News & Analysis News Stories News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Furious 7’ Continues to Easily Lead on Monday with $3.64M; ‘The Longest Ride’ Takes Second with $0.80M Boxoffice Staff • Jul 21st News & Analysis Weekly Chinese Box Office Preview: Record Breaking Holdovers Poised to Stay Hot jpapish • Jul 21st Last weekend’s box office hit a record $183 million as the top three films (Monster Hunt, Jianbing Man, and Monkey King: Hero Is Back) accounted for $172 million. The three well-received and highly-praised local films have broken nearly every domestic... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Actuals: ‘Ant-Man’ Leads With Solid, But Uneventful $57.2M Debut; ‘Minions’ Falls To Second With $49.3M; ‘Trainwreck’ Takes Third With Promising $30.1M Start Boxoffice Staff • Jul 20th Disney’s Ant-Man debuted in first place this weekend with $57.23 million. The Paul Rudd led comic book film from Marvel opened on the low end of pre-release expectations, which had tended to range from $57 million to $65 million heading... News & Analysis UPDATED GLOBAL REPORT: ‘Ant-Man’ Burrows to $56M in Opening Frame; Homegrown Blockbusters Break Records in China; ‘Jurassic World’ Stampedes to 4th All-Time Globally jpapish • Jul 19th It was a explosive week in China as the box office hit a record $183 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday and $282 million for the week. Directed by Shrek’s animation supervisor and Shrek The Third’s co-director Raman... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: ‘Ant-Man’ Leads with Solid, but Uneventful $58.0M Debut; ‘Minions’ Falls to Second with $50.2M; ‘Trainwreck’ Takes Third with Promising $30.2M Start Boxoffice Staff • Jul 18th Sunday Update: Disney’s Ant-Man debuted in first place this weekend with an estimated $58.04 million. The Paul Rudd led comic book film from Marvel opened towards the lower end of pre-release expectations, which had tended to range from $57 million... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Minions’ Captures $166.5M in Its First Week After $9.48M Thursday Take Boxoffice Staff • Jul 17th Minions took in $9.48 million on Thursday to lead the daily box office for a seventh consecutive day. The blockbuster 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment was down a sharp 18 percent from Wednesday. Wide releases in... News & Analysis Universal Studios Hits Record $5 Billion Worldwide Boxoffice Staff • Jul 17th Universal Studio’s 2015 box office records continue to fall as the studio reached $5 billion worldwide faster than any other studio in history. It seems like every other month this year has brought another Universal release that has resonated with... From the Magazine #TBT Editorial: ‘Inception’ Bent Our Minds Five Years Ago — Is The Top Still Spinning? Shawn Robbins • Jul 16th By Shawn Robbins One of my favorite movies turns a youthful five years old today, July 16. Part of me questioned the notion of writing a “throwback” tribute to Inception, a recent entry in the grand scheme of cinema, as... News & Analysis Chris Dodd: Where You Watch Matters Boxoffice Staff • Jul 16th Movies have been entertaining, enlightening, inspiring, and setting audiences’ imaginations free for well over a century now. And while there are now more than 450 online services around the world offering consumers access to legitimate movies and TV shows, the... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Wednesday Report: ‘Minions’ Hits $157M in Six Days, Outpacing ‘Despicable Me 2’; ‘The Gallows’ Claims $13.2M 6-Day Start Boxoffice Staff • Jul 16th Universal reports that Minions tacked on another $11.505 million on Wednesday, giving the blockbuster prequel a six-day domestic total of $157.01 million. That puts the animated flick 2 percent ahead of where Despicable Me 2 stood at the same point... News & Analysis Fandango: ‘Ant-Man’ & ‘Minions’ Neck and Neck in Weekend Sales; ‘Trainwreck’ Looks Healthy Boxoffice Staff • Jul 15th LOS ANGELES – July 15, 2015 – According to Fandango, the nation’s leading digital destination for moviegoers and fans with more than 36 million unique visitors per month*, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” (in its opening week) and “Minions” (in its second week)... News & Analysis Fandango: ‘Ant-Man’ & ‘Minions’ Neck and Neck in Weekend Sales; ‘Trainwreck’ Looks Healthy Boxoffice Staff • Jul 15th LOS ANGELES – July 15, 2015 – According to Fandango, the nation’s leading digital destination for moviegoers and fans with more than 36 million unique visitors per month*, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” (in its opening week) and “Minions” (in its second week)... Load more stories
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Furious 7’ Continues to Easily Lead on Monday with $3.64M; ‘The Longest Ride’ Takes Second with $0.80M Boxoffice Staff • Jul 21st
News & Analysis Weekly Chinese Box Office Preview: Record Breaking Holdovers Poised to Stay Hot jpapish • Jul 21st Last weekend’s box office hit a record $183 million as the top three films (Monster Hunt, Jianbing Man, and Monkey King: Hero Is Back) accounted for $172 million. The three well-received and highly-praised local films have broken nearly every domestic...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Actuals: ‘Ant-Man’ Leads With Solid, But Uneventful $57.2M Debut; ‘Minions’ Falls To Second With $49.3M; ‘Trainwreck’ Takes Third With Promising $30.1M Start Boxoffice Staff • Jul 20th Disney’s Ant-Man debuted in first place this weekend with $57.23 million. The Paul Rudd led comic book film from Marvel opened on the low end of pre-release expectations, which had tended to range from $57 million to $65 million heading...
News & Analysis UPDATED GLOBAL REPORT: ‘Ant-Man’ Burrows to $56M in Opening Frame; Homegrown Blockbusters Break Records in China; ‘Jurassic World’ Stampedes to 4th All-Time Globally jpapish • Jul 19th It was a explosive week in China as the box office hit a record $183 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday and $282 million for the week. Directed by Shrek’s animation supervisor and Shrek The Third’s co-director Raman...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: ‘Ant-Man’ Leads with Solid, but Uneventful $58.0M Debut; ‘Minions’ Falls to Second with $50.2M; ‘Trainwreck’ Takes Third with Promising $30.2M Start Boxoffice Staff • Jul 18th Sunday Update: Disney’s Ant-Man debuted in first place this weekend with an estimated $58.04 million. The Paul Rudd led comic book film from Marvel opened towards the lower end of pre-release expectations, which had tended to range from $57 million...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Minions’ Captures $166.5M in Its First Week After $9.48M Thursday Take Boxoffice Staff • Jul 17th Minions took in $9.48 million on Thursday to lead the daily box office for a seventh consecutive day. The blockbuster 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment was down a sharp 18 percent from Wednesday. Wide releases in...
News & Analysis Universal Studios Hits Record $5 Billion Worldwide Boxoffice Staff • Jul 17th Universal Studio’s 2015 box office records continue to fall as the studio reached $5 billion worldwide faster than any other studio in history. It seems like every other month this year has brought another Universal release that has resonated with...
From the Magazine #TBT Editorial: ‘Inception’ Bent Our Minds Five Years Ago — Is The Top Still Spinning? Shawn Robbins • Jul 16th By Shawn Robbins One of my favorite movies turns a youthful five years old today, July 16. Part of me questioned the notion of writing a “throwback” tribute to Inception, a recent entry in the grand scheme of cinema, as...
News & Analysis Chris Dodd: Where You Watch Matters Boxoffice Staff • Jul 16th Movies have been entertaining, enlightening, inspiring, and setting audiences’ imaginations free for well over a century now. And while there are now more than 450 online services around the world offering consumers access to legitimate movies and TV shows, the...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Wednesday Report: ‘Minions’ Hits $157M in Six Days, Outpacing ‘Despicable Me 2’; ‘The Gallows’ Claims $13.2M 6-Day Start Boxoffice Staff • Jul 16th Universal reports that Minions tacked on another $11.505 million on Wednesday, giving the blockbuster prequel a six-day domestic total of $157.01 million. That puts the animated flick 2 percent ahead of where Despicable Me 2 stood at the same point...
News & Analysis Fandango: ‘Ant-Man’ & ‘Minions’ Neck and Neck in Weekend Sales; ‘Trainwreck’ Looks Healthy Boxoffice Staff • Jul 15th LOS ANGELES – July 15, 2015 – According to Fandango, the nation’s leading digital destination for moviegoers and fans with more than 36 million unique visitors per month*, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” (in its opening week) and “Minions” (in its second week)...
News & Analysis Fandango: ‘Ant-Man’ & ‘Minions’ Neck and Neck in Weekend Sales; ‘Trainwreck’ Looks Healthy Boxoffice Staff • Jul 15th LOS ANGELES – July 15, 2015 – According to Fandango, the nation’s leading digital destination for moviegoers and fans with more than 36 million unique visitors per month*, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” (in its opening week) and “Minions” (in its second week)...