Tracking & Forecasts New Stories Tracking & Forecasts Long Range Box Office Forecast: What the Latest Delay of Ghostbusters: Afterlife Means for Theatrical Recovery Shawn Robbins • Oct 23rd arlier this week, Sony dropped the news that Ghostbusters: Afterlife would be delayed an additional three months from March 5 to June 11, 2021. While this doesn't seem as drastic as other recent delays (the recent six-month push of No... Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: Will Honest Thief Fend Off The Empty Man, Re-Issues of The Addams Family and Monsters, Inc.? Shawn Robbins • Oct 22nd After another encouraging result from a wide release last weekend with Open Road's Honest Thief debuting on the high end of forecasts and taking the top spot at the box office, the penultimate frame of October is on deck with... Tracking & Forecasts Long Range Box Office Forecast: Is Universal’s Freaky the Next Goal Post on the Road to Recovery? Shawn Robbins • Oct 16th This column has traditionally focused on wide releases eight weeks out from play, but of course, the release calendar isn't exactly set in stone right now. Instead, we're turning attention to what now looks like the next major studio release:... Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: Honest Thief Looks to Headline Mid-October Frame with Multiple Wide Releases Shawn Robbins • Oct 15th Following last week's encouraging $3.6 million debut by The War with Grandpa, the domestic market gets another film led by a veteran actor to provide exhibitors and audiences with new content as we hit the midway point of October. Tracking & Forecasts Long Range Box Office Forecast: How the Absence of Dune, No Time to Die, & Soul Affect Q4 Projections Shawn Robbins • Oct 9th The past week has seen more significant gaps created on the remaining 2020 release calendar as the industry continues to wait on theatrical re-opening plans from New York and, to a somewhat lesser extent, California. Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Forecast: Tenet Hopes for 6th #1 Finish as The War with Grandpa and a Coco Re-Issue Debut Shawn Robbins • Oct 8th As expected for the past few weeks, the domestic box office market continues to slow down with little in the way of major new releases hitting theaters this fall. Tenet scored its fifth straight number-one finish last weekend with $2.7... Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast (Updated): Tenet Targets 5th Consecutive #1 Finish, Hocus Pocus Gets Re-Issue as Domestic Market Grinds to a Halt Shawn Robbins • Sep 30th October is upon us, a time of year that exhibition had hoped would be starting to mark the return of widespread moviegoing with the previously planned release of Wonder Woman 1984 this weekend. Unfortunately, that's not happening. Tracking & Forecasts Long Range Box Office Forecast: Black Widow‘s Delay, Lessons from Tenet, and What to Expect from the Next 8 Weeks Shawn Robbins • Sep 25th Earlier this week, Disney made the latest seismic moves to its -- and exhibition's -- release calendar with the delay of Marvel Studios' Black Widow from November 6 to May 7, 2021. While the move is widely lauded as another... Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Forecast (Updated): Tenet Eyes Another #1 Finish as Industry Braces for Slowdown Without New Content Shawn Robbins • Sep 23rd The news on wide releases has come to a screeching halt again as studios remain apprehensive to support cinemas with more high profile releases, something that is impacting weekend outlooks for the foreseeable future. Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: Tenet and Holdovers Aim to Continue Trend of Soft Declines Shawn Robbins • Sep 16th We're still in the early weeks of what's becoming obvious will be an extended recovery process for the domestic box office. Once again, all eyes will focus on how Christopher Nolan's Tenet holds up in its third full domestic frame... Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: What Tenet Might Have Made Last Weekend, & What It May Make In Its Second Frame Shawn Robbins • Sep 10th The domestic box office restart continues this weekend with Tenet expected to remain the top draw in a market that remains well below full operational capacity. Meanwhile, Sony / TriStar will open The Broken Hearts Gallery, a rom-com aiming for... Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: Tenet Readies for Wide Domestic Launch as Theatrical Re-Openings Continue in Time for Labor Day Shawn Robbins • Sep 2nd Following a staggered lead-up over the past two weekends with encouraging results from the domestic market, North America is primed for its first tentpole release in more than half a year with the long-awaited rollout of Christopher Nolan's Tenet. Load more stories
Tracking & Forecasts Long Range Box Office Forecast: What the Latest Delay of Ghostbusters: Afterlife Means for Theatrical Recovery Shawn Robbins • Oct 23rd arlier this week, Sony dropped the news that Ghostbusters: Afterlife would be delayed an additional three months from March 5 to June 11, 2021. While this doesn't seem as drastic as other recent delays (the recent six-month push of No...
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: Will Honest Thief Fend Off The Empty Man, Re-Issues of The Addams Family and Monsters, Inc.? Shawn Robbins • Oct 22nd After another encouraging result from a wide release last weekend with Open Road's Honest Thief debuting on the high end of forecasts and taking the top spot at the box office, the penultimate frame of October is on deck with...
Tracking & Forecasts Long Range Box Office Forecast: Is Universal’s Freaky the Next Goal Post on the Road to Recovery? Shawn Robbins • Oct 16th This column has traditionally focused on wide releases eight weeks out from play, but of course, the release calendar isn't exactly set in stone right now. Instead, we're turning attention to what now looks like the next major studio release:...
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: Honest Thief Looks to Headline Mid-October Frame with Multiple Wide Releases Shawn Robbins • Oct 15th Following last week's encouraging $3.6 million debut by The War with Grandpa, the domestic market gets another film led by a veteran actor to provide exhibitors and audiences with new content as we hit the midway point of October.
Tracking & Forecasts Long Range Box Office Forecast: How the Absence of Dune, No Time to Die, & Soul Affect Q4 Projections Shawn Robbins • Oct 9th The past week has seen more significant gaps created on the remaining 2020 release calendar as the industry continues to wait on theatrical re-opening plans from New York and, to a somewhat lesser extent, California.
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Forecast: Tenet Hopes for 6th #1 Finish as The War with Grandpa and a Coco Re-Issue Debut Shawn Robbins • Oct 8th As expected for the past few weeks, the domestic box office market continues to slow down with little in the way of major new releases hitting theaters this fall. Tenet scored its fifth straight number-one finish last weekend with $2.7...
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast (Updated): Tenet Targets 5th Consecutive #1 Finish, Hocus Pocus Gets Re-Issue as Domestic Market Grinds to a Halt Shawn Robbins • Sep 30th October is upon us, a time of year that exhibition had hoped would be starting to mark the return of widespread moviegoing with the previously planned release of Wonder Woman 1984 this weekend. Unfortunately, that's not happening.
Tracking & Forecasts Long Range Box Office Forecast: Black Widow‘s Delay, Lessons from Tenet, and What to Expect from the Next 8 Weeks Shawn Robbins • Sep 25th Earlier this week, Disney made the latest seismic moves to its -- and exhibition's -- release calendar with the delay of Marvel Studios' Black Widow from November 6 to May 7, 2021. While the move is widely lauded as another...
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Forecast (Updated): Tenet Eyes Another #1 Finish as Industry Braces for Slowdown Without New Content Shawn Robbins • Sep 23rd The news on wide releases has come to a screeching halt again as studios remain apprehensive to support cinemas with more high profile releases, something that is impacting weekend outlooks for the foreseeable future.
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: Tenet and Holdovers Aim to Continue Trend of Soft Declines Shawn Robbins • Sep 16th We're still in the early weeks of what's becoming obvious will be an extended recovery process for the domestic box office. Once again, all eyes will focus on how Christopher Nolan's Tenet holds up in its third full domestic frame...
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: What Tenet Might Have Made Last Weekend, & What It May Make In Its Second Frame Shawn Robbins • Sep 10th The domestic box office restart continues this weekend with Tenet expected to remain the top draw in a market that remains well below full operational capacity. Meanwhile, Sony / TriStar will open The Broken Hearts Gallery, a rom-com aiming for...
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Box Office Forecast: Tenet Readies for Wide Domestic Launch as Theatrical Re-Openings Continue in Time for Labor Day Shawn Robbins • Sep 2nd Following a staggered lead-up over the past two weekends with encouraging results from the domestic market, North America is primed for its first tentpole release in more than half a year with the long-awaited rollout of Christopher Nolan's Tenet.
