September 1st, 2018
Overall, August was a little better than expected. Granted, there were no monster hits, but Warner Bros. had two $100 million hits in The Meg and Crazy Rich Asians. Meanwhile, Christopher Robin will come close enough to that milestone to be a hit. This allowed 2018 to stretch its lead over 2017 by over $700 million. Will that lead grow in September? Nope. Not even close. There are three major problems that will hurt September’s box office. Firstly, there are a lot of films that may or may not open wide. Secondly, there are no films opening this month that have a better than 50/50 chance of hitting $100 million. Finally... It. It destroyed records last September, earning more during its opening weekend than any film opening this month will earn in total. Fortunately, 2018 has such an enormous lead that even with It, 2018 should remain ahead of 2107 by $500 million at the end of the month.
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September 1st, 2017
As bad as July was, August actually managed to be worse. 2017 was over $300 million behind 2016’s pace during August alone. That’s worse than the rest of the summer combined. The only film that was an unqualified hit was Annabelle: Creation, although there were a couple of other films that are doing well enough to be considered financial hits. There’s some good news and some bad news for this September. The month gets off to a slow start with no wide releases the first weekend, but there are three films opening during the rest of the month that are expected to top $100 million and all three should be better than the best August had to offer. It is expected to be the biggest hit of the month and is tracking to break the record for the biggest September weekend. Both Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Lego Ninjago Movie are expected to cross $100 million, although they are opening the same weekend, so that could hurt both of their chances. Meanwhile last September, Sully was the biggest release of the month earning $125.07 million. It should top that, while Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Lego Ninjago Movie won’t be too far behind. 2017 should cut the gap with 2016, but sadly only by a little bit.
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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 and Despicable 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 and Annabelle: Creation, as well as a few that should be solid midlevel hits. However, last year we had Sausage Party and Don’t Breathe, both of which nearly hit $100 million, then we had midlevel hits like Pete’s Dragon, Kubo and the Two Strings, and War Dogs. I don’t know if 2017 will be able to compete with that. ... Now some of you are thinking I forgot about Suicide Squad. Trust me, I will never forget that movie. I ignored it to make a point. Even without Suicide Squad, I don’t think 2017 will make up the deficit it has with 2016. With Suicide Squad, it is going to be a disaster. I want to be optimistic, but there’s no evidence to suggest I should be.
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Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900) |
884 |
$74,152,591 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800) |
765 |
$203,720,709 |
Top Grossing Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) |
1,679 |
$54,733,739 |
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office |
77 |
$918,390,826 |
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) |
322 |
$191,602,710 |
Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 601-700) |
620 |
$156,626,600 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 401-500) |
453 |
$427,240,173 |
Top Grossing Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) |
1,592 |
$68,400,000 |
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office |
71 |
$1,406,105,126 |
Top Grossing Story Creator at the International Box Office (Rank 201-300) |
214 |
$402,076,518 |
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800) |
711 |
$230,779,191 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) |
566 |
$630,960,882 |
Top Grossing Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) |
1,637 |
$123,133,739 |
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office |
70 |
$2,324,495,952 |
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300) |
231 |
$593,679,228 |