Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,395	$65,014,513
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)	2,002	$85,406,189
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,024	$65,014,513
Top 2014 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	50	$65,014,513
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Religious Text Movies	6	$65,014,513
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,091	$65,014,513
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200)	125	$65,014,513
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 101-200)	181	$65,014,513
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 501-600)	596	$65,014,513
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 101-200)	158	$65,014,513

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 12, 2014	1	$24,115,934		3,503	$6,884	$24,115,934	1
Dec 19, 2014	4	$8,105,681	-66%	3,503	$2,314	$38,942,192	2
Dec 26, 2014	9	$6,713,921	-17%	3,002	$2,236	$52,482,279	3
Jan 2, 2015	12	$3,817,643	-43%	2,260	$1,689	$61,342,935	4
Jan 9, 2015	18	$1,103,400	-71%	1,142	$966	$63,655,505	5
Jan 16, 2015	30	$214,944	-81%	245	$877	$64,259,974	6
Jan 23, 2015	33	$167,879	-22%	178	$943	$64,532,567	7
Jan 30, 2015	38	$124,556	-26%	171	$728	$64,725,351	8
Feb 6, 2015	41	$98,714	-21%	130	$759	$64,881,433	9
Feb 13, 2015	47	$46,530	-53%	66	$705	$64,965,940	10
Feb 20, 2015	60	$18,907	-59%	35	$540	$65,007,045	11

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Dec 11, 2014	P	$1,200,000			0		$1,200,000
Dec 12, 2014	1	$8,867,545			3,503	$2,531	$8,867,545	1
Dec 13, 2014	1	$9,246,422	+4%		3,503	$2,640	$18,113,967	2
Dec 14, 2014	1	$6,001,967	-35%		3,503	$1,713	$24,115,934	3
Dec 15, 2014	1	$1,972,434	-67%		3,503	$563	$26,088,368	4
Dec 16, 2014	1	$2,209,485	+12%		3,503	$631	$28,297,853	5
Dec 17, 2014	2	$1,314,341	-41%		3,503	$375	$29,612,194	6
Dec 18, 2014	2	$1,224,317	-7%		3,503	$350	$30,836,511	7
Dec 19, 2014	4	$2,281,468	+86%	-74%	3,503	$651	$33,117,979	8
Dec 20, 2014	4	$3,242,910	+42%	-65%	3,503	$926	$36,360,889	9
Dec 21, 2014	4	$2,581,303	-20%	-57%	3,503	$737	$38,942,192	10
Dec 22, 2014	5	$1,287,317	-50%	-35%	3,503	$367	$40,229,509	11
Dec 23, 2014	5	$1,562,400	+21%	-29%	3,503	$446	$41,791,909	12
Dec 24, 2014	-	$949,633	-39%	-28%	3,503	$271	$42,741,542	13
Dec 25, 2014	-	$3,026,816	+219%	+147%	3,002	$1,008	$45,768,358	14
Dec 26, 2014	9	$2,407,095	-20%	+6%	3,002	$802	$48,175,453	15
Dec 27, 2014	9	$2,485,061	+3%	-23%	3,002	$828	$50,660,514	16
Dec 28, 2014	-	$1,821,765	-27%	-29%	3,002	$607	$52,482,279	17
Dec 29, 2014	10	$1,051,796	-42%	-18%	3,002	$350	$53,534,075	18
Dec 30, 2014	10	$1,205,027	+15%	-23%	3,002	$401	$54,739,102	19
Dec 31, 2014	-	$988,238	-18%	+4%	3,002	$329	$55,727,340	20
Jan 1, 2015	10	$1,797,952	+82%	-41%	3,002	$599	$57,525,292	21
Jan 2, 2015	12	$1,416,044	-21%	-41%	2,260	$627	$58,941,336	22
Jan 3, 2015	12	$1,471,342	+4%	-41%	2,260	$651	$60,412,678	23
Jan 4, 2015	12	$930,257	-37%	-49%	2,260	$412	$61,342,935	24
Jan 5, 2015	-	$314,801	-66%	-70%	2,260	$139	$61,657,736	25
Jan 6, 2015	11	$368,766	+17%	-69%	2,260	$163	$62,026,502	26
Jan 7, 2015	11	$284,714	-23%	-71%	2,260	$126	$62,311,216	27
Jan 8, 2015	12	$240,889	-15%	-87%	2,260	$107	$62,552,105	28
Jan 9, 2015	-	$296,869	+23%	-79%	1,142	$260	$62,848,974	29
Jan 10, 2015	-	$488,823	+65%	-67%	1,142	$428	$63,337,797	30
Jan 11, 2015	-	$317,708	-35%	-66%	1,142	$278	$63,655,505	31
Jan 12, 2015	-	$94,312	-70%	-70%	1,142	$83	$63,749,817	32
Jan 13, 2015	-	$123,695	+31%	-66%	1,142	$108	$63,873,512	33
Jan 14, 2015	-	$99,947	-19%	-65%	1,142	$88	$63,973,459	34
Jan 15, 2015	-	$71,571	-28%	-70%	1,142	$63	$64,045,030	35
Jan 16, 2015	-	$57,323	-20%	-81%	245	$234	$64,102,353	36
Jan 17, 2015	-	$94,532	+65%	-81%	245	$386	$64,196,885	37
Jan 18, 2015	-	$63,089	-33%	-80%	245	$258	$64,259,974	38
Jan 19, 2015	-	$42,050	-33%	-55%	245	$172	$64,302,024	39
Jan 20, 2015	-	$23,518	-44%	-81%	245	$96	$64,325,542	40
Jan 21, 2015	-	$17,758	-24%	-82%	245	$72	$64,343,300	41
Jan 22, 2015	-	$21,388	+20%	-70%	245	$87	$64,364,688	42
Jan 23, 2015	-	$43,180	+102%	-25%	178	$243	$64,407,868	43
Jan 24, 2015	-	$75,208	+74%	-20%	178	$423	$64,483,076	44
Jan 25, 2015	-	$49,491	-34%	-22%	178	$278	$64,532,567	45
Jan 26, 2015	-	$15,903	-68%	-62%	178	$89	$64,548,470	46
Jan 27, 2015	-	$20,449	+29%	-13%	178	$115	$64,568,919	47
Jan 28, 2015	-	$16,472	-19%	-7%	178	$93	$64,585,391	48
Jan 29, 2015	-	$15,404	-6%	-28%	178	$87	$64,600,795	49
Jan 30, 2015	-	$37,573	+144%	-13%	171	$220	$64,638,368	50
Jan 31, 2015	-	$62,065	+65%	-17%	171	$363	$64,700,433	51
Feb 1, 2015	-	$24,918	-60%	-50%	171	$146	$64,725,351	52
Feb 2, 2015	-	$13,071	-48%	-18%	171	$76	$64,738,422	53
Feb 3, 2015	-	$16,253	+24%	-21%	171	$95	$64,754,675	54
Feb 4, 2015	-	$13,536	-17%	-18%	171	$79	$64,768,211	55
Feb 5, 2015	-	$14,508	+7%	-6%	171	$85	$64,782,719	56
Feb 6, 2015	-	$23,832	+64%	-37%	130	$183	$64,806,551	57
Feb 7, 2015	-	$43,821	+84%	-29%	130	$337	$64,850,372	58
Feb 8, 2015	-	$31,061	-29%	+25%	130	$239	$64,881,433	59
Feb 9, 2015	-	$10,115	-67%	-23%	130	$78	$64,891,548	60
Feb 10, 2015	-	$10,191	+1%	-37%	130	$78	$64,901,739	61
Feb 11, 2015	-	$8,034	-21%	-41%	130	$62	$64,909,773	62
Feb 12, 2015	-	$9,637	+20%	-34%	130	$74	$64,919,410	63
Feb 13, 2015	-	$9,584	-1%	-60%	130	$74	$64,928,994	64
Feb 14, 2015	-	$21,217	+121%	-52%	66	$321	$64,950,211	65
Feb 15, 2015	-	$15,729	-26%	-49%	66	$238	$64,965,940	66
Feb 16, 2015	-	$9,157	-42%	-9%	66	$139	$64,975,097	67
Feb 17, 2015	-	$4,321	-53%	-58%	66	$65	$64,979,418	68
Feb 18, 2015	-	$4,165	-4%	-48%	66	$63	$64,983,583	69
Feb 19, 2015	-	$4,555	+9%	-53%	66	$69	$64,988,138	70

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 12, 2014	2	$30,836,511		3,503	$8,803	$30,836,511	1
Dec 19, 2014	7	$14,931,847	-52%	3,002	$4,974	$45,768,358	2
Dec 26, 2014	9	$11,756,934	-21%	3,002	$3,916	$57,525,292	3
Jan 2, 2015	12	$5,026,813	-57%	2,260	$2,224	$62,552,105	4
Jan 9, 2015	17	$1,492,925	-70%	1,142	$1,307	$64,045,030	5
Jan 16, 2015	30	$319,658	-79%	245	$1,305	$64,364,688	6
Jan 23, 2015	35	$236,107	-26%	178	$1,326	$64,600,795	7
Jan 30, 2015	38	$181,924	-23%	171	$1,064	$64,782,719	8
Feb 6, 2015	39	$136,691	-25%	130	$1,051	$64,919,410	9
Feb 13, 2015	49	$68,728	-50%	66	$1,041	$64,988,138	10
Feb 20, 2015	65	$26,375	-62%	35	$754	$65,014,513	11

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	12/5/2014	$2,248,145	506	506	506	$7,054,991	4/1/2020
Brazil	12/25/2014	$0	0	0	0	$22,500,000	11/5/2018
France	12/26/2014	$0	0	0	0	$13,535,111	8/20/2018
Germany	12/26/2014	$0	0	0	0	$8,802,948	8/22/2018
Hong Kong	12/5/2014	$0	0	13	19	$2,888,085	11/25/2018
Italy	1/15/2015	$3,029,642	0	0	0	$6,817,325	11/6/2018
Japan	1/30/2015	$0	0	0	0	$6,259,996	8/23/2018
Netherlands	12/19/2014	$0	0	107	407	$3,230,098	11/21/2018
Poland	1/9/2015	$423,798	0	0	0	$1,504,557	12/30/2018
Russia (CIS)	1/2/2015	$7,315,319	2,120	2,120	5,570	$14,822,276	11/19/2018
Spain	12/5/2014	$0	0	2,251	2,731	$18,107,576	11/28/2018
Taiwan	12/12/2014	$0	0	0	0	$3,199,095	11/2/2018
Turkey	12/12/2014	$0	0	26	26	$1,809,780	12/30/2018
United Kingdom	12/26/2014	$0	0	0	0	$11,418,004	8/27/2018
Rest of World						$81,350,158
International Total						$203,300,000	4/1/2020

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 501-600)	505	$203,300,000
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300)	282	$203,300,000
Top 2014 Movies at the International Box Office	25	$203,300,000
All Time International Box Office for Based on Religious Text Movies	3	$203,300,000
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300)	300	$203,300,000
All Time International Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies	41	$203,300,000
All Time International Box Office for Drama Movies	48	$203,300,000
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 201-300)	247	$203,300,000
All Time International Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies	67	$203,300,000

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700)	644	$268,314,513
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 301-400)	384	$268,314,513
Top 2014 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	31	$268,314,513
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Religious Text Movies	3	$268,314,513
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 401-500)	412	$268,314,513
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies	52	$268,314,513
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies	63	$268,314,513
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 301-400)	312	$268,314,513
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies	87	$268,314,513

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Mar 22, 2015	1	225,697		225,697	$3,383,198	$3,383,198	3
Mar 29, 2015	9	66,041	-71%	291,738	$989,955	$4,373,153	4
Apr 5, 2015	14	59,126	-10%	350,864	$652,160	$5,025,313	5
Apr 12, 2015	20	31,403	-47%	382,267	$454,401	$5,479,714	6
Apr 19, 2015	21	20,038	-36%	402,305	$289,950	$5,769,664	7
Apr 26, 2015	25	15,012	-25%	417,317	$217,224	$5,986,888	8

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Mar 22, 2015	2	253,554		253,554	$5,829,211	$5,829,211	3
Mar 29, 2015	5	58,306	-77%	311,860	$1,339,299	$7,168,510	4
Apr 5, 2015	8	58,308	n/c	370,168	$1,074,607	$8,243,117	5
Apr 12, 2015	7	25,955	-55%	396,123	$622,911	$8,866,028	6
Apr 19, 2015	11	16,161	-38%	412,284	$387,872	$9,253,900	7
Apr 26, 2015	10	13,786	-15%	426,070	$334,164	$9,588,064	8
May 3, 2015	13	9,871	-28%	435,941	$242,046	$9,830,110	9

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.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

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Blu-ray Sales: Battle of the Five Releases

April 13th, 2015

There were five or six new releases to reach the top twenty on the Blu-ray sales chart. Leading the way was The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies with 832,000 units / $23.28 million, giving it an opening week Blu-ray share of 55%. This is a strong result, but not an unexpected one, as the film hits the right marks for strong sales on Blu-ray. It is a visually impressive film, it is a fantasy adventure film, and it is based on a popular franchise. The Battle of the Five Armies was also part of a franchise box set, which is the tenth best selling release of the week with 37,000 units / $1.87 million for a 53% opening week Blu-ray share. Technically these are two separate releases, but obviously they are connected enough to mention together. More...

Home Market Numbers: Exodus Rules Over a Horrendous Home Market

April 7th, 2015

The home market was a disaster this week. There's really no way around that fact. Exodus: Gods and Kings and the rest of the new releases led the way, but it wasn't nearly as good as last week's number one film, Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, so that led to declines of 8.8% in terms of units and 6.7% in terms of revenue when compared to last week. Compared to last year, Blu-ray sales were down 74% in terms of units and 73% in terms of revenue. Granted, this week last year, Frozen was released, so that explains the absolute destruction in the year-over-year comparison. There is some good news, sort of. DVD sales were even worse in the week-over-week comparison, so the overall Blu-ray share rose to 44%. More...

DVD Sales: Annie vs. Kings

April 7th, 2015

Just as it was on the Blu-ray Sales Chart, there was a tight race for top spot in the DVD sales chart, only the combatants weren't entirely the same. Exodus: Gods and Kings topped Annie in terms of units at 226,000 units to 202,000 units, but the pair finished in the opposite order in terms of revenue with $3.59 million to $3.38 million. More...

Blu-ray Sales: Penguins Become King in Tight Race

April 7th, 2015

New releases earned the top three spots on the Blu-ray Sales Chart this week, including a tight race for top spot. Penguins of Madagascar earned first place over Exodus: Gods and Kings in terms of units, 269,000 vs 257,000. However, in terms of revenue, the pair finished in the reverse order at $5.91 million to $5.38 million. As far the their opening week Blu-ray shares are concerned, Penguins managed a very strong 58%, while Exodus managed a very healthy 54% More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 17th, 2015

March 17th, 2015

It's a busy / short week on the home market. There are four first-run releases coming out this week, which is more than most weeks. However, it is also a very shallow week and we run into filler on the first page of Amazon's list of best-selling new releases. The best of the first-run releases is Top Five, but the DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack isn't quite Pick of the Week material. For that honor, we have to look to a smaller release, Song of the Sea on DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack. More...

Per Theater Chart: Future for Timbuktu Is Bright

February 3rd, 2015

Timbuktu was the only film in the $10,000 club this weekend earning an estimated average of $12,500 in four theaters. Running Man came close with an average of $9,246 in 20 theaters. Impressively, Game Of Thrones: The IMAX Experience earned 15th place on the overall chart with $1.46 million in just over 200 theaters for an average of $7,142. This is enough to expect this to happen again, but I don't know if it will be a regular thing. More...

International Box Office: Hobbit Battles to the Top of China

January 29th, 2015

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies easily earned first place in China and that helped it rocket back to the top of the international chart with $54.3 million over the weekend for totals of $617.0 million internationally and $866.5 million worldwide. The film had a total opening of $50.00 million in China, which was more than the rest of the market combined. More...

International Box Office: Taken Takes Top Spot

January 22nd, 2015

Taken 3 rose to first place during its third weekend of release earning $31.4 million in 49 markets for an international total of $99.0 million. Its biggest debut of the weekend was in the Philippines, where it earned first place with $2.5 million on 218 screens. It also earned first place in Russia, but with only $1.80 million on 1,438. Its biggest market was the U.K., where it remained in first place with $5.00 million in 500 theaters for a two-week total on $18.55 million. More...

International Box Office: Night Rises to the Top

January 15th, 2015

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb rose to first place with $46.2 million in 48 markets for totals of $148.6 million internationally and $248.1 million worldwide. This includes a $26.39 million "opening" in China for an 8-day total of $31.06 million. 8-day opening? It also opened in first place in Russia with $5.55 million on 1,690 screens. More...

International Box Office: Hobbit Hits Half a Billion

January 7th, 2015

It was a big week for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, as it crossed the $500 million mark on the international box office. Over the weekend it pulled in $52.5 million in 65 markets for totals of $504.7 million internationally and $725.3 million worldwide. At this pace, the film will reach $800 million worldwide, possibly as early as this time next week. As for last weekend, there were very few new openings, but the film did earn first place in Argentina with $2.1 million on 397 screens. The film opens in China before the end of the month and the studio is obviously hoping for big numbers in that market. More...

International Box Office: Hobbit Meets More Milestones

January 1st, 2015

For the third week in a row, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies held onto first place with $89.0 million in 62 markets for totals of $405.1 million internationally and $573.6 million worldwide. The film opened in first place in Australia with $10.1 million on 603 screens, while the film was particularly strong in Poland earning $5.3 million on 699. By this time next week, it should be at $500 million internationally and $700 million worldwide, which is enough to break even, but not enough to keep pace with the franchise average. More...

International Box Office: Hobbit Stands Tall

December 23rd, 2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies remained in first place with $109 million in 59 markets for a two-week total of $269 million internationally and $358 million worldwide. It is still too early to tell where this film will end up, but by this time next week it should be well past $500 million worldwide, which is enough to pay for its production budget. The film debuted in first place in South Korea with $10.3 million. Meanwhile, it was tops in Spain and Italy with $6.5 million and $6.1 million respectively. Despite opening in nearly two dozen new markets, the film's biggest market was a holdover, Germany, where it added $13.3 million over the weekend to its running tally, which now sits at $38.6 million. It was also strong in the U.K. earning $8.5 million over the weekend for a total of $31.8 million after two, while in France the film made $8.2 million over the weekend for $25.5 million, also after two weeks of release. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Christmas Gets Scrooged

December 22nd, 2014

The Christmas break got off on a soft note with all three new wide releases failing to meet expectations by substantial numbers. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies got off to a good start on Wednesday, but plummeted the next day and couldn't recover. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb failed to live up to the low end of expectations, while Annie's opening at least came close to predictions. We are still missing some numbers. Overall, the box office rose by more than 60% from last weekend to $135 million and this figure should rise a little as other numbers filter in. However, it likely won't rise by enough to match the $140 million earned the same weekend last year. I really thought 2014 would end its year-over-year slump this weekend, but alas, it was not to be. Year-to-date, 2014 has earned $9.60 billion, which is 4.6% lower than last year's pace. More...

Weekend Predictions: Battle of the Three Armies

December 18th, 2014

For most, this weekend represents the beginning of the Christmas break, so it comes as no surprise that there are three potentially big hits coming out this week. I'm a little surprised none of them are getting overwhelmingly positive reviews. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is earning the best reviews of the week, but its Tomatometer Score is barely above 60%. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb has been floating around 50% positive all week, while Annie is being destroyed by critics. This weekend last year, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug earned first place for the second weekend in a row. Meanwhile, the new releases were less impressive, as Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues earned second place with $26.23 million and Walking with Dinosaurs landed in the lower half of the top ten. The depth this year won't be as strong, but I still think 2014 will finally end its slump and win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Hobbit Stands Tall

December 17th, 2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies started its international run earning first place with $122.2 million on 15,395 screens in 37 markets. Not only did it earn the best opening of The Hobbit Trilogy, but it was often times the biggest opening in Peter Jackson's career, or even occasionally in Warner Bros' history. Its biggest opening came in Germany where it pulled in $20.5 million on 1,442 screens. Next up was the U.K. and France, which had nearly identical openings of $15.2 million on 1,489 screens and $15.1 million on 914 screens respectively. It earned $13.56 million on 2,390 screens in Russia. Brazil and Mexico were neck-and-neck with $6.8 million on 1,037 screens and $6.3 million on 2,775 screens respectively. It earned $2.4 million on 640 screens in Japan, which seems low compared to the other markets, but it is nearly double the debut The Desolation of Smaug earned. More...

Contest: Pump You Up: Winning Announcement

December 16th, 2014

The winners of our Pump You Up contest were determined and they are... More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Exodus Win, but Overall Box Office is on the Run

December 15th, 2014

All-in-all, the box office matched expectations, but sadly, that is not a good thing. Exodus: Gods and Kings opened with $24.12 million, which is anemic for a film that cost $140 million to make. Top Five had a better per theater average, but was playing in less than 1,000 theaters, so it will only become a midlevel hit, at best. Overall, the box office did rise 6.8% from last weekend, but this still only amounted to $83 million. Worse still, this was 43% lower than the same weekend last year. Last year, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opened with $73.65 million, which is about 2% less than the top ten earned this year. It should come as no surprise that 2014 lost in the year-over-year comparison, while it continues to lose ground in the year-to-date race as well. Currently, 2014 has pulled in a total of $9.41 billion, which is 4.8% or $470 million lower than last year's pace. There's no chance 2014 will catch up at this point. I just hope it doesn't sink any lower. More...

Weekend Estimates: Exodus Leads with Lackluster Debut

December 14th, 2014

Big budget bible epic Exodus: Gods and Kings is probably the riskiest studio bet this Holiday Season. The $140 million-budgeted film will need to do considerable business domestically and internationally to earn a profit, and biblical epics haven’t had the best of track records in recent years. Early signs aren’t great, with Fox projecting a $24.5 million opening weekend, well behind the $43.7 million earned by Noah earlier in the year. There is room for the film to recover though, as it will almost certainly be able to keep playing in a lot of theaters through the New Year. $100 million seems like the top end of domestic expectations at this point, and its international performance so far doesn’t suggest overseas coin will help make up the difference. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the Box Office Exodus End?

December 11th, 2014

The box office has been struggling the past few weeks and / or months. It really depends on how you look at things. This weekend there are two films hoping to help 2014 get back into the win column: Exodus: Gods and Kings and Top Five. Exodus will win the weekend with relative ease, but it might not earn more than $20 million in the process. Top Five would like to earn second place with just over $10 million, but it will probably fall short finishing just behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. This weekend last year, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug led the way with $73.65 million. That's more than the top five will make in total this year. It might be more than the top ten earn. Even last year's second place film, Frozen, might make more than the top film this year will earn. 2014 is going to lose in the year-over-year comparison by a large margin.

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International Box Office: Mockingjay Maintains Milestone Pace

December 11th, 2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 reached a couple of milestones hitting $500 million worldwide before the weekend and $300 million internationally during the weekend. Over the weekend, the film pulled in $32.9 million in 87 markets for three-week totals of $306.6 million internationally and $564.8 million worldwide. The film will top $600 million worldwide over the weekend, while it is on pace to top the original's worldwide total before the end of its run. More...

Contest: Pump You Up

December 5th, 2014

Next weekend Exodus: Gods and Kings should dominate the box office, while Top Five will be playing the part of counter-programming. Since Exodus will be by far the bigger of the two wide releases, it is the clear 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 Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win code for a digital high definition download for Pumping Iron. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win the second code for a digital high definition download for Pumping Iron. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2014 Preview: December

December 1st, 2014

November is over and there are not a lot of positive things to say about what happened during the month. There were a couple of films that matched expectations, but there were no breakout hits and a few that missed expectations by wide margins. Granted, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 will top $300 million with relative ease, but that's still nearly $100 million lower than some people were predicting. The month ends with 2014 about $300 million behind 2013's pace and there's really no chance to catch up in December. That doesn't mean there are no films that will be worth watching in December. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies should at least earn $200 million, while $300 million is not out of the question. Additionally, there are several films that at least have a shot at $100 million at the box office, but not all will get there. At least this December and last December are on par with each other. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug topped $250 million while there were three others that topped $100 million. I think we will get the same result this month. Last year there were a lot more wide releases, but many of them bombed. I think this year the lack of competition will help more films reach their potential. More...