Weekend estimates: Uncharted posts impressive $44.155 million to lead Presidents Day parade

February 20th, 2022

Uncharted and Dog are both posting very good numbers over the Presidents Day weekend, lifting the market as a whole over $90 million for the three-day part of the long weekend, and making this the best weekend at the box office so far this year. Uncharted is having the best weekend of 2022 for a single movie, with $44.155 million projected by Sony this morning for Friday–Sunday, and $51 million over the four-day weekend. That beats our Friday-morning prediction of $39.4 million, and Sony’s Friday-morning prediction of $40 million, suggesting that the film is building an audience based on word-of-mouth recommendations. More...

Weekend estimates: Ghostbusters comes to life with $44-million weekend

November 21st, 2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is tearing into theaters this weekend with a strong $44-million opening, according to Sony’s Sunday-morning projection. That’s well ahead of our model’s pre-release prediction of $25 million, and comfortably exceeds the model’s prediction based on Thursday previews of $36.2 million. It’s also the studio’s second legitimate hit of the year after Venom: Let There Be Carnage and evidence that their theatrical-only strategy is paying off (even if the total dollars involved are modest compared to the pre-pandemic market). More...

Weekend estimates: Eternals’ good hold keeps it on top

November 14th, 2021

Eternals will, as expected, come out on top at the box office this weekend, but it’ll do so by a healthier margin than expected thanks to a decent hold, and a very slight under-performance by Clifford the Big Red Dog through the weekend. Eternals is set to earn $27.5 million, according to Disney’s Sunday-morning projection, which will take it to $118.8 million domestically. That makes it one of the top 10 films of 2021 already, with quite a way to run. More...

Weekend predictions: Eternals favorite to win weekend, Clifford could be close behind

November 12th, 2021

Eternals should stay top at the box office this weekend, based on our model’s Friday-morning run. But Clifford the Big Red Dog has been putting in very respectable numbers so far and could be surprisingly close to the Marvel if it holds on well through the weekend. Here’s how things stack up this morning… More...

Weekend estimates: Eternals out the gate with a strong $71 million

November 7th, 2021

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 26th outing is opening this weekend very much in line with similar releases in the franchise. Eternals will land with $71 million domestically, according to Disney’s Sunday-morning estimate. That’s about $4 million less than Shang-Chi earned in September, which was in turn about $5 million less than Black Widow’s $80-million opening in July. But it’s also very much in line with what Doctor Strange opened with before the pandemic. In short, the MCU looks to be doing fine. More...