Numbers

Monday, January 4 update: Here are some key numbers, as Warner Bros.’ superhero sequel raises its overseas theatrical total to $89.7 million and global theatrical total to $118.1 million.  U.S.: $28.5 million. Domestically, the title opened on Christmas Day with a...

Amid the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. to date, Wonder Woman 1984 easily conquered the North American box office with an estimated $16.7 million at roughy 2,100 locations, marking the highest debut gross at the domestic...

With the Christmas holiday fast approaching, two new wide releases – Sony’s video game adaptation Monster Hunter and Lionsgate’s Fatale – debuted in theaters this weekend, marking the first major Hollywood studio releases to hit multiplexes since Universal put out...

With no new wide releases hitting theaters this weekend during an overall slow December, Universal’s The Croods: A New Age easily retained the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with an estimated $3 million, a drop of...

After debuting to $14.27 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame and $9.71 million over the three-day weekend – the largest debut of the pandemic era to date — The Croods: A New Age dipped to $4.4 million in its second...

The Croods: A New Age was a breath of fresh air at North American movie theaters this weekend, grossing an estimated $14.22 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame and $9.71 million from Friday-Sunday on 2,221 screens. If the latter figure...

A little-noticed milestone was achieved at the theatrical box office this weekend: $2 billion in North American ticket sales. For the prior three years, the $2 billion threshold was reached in early-to-mid March. In 2019 it came in mid-March, on...

Freaky, the Universal body swap horror-comedy that topped the box office last weekend, again finished at No. 1 over a quiet pre-Thanksgiving frame that saw a dearth of major new studio releases. Grossing an estimated $1.2 million in its second...

Universal’s body swap horror-comedy Freaky failed to break the curse of sub-$5 million openings at the domestic box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $3.7 million from 2,472 theaters – still good enough for No. 1, but considerably less than...

Focus Features accomplished a rare distinction at this weekend’s box office by winning both the the gold and silver medals, as Let Him Go opened atop the chart with $4.00 million and last frame’s leader Come Play took runner-up with...

Last weekend, Focus Features had the No. 1 film in North America with horror newbie Come Play, which opened to $3.15 million over the Halloween frame. This weekend, the studio enjoyed its second No. 1 film in a row with...

Focus Features’ horror title Come Play finished its first frame atop the domestic box office with a better-than-expected $3.15 million from 2,183 screens, a welcome result in an otherwise frightening week for exhibitors. Concerns are brewing at home and abroad...