according to Amazon.com. So at the top, it is a really busy week. On the other hand, there's very little depth. Beyond those six releases, there's not a lot to talk about. Out of all of the movies on this week's list, Rush is the best movie, but the DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack are only good and not great. On the other hand, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 on Blu-ray or 3D Blu-ray is the best total package. Meanwhile, I finally got a chance to review Carrie (the screener arrived late) and it was better than I thought it would be and the Blu-ray Combo Pack is worth picking up, especially if you haven't seen the original movie. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscars Understand the Gravity of the Situation

January 16th, 2014

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and there are some surprises mixed in with the predictable results. Gravity and American Hustle led the way with ten nominations each while 12 Years a Slave was right behind with nine. The fact that 12 Years a Slave wasn't the leader is the first of the surprises. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Calm Before the Winter Store

December 10th, 2013

As expected, the box office was really soft this weekend with Frozen rising to the top with over $30 million. It was the only film that earned more than that amount, while The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was the only other film with significantly more than $5 million. Out of the Furnace was the only new release and while it barely topped $5 million, it still managed third place. The overall box office fell from 56% to just $92 million. As bad as that result is, it is still 15% higher than the same weekend last year. 2013 remains above 2012, albeit by a tiny margin of 0.3% at $9.75 billion to $9.72 billion. It wouldn't take much for 2013 to again lose its lead, so there's a lot to be interested in in the final few weeks of the year. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Best Man Bests Prediction, Thor Still Powers Through

November 19th, 2013

As expected, Thor: The Dark World led the way on the weekend box office chart. However, The Best Man Holiday was surprisingly strong and helped soften the blow at the overall box office. Even so, the box office was down 26% from the last weekend at $125 million. A 26% drop-off is bad, but the year-over-year comparison was even worse. So much worse. Compared to this weekend last year when The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 debut, the box office was down almost exactly 50%. And with that, 2013 is no longer ahead of 2012's pace. It was bound to happen with the weak box office numbers recently. Granted, 2013 is only behind by 0.4% at $9.02 billion to $9.06 and one really good weekend could reverse that situation. In fact, the opening of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire this coming weekend could reverse that situation, but 2013 will be neck-and-neck with 2012 from here on out, instead of the solid leads it held for much of the year. More...

Weekend Predictions: Holiday Between Blockbusters

November 14th, 2013

Last weekend, Thor: The Dark World made its debut. Next weekend, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens up. With these two monster hits opening so close together, it comes as no surprise that this weekend there are not a lot of new releases. In fact, we only have The Best Man Holiday as a wide release. It won't be able to score top spot, but the lack of direct competition should help it score a solid second place. On the down side, this weekend last year The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 opened with $141.07 million, which is very likely more than the entire box office will make this season. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Thor Sees the Light

November 11th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World matched expectations nearly perfectly and dominated the box office over the weekend. In fact, it earned more than the rest of the box office pulled in combined. This helped the overall box office rise 32% from last weekend reaching $167 million. Unfortunately, Thor couldn't match Skyfall's opening weekend and the total box office was 3% lower than the same weekend last year. 2013 is still ahead of 2012, but by 0.9% at $8.85 million to $8.77 million. Since there is only one new release next weekend, and it isn't a prime release, we will likely see another year-over-year loss. Fortunately, 2013 should still stay ahead of 2012 and Catching Fire should end 2013's losing streak in a big way. More...

Weekend Estimates: Thor Starts the Holidays with a Powerful Opening

November 10th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World gets the holiday season off to a start this weekend with a powerful display at the box office. Disney is pegging its opening weekend at $86.8 million, which will be a healthy 30% boost from the debut of the first film in the franchise and also one of the ten biggest weekends in November. It's the first film in the Avengers über-franchise to open outside of the May-July Summer season, but that certainly doesn't seemed to have harmed it at the box office, and it won't have much competition until Catching Fire opens in a couple of weeks' time. All said, it looks a virtual certainty to top the box office performance of the original. More...

Weekend Predictions: Thor Will Rule, But Will It Crack $100 Million?

November 8th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World will easily win the race for the top of the box office this weekend. It really has no competition for top spot, and only token competition as far as new releases are concerned. About Time is the only other new wide release, and quite frankly, I should add quotes around both "new" and "wide", as it opened in limited release last weekend, will expand to 1,400 theaters this weekend and it likely won't reach the top five. It will be interesting to see if Ender's Game will hold up next to the competition from Thor, but that seems unlikely. Thor: The Dark World could do well when compared to last year's number one film, Skyfall, but 2013 just doesn't have the depth to thrive, so 2013 will lose again in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Thor Brightens the Day

November 7th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World made its international debut a week ahead of its domestic debut and it crushed the competition with $109.4 million in 36 markets. Its biggest market was the U.K., where it earned first place with $13.80 million on 522 screens. By comparison, the first Thor film managed $9.11 million on 500. If the film has a similar increase in its opening weekend here, it could open with $100 million. That's probably too optimistic; it did show growth in most major markets, just not as much as it did in the U.K. France was the second best new market with an opening of $9.94 million on 609 screens, compared to $8.69 million for its predecessor. Germany and Mexico were neck-and-neck with $8.31 million on 620 screens and $8.26 million on 2,482 respectively. Russia was strong with $7.59 million on 769 screens. Australia made $6.80 million on 609 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $6.98 million. Brazil was close behind with $6.69 million on 1,090 screens. In South Korea it made $6.11 million on 843 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $7.63 million. The only major market to see a decrease was Spain, where the film made $3.34 million on 717 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $3.82 million. By comparison, Thor made $5.58 million on 562 screens. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ender Has Game, but Box Office Sinks

November 6th, 2013

As anticipated, Ender's Game won the weekend race with ease and no individual film truly bombed. That said, the overall effort was still lacking. Compared to last weekend, the overall box office was up 23% to $127 million, which is nice to see. However, and more importantly, this was 8% lower than the same weekend last year, thus ending 2013's winning streak at one weekend. 2013 is still ahead of 2012's pace, but by a shrinking margin. Currently, this year is ahead of last year by less than 0.5% at $8.66 billion to $8.62 billion. It wouldn't take much to 2013 to lose the lead at this point, and this might happen sometime during this month. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire should end any losing streak when it is released, but perhaps not before 2013 falls behind 2012's pace. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Box Office Soar, or are the New Releases Turkeys?

October 31st, 2013

November begins with three wide releases of varying quality. Ender's Game is the only one earning overall positive reviews and it is the only one with a real shot at becoming anything more than a midlevel hit. To call Free Birds a second-tier animated family film is being very generous. Its reviews might dip into the single-digit level. Finally, there's Last Vegas, which is flying under the radar for most moviegoers. It is unlikely any of them will become a breakout hit. It is nearly certain that none will match last year's number one film, Wreck-It Ralph. November is going to start off on a losing note. More...

International Box Office: Gravity Grows

October 30th, 2013

Gravity earned first place for the fourth week with $37.7 million on 7,340 screens in 53 markets for a total of $164.4 million internationally and $364.0 million worldwide. This weekend it debuted in first place in France with a very impressive $10.76 million on 398 screens. It also remained in first place in South Korea with $5.29 million on 531 screens over the weekend for a two-week total of $15.55 million. It also repeated in top spot in Mexico with $3.79 million on 1,563 screens over the weekend for a total of $12.04 million after two. The film will likely pull in close to $100 million in just these holdovers, plus it has yet to open in the U.K., Japan and China, so it could make another $100 million in those three markets as well. More...

Contest: Born to be Bad: Winning Announcement

October 29th, 2013

The winner of our Born to be Bad contest was determined and it is... More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Bad Grandpa Makes Box Office Look Good

October 29th, 2013

The month long slump 2013 has been on is finally over, thanks in part to Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. However, the overall box office still wasn't that good, as it was down slightly from last weekend to $102 million. Granted, "slightly" in this case means a fraction of 1%, so it isn't troubling. On the other hand, it was 10% higher than the same weekend last year. Unfortunately, year-to-date, 2013's lead over 2012 has shrunk to just $50 million or 0.6% at $8.49 billion to $8.44 billion. In fact, 2013 has not sold less tickets than 2012 had at this point in its run. That's not good and it is unlikely things will turn around in the coming few weeks. More...

Weekend Estimates: Jackass Brings Gravity to Earth

October 27th, 2013

As anticipated, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa will end Gravity's run at the top of the chart this weekend, with the hidden camera comedy set to earn about $32 million according to Paramount Pictures, somewhat less than Jackass 3D, but very much in line with the other films in the Jackass franchise. The 32% decline for Gravity, meanwhile, is its steepest fall so far, but topping $20 million in its fourth weekend is an impressive performance (only 24 other films have done it), and it will end the weekend within a whisker of $200 million. More...

Weekend Predictions: How Bad Will the Box Office Be?

October 25th, 2013

So far October has been a bad month at the box office. Granted, Gravity should crack $200 million over the weekend; however, week after week after week we've seen declines in the year-over-year comparison. Will that losing streak finally end this weekend? We do have some good news. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa should earn $30 million, more or less, easily topping the chart this weekend and earning much more than last year's number one film Argo. In fact, it might earn more than all four new releases from last year. Additionally, The Counselor isn't expected to be the biggest hit, but it still could earn more than Argo did this time last year and should earn more than the best new releases, Cloud Atlas, did. Are we finally going to see 2013's slump end? I really hope so, because 2013 is not that far ahead of 2012's pace and if the slump doesn't end soon, it could find itself slipping behind last year's pace. More...

Contest: Born to be Bad

October 18th, 2013

Next week there are two wide releases, but let's be frank, only one of them has a real shot at first place. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa should finally end Gravity's reign on the box office charts and will likely crush The Counselor, the only other wide release of the week. It is the easy choice for the target film for this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), regardless if they go over or not, will win a copy of Pacific Rim on Blu-ray Combo Pack.

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

2013 Preview: October

October 1st, 2013

October is an awkward month. It sits between the dumping ground that is September and November, the unofficial start of Awards Season / holiday blockbuster season. For the most part, September was stronger than average for the month and there's reason to be optimistic going forward. After all, box office success tends to feed on itself, as does box office struggles. That said, there are not a lot of sure hits over the coming four weeks. Of the nine or ten films opening wide this month, only Gravity has a better than 50/50 chance at $100 million. Captain Phillips could have a shot at the century mark, but only if it becomes a serious Awards Season player. Its early reviews suggest that could be a possibility. Last October, there were two films to reach the $100 million mark, Taken 2 and Argo. On the other hand, pretty much everything else that opened that month crashed and burned. While this October doesn't have as strong a top end, it will hopefully have much better depth. More...