Friday, Dec. 26 Box Office: Hobbit 15.6, Unbroken 12.3, ITW 12.2, NATM 7.4 (full BOM weekend #s on p14)

[CJohn]

American Sniper is doing crazy business in limited release. It may pull major numbers over the MLK weekend when it expands.

[kayumanggi]

SELMA took in an estimated $211,000 on Friday from 19 locations. 2-Day domestic total stands at $0.53M. #Selma

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

December 27, 2014

[kayumanggi]

THE GAMBLER took in an estimated $3.43M on Friday. 2-day domestic total stands at $8.43M. #TheGambler

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

December 27, 2014

[forg]

Really glad the Christmas weekend box office delivered after weeks of disappointments plus that Sony-interview mess

[Asyulus]

Great 15.6 mln for Hobbit 3, looks like it can end up to 285+ something.

[grim22]

Depending on whether it can reach 250M before Jan 5th, Hobbit 3 may be on course for around AUJ's number.

[Mango]

American Sniper is doing crazy business in limited release. It may pull major numbers over the MLK weekend when it expands.

 

Depends on WOM, but things definitely look good.

[Noctis]

THG had a multiplier of 2.675

CF had a multiplier of 2.686

If MJ1 finishes with $338m, that will mean a 2.76 multiplier.

 

It's the first blockbuster franchise in history where each sequel had better legs than its predecessor. 

 

Impressive.

[BadAtGender]

Depending on whether it can reach 250M before Jan 5th, Hobbit 3 may be on course for around AUJ's number.

 

That would need it to earn about $80m over the week from the 29th to the 4th. It's probably not doing quite that much.

[babz06]

The one-two punch of unbroken and hobbit totally killed exodus. Fox is ending on a sour note after a fantastic year.

[Kalo]

 

Friday, December 26, 2014

 

<<><><> JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930312002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014 >Yr >Mo > Wk >>Next Day TD YD Title (Click to View) Studio Daily Gross % +/- YD / LW Theaters / Avg Gross To-Date Day 1 3 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies WB $15,650,000 +19% -6% 3,875 $4,039 $142,752,000 10 2 1 Unbroken Uni. $12,300,000 -21% - 3,131 $3,928 $27,892,000 2 3 2 Into the Woods BV $12,207,000 -19% - 2,440 $5,003 $27,297,000 2 4 4 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Fox $7,415,000 +2% +31% 3,914 $1,894 $42,147,000 8 5 9 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 LGF $3,550,000 +32% +56% 2,793 $1,271 $300,206,000 36 6 5 The Gambler Par. $3,430,000 -31% - 2,478 $1,384 $8,430,000 2 7 7 The Imitation Game Wein. $2,889,000 -6% +1,203% 747 $3,867 $9,591,000 29 8 8 Exodus: Gods and Kings Fox $2,375,000 -22% +4% 3,002 $791 $48,147,000 15 9 10 Wild (2014) FoxS $1,865,000 +12% +57% 1,285 $1,451 $12,814,000 24 10 13 Big Hero 6 BV $1,662,000 +28% +90% 2,065 $805 $196,740,000 50 - 11 Top Five Par. $1,360,000 -7% +30% 1,426 $954 $16,829,000 15 - - Penguins of Madagascar Fox $1,050,000 +40% +19% 2,033 $516 $68,754,000 31 - - Interstellar Par. $1,050,000 +9% +46% 1,253 $838 $175,407,000 52 - 12 Big Eyes Wein. $1,041,000 -26% - 1,307 $796 $2,456,000 2 - - Selma Par. $211,000 -35% - 19 $11,105 $533,000 2 - - American Sniper WB $199,000 -17% - 4 $49,750 $439,000 2

 

that is an excellent hold for Hobbit. pretty good numbers all round really.

[Kalo]

The one-two punch of unbroken and hobbit totally killed exodus. Fox is ending on a sour note after a fantastic year.

yeah unfortunately. but they're still the number 1 Studio of the year for the first time in forever. so I think they'll be okay

Edited December 27, 2014 by KaloVisor

[grim22]

Looked at the LOTR showdown on BOM. Fellowship was extremely leggy, all other movies earned around 45-70M post the first weekend of January. Fellowship earned 110M post that same date, it must have had some amazing word of mouth.

DOS and ROTK are actually the most frontloaded, DOS only earned an additional 15% in box office post the new year and ROTK earned 22%.

[Elessar]

Depending on whether it can reach 250M before Jan 5th, Hobbit 3 may be on course for around AUJ's number.

 

No way it reaches that before Jan 5th, more like $225m.

[kayumanggi]

By the way, box office 2014 has already crossed $10 B.

[kitik]

Noctis, on 27 Dec 2014 - 12:57 PM, said:

THG had a multiplier of 2.675

CF had a multiplier of 2.686

If MJ1 finishes with $338m, that will mean a 2.76 multiplier.

 

It's the first blockbuster franchise in history where each sequel had better legs than its predecessor. 

 

Impressive.

 

 

Let's not miss the forest for the trees here. CF's legs were super impressive (and HG), but MJ1's legs only look good because this movie is significantly smaller than the previous ones.

[baumer]

THG had a multiplier of 2.675

CF had a multiplier of 2.686

If MJ1 finishes with $338m, that will mean a 2.76 multiplier.

 

It's the first blockbuster franchise in history where each sequel had better legs than its predecessor. 

 

Impressive.

 

 

[kayumanggi]

Let's not miss the forest for the trees here. CF's legs were super impressive (and HG), but MJ1's legs only look good because this movie is significantly smaller than the previous ones.

 

I just wonder. Is there any other franchise that has done the same?

[Fancyarcher]

After the reviews and lack of award recognition most would have been surprised at UB getting over 100m.

 

But apparently it's critic proof.

 

It's also an inspirational piece and those tend to go over well with moviegoers, so it's not that surprising that it's doing well.

[Fancyarcher]

Budget's only $10M. And unlike Scott his last two movies have been well received.

 

Plus the decision to go from limited to wide during the holidays was a last minute thing.