Sony News Stories Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY and RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN Shawn Robbins • Jun 2nd After a fifteen-year wait by fans, Harrison Ford returns on June 30 for the final performance as one of his most iconic and beloved characters. Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID Could Net a Splashy $135-140M+ Memorial Day Bow Shawn Robbins • May 24th Often one of the most lucrative weekends on the box office calendar, this Memorial Day is shaping up to be a splashy one for Disney's The Little Mermaid. Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE and THE BOOGEYMAN Shawn Robbins • May 5th This week's report takes a first look at June, slated to kick off with a bang as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Boogeyman counter each other in the first frame after most schools across the country will be out... CinemaCon Sony Showcases Spider-Man Universe, Original Titles, and a First Look at Apple’s NAPOLEON to Kick Off CinemaCon 2023 Daniel Loria • Apr 25th Sony’s opening night presentation at CinemaCon 2023 wasn’t quite the mic-drop moment of its 2021 presentation—where Tom Rothman, Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, memorably took the stage in defense of theatrical exclusivity. It wasn’t the victory lap of its 2022... Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: Scream VI, 65, and Champions Take On Creed III‘s Second Frame Shawn Robbins • Mar 8th Following Creed III's breakout debut last week, the box office is well on its way into a long-expected March boom of consecutive theatrical hits as Scream VI next leads the charge. Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast (Updated w/ Preview Analysis): Don’t Worry Darling Aims to Leverage Social Media Gossip as Avatar‘s Re-Issue Hopes to Revive 3D Appeal Shawn Robbins • Sep 21st After months of gossip and online speculation, Warner Bros.' Don't Worry Darling will hit theaters this weekend in a bid to continue the gradual fall box office comeback. Interviews An Invitation to the Cinema: Jessica M. Thompson Brings Horror to End-of-Summer Screens Rebecca Pahle • Aug 24th In theaters this weekend, director/producer Jessica M. Thompson’s The Invitation brings capital-G Gothic storytelling to theaters with the story of a struggling, orphaned woman (Nathalie Emmanuel) who discovers an entire branch of her family she was never aware of. They’re... Exhibition Features There Will Be Blood: MORBIUS Director Daniel Espinosa on Green Screen and Gratitude Jesse Rifkin • Mar 29th Since the character’s 1971 introduction (in comic The Amazing Spider-Man #101), the vampire Morbius has been a Spider-Man universe staple, appearing in numerous comics, animated television series, and video games. Yet he’s never made the leap to film, until now.... Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: Uncharted, Death on the Nile, Jackass Forever, and Q1 Prospects through Presidents’ Day Frame Shawn Robbins • Jan 21st This week's return of the Long Range report looks four weeks out with an eye on major releases through Presidents' Day weekend. Based on early January trends and projections for the next month, it should be around that time frame... News & Analysis 2022 Box Office Preview: Sony Daniel Loria • Jan 7th 2022 Preview Sony will begin to build off the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home in February with another Tom Holland vehicle targeting young male audiences: the video game adaptation Uncharted. After spending years in development, the action-adventure franchise will... Exhibition Features The Top 10 Movies of 2021 at the Domestic Box Office Boxoffice Staff • Dec 31st 2021 was a tumultuous year for the domestic box office that began with serious doubts over the cinema sector’s commercial viability and ended with the second biggest opening weekend of all-time. Studios took the reset provided by the Covid-19 pandemic... Exhibition News Spider-Man: No Way Home Becomes Highest-Grossing Film in Sony Pictures’ History Rebecca Pahle • Dec 29th Days after becoming the first film of the pandemic era to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office, Spider-Man: No Way Home has broken yet another record, becoming the highest-grossing film in Sony Pictures’ history. Said record was... Load more stories
Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY and RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN Shawn Robbins • Jun 2nd After a fifteen-year wait by fans, Harrison Ford returns on June 30 for the final performance as one of his most iconic and beloved characters.
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID Could Net a Splashy $135-140M+ Memorial Day Bow Shawn Robbins • May 24th Often one of the most lucrative weekends on the box office calendar, this Memorial Day is shaping up to be a splashy one for Disney's The Little Mermaid.
Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE and THE BOOGEYMAN Shawn Robbins • May 5th This week's report takes a first look at June, slated to kick off with a bang as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Boogeyman counter each other in the first frame after most schools across the country will be out...
CinemaCon Sony Showcases Spider-Man Universe, Original Titles, and a First Look at Apple’s NAPOLEON to Kick Off CinemaCon 2023 Daniel Loria • Apr 25th Sony’s opening night presentation at CinemaCon 2023 wasn’t quite the mic-drop moment of its 2021 presentation—where Tom Rothman, Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, memorably took the stage in defense of theatrical exclusivity. It wasn’t the victory lap of its 2022...
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: Scream VI, 65, and Champions Take On Creed III‘s Second Frame Shawn Robbins • Mar 8th Following Creed III's breakout debut last week, the box office is well on its way into a long-expected March boom of consecutive theatrical hits as Scream VI next leads the charge.
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast (Updated w/ Preview Analysis): Don’t Worry Darling Aims to Leverage Social Media Gossip as Avatar‘s Re-Issue Hopes to Revive 3D Appeal Shawn Robbins • Sep 21st After months of gossip and online speculation, Warner Bros.' Don't Worry Darling will hit theaters this weekend in a bid to continue the gradual fall box office comeback.
Interviews An Invitation to the Cinema: Jessica M. Thompson Brings Horror to End-of-Summer Screens Rebecca Pahle • Aug 24th In theaters this weekend, director/producer Jessica M. Thompson’s The Invitation brings capital-G Gothic storytelling to theaters with the story of a struggling, orphaned woman (Nathalie Emmanuel) who discovers an entire branch of her family she was never aware of. They’re...
Exhibition Features There Will Be Blood: MORBIUS Director Daniel Espinosa on Green Screen and Gratitude Jesse Rifkin • Mar 29th Since the character’s 1971 introduction (in comic The Amazing Spider-Man #101), the vampire Morbius has been a Spider-Man universe staple, appearing in numerous comics, animated television series, and video games. Yet he’s never made the leap to film, until now....
Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: Uncharted, Death on the Nile, Jackass Forever, and Q1 Prospects through Presidents’ Day Frame Shawn Robbins • Jan 21st This week's return of the Long Range report looks four weeks out with an eye on major releases through Presidents' Day weekend. Based on early January trends and projections for the next month, it should be around that time frame...
News & Analysis 2022 Box Office Preview: Sony Daniel Loria • Jan 7th 2022 Preview Sony will begin to build off the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home in February with another Tom Holland vehicle targeting young male audiences: the video game adaptation Uncharted. After spending years in development, the action-adventure franchise will...
Exhibition Features The Top 10 Movies of 2021 at the Domestic Box Office Boxoffice Staff • Dec 31st 2021 was a tumultuous year for the domestic box office that began with serious doubts over the cinema sector’s commercial viability and ended with the second biggest opening weekend of all-time. Studios took the reset provided by the Covid-19 pandemic...
Exhibition News Spider-Man: No Way Home Becomes Highest-Grossing Film in Sony Pictures’ History Rebecca Pahle • Dec 29th Days after becoming the first film of the pandemic era to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office, Spider-Man: No Way Home has broken yet another record, becoming the highest-grossing film in Sony Pictures’ history. Said record was...