Tracking & Forecasts

Just as we give a lengthy focus to the week of Thanksgiving most years, the counter to that is typically a very brief look ahead to the weekend after. This year is no different as the major studios are sitting...

This week's report offers up an early read on two films currently slated for on Friday, January 24, 2020 as our first look into the new year continues.

Wednesday Update: Lionsgate reports that Knives Out earned $1.66 million from Tuesday night previews in an estimated 2,500 locations. Adding in the updated $2.05 million from November 22 and 23 sneak previews last weekend, the film has earned $3.71 million...

Our look ahead into early 2020 continues this week with early forecasts for the first proper holiday weekend of the year.

After a November cold snap that's left monthly box office down 28 percent from the same point last year, and at a four-year November low with $450 million through November 19, significant relief is on the way this weekend as...

Our long range report continues outward into the early days of 2020, this week focusing on the weekend of January 10 -- one which is currently slated to host a crowded field of newcomers and expansions.

There’s no getting around the need for a weekend with better box office news than we’ve had recently. Month-to-date, this November is down 23 percent from the same period one year ago, marking a four-year low and the third lowest...

Our long range report rolls over into the new year -- and the new decade -- with one lone release currently on the calendar for Friday, January 3, 2020 as most studios opt to avoid the final rush by audiences...

The early portion of 2019’s holiday box office season rolls on this weekend with a quartet of wide releases looking to get started in the pre-Thanksgiving market. Expected to lead the way is Warner Bros.’ Doctor Sleep, the long-in-development sequel...

This week's long range report closes out 2019 with an early look at the year's final wide releases currently on the schedule. Both will open on Christmas Day (a Wednesday this year).

Holiday movie season is finally here, in industry terms, as November gets started this Friday and four studios get a jump on the lucrative two-month-plus season at year's end.

This week’s report welcomes the addition of one of the most eagerly anticipated movies of 2019 and two fellow pre-Christmas releases hoping to counter-program the Star Wars juggernaut. Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerOpening Weekend Range: $185 – 225 millionDomestic...