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Universal’s Halloween is on target for a sophomore weekend north of $30 million with the studio reporting Friday’s official estimate at $10.02 million. That’s off an expected 70 percent from opening day last week, which was fueled by a fan rush during...

This week’s report takes a look at three key holiday releases slated for the penultimate weekend of 2018, less than one week before Christmas Day. Note: due to the sometimes abnormal holding patterns of films around this time of year,...

The final weekend of a record-breaking October is looking to be a relatively quiet one on the new release front, but plenty of holdovers will combine for a strong finish to the month before the industry’s holiday corridor officially kicks...

Monday Update: Only two weekends after Venom broke the record for best October opening ever, Halloween captured the second-best October opening ever with $76.2M. Those are the top two openings for the month whether in pure dollars or adjusted for ticket price inflation....

Saturday Update: Universal reports this morning that Halloween scored a massive $33.34 million opening day on Friday, setting a new October first day record that was just recently claimed by Venom two weeks ago with its $32.5 million start. The studio is projecting an $80.3...

October 20 Update: Shortly after this report’s publication yesterday, STX delayed Second Act‘s release by one week to December 21.  Our updated opening weekend tracking (down from $10 million when slated for December 14) is listed in the chart below. === This...

October’s record run continues this weekend with one of the most anticipated horror films in years: Halloween. Industry-wide traditional tracking has followed in line with our initial long range report two months ago, citing expectations of a debut north of $60...

Sunday Update: Sony’s Venom won the box office weekend for a second frame with a confirmed $35.0M. Although it maintains its lead, it does so by a much narrower margin than its prior commanding victory. The film declined -56.4%, in line with Logan‘s...

Saturday Update: Sony’s Venom held its ground on Friday, retaking first place after a brief concession on Thursday. The hit antihero comic pic added $9.785 million yesterday, bringing its eight-day domestic haul to $116.9 million. Projections for the weekend have swayed back in...

With no new wide releases joining our tracking calendar this weekend, we’ve decided to take a look at where the overall market is shaping up to finish by year’s end — and it’s looking like a historic finish. Based on...

Thursday, October 11 Update: Taking into account the holds of A Star Is Born and Venom over the past two days, we’re revising our earlier weekend forecast to now position the former in first place for a frame that could easily see a photo finish...

Monday Update: Sony’s sci-fi Venom broke the all-time October opening weekend record this weekend with a confirmed $80.2M. That fell right on the uppermost end of pre-release projections, and higher than most analyst or industry predictions. In pure dollars, the previous October...