The BAFTA nominations were announced yesterday and unlike most other Awards Season voters, the BAFTA voters gave us some real surprises. With limits on the number of screens, a wary public and social distancing measures in place, weekend box office in China hit a modest $17.5 million. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com. It was pushed into second place in the U.K., but still pulled in $7.69 million in 569 theaters for a two-week total of $33.32 million. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 reached a couple of milestones hitting $500 million worldwide before the weekend and $300 million internationally during the weekend. It's Thanksgiving weekend and there are two films trying to take advantage of the boost to the box office. Year-to-date, 2014 has earned $8.94 billion, which is 3.2% or $290 million lower than last year's pace. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News. Box Office International The Race Heat Vision Behind the Screen Box-Office Preview: 'Interstellar,' 'Big Hero 6' Set to Rocket Past $50 Million in U.S. It didn't hold up quite as well in the U.K., but still remained in first place with $5.91 million on 576 screens over the weekend for a total of $19.11 million. I'm hopeful, because The Dark World was a pretty big Fanboy film. Those two films should easily pull in more than $100 million over the weekend, but unfortunately the rest of the box office will be well back. More... October was a better than expected month with the overall box office keeping pace with October of 2013, for the most part. Russia was close behind with $8.00 million on 1,800 screens. This means the top five this week will mostly be the same as the top five last week with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 leading the way. But that’s exactly what we had this weekend, and, although both studios will rightly claim to be very happy with the outcome, execs at Disney will have the slightly bigger grins this Sunday. Every other film has at least a reasonable shot at $100 million. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Overall, the box office fell 52% from last weekend to $78 million. 'Interstellar' vliegt hoog in NL Box Office Nieuwsbron:FilmNieuws / cultuur (13-11-2014 18:47 ) Na een dipje vorige week, was het weer een betere week voor de Nederlandse box office. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue As for the rest of the box office, there's not a lot to look forward to. The bad news was Beyond the Lights, which couldn't turn its reviews into box office success. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. Leading the way will be The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, which could hit $400 million. The film managed $19.8 million in the U.K. and $13.8 million in Germany. China Box Office: Interstellar Posts Highest Daily Gross for a Film Since Cinemas Returned Overseas • Jesse Rifkin • August 03 2020 This past weekend saw three different films lead the Chinese daily box office on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Combined the two movies earned more than $100 million over the weekend, which is reason to celebrate, even if the rest of the box office barely registered. All rights reserved. New releases were not terrible, which makes this week on the Blu-ray sales chart better than the past couple of weeks. For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. It made 50 million its opening weekend and opened second. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participati… The good news was Dumb and Dumber To, which managed a stronger than expected opening, despite its reviews. De top twintig was goed voor 3.593.874 euro, een stijging van 5,6 procent ten opzichte van vorige week. Brazil and Mexico were neck-and-neck with $6.8 million on 1,037 screens and $6.3 million on 2,775 screens respectively. There are only seven films opening wide this month. Overall, the box office rose 65% from last weekend reaching $157 million. International Box Office: Interstellar Reaches for the Stars, Per Theater Chart: Everything Above All Others, Introducing Comprehensive International Tracking, Weekend Estimates: Big Hero Tops Interstellar. A weekend of $150 million plus seemed a very good bet, and something bigger still couldn’t be ruled out. The only wide release in the top ten was The Pyramid, which barely topped the Mendoza Line. When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. This is high enough to make some measure of mainstream success nearly inevitable. Interstellar remained in first place with $107.9 million in 63 markets over the weekend for totals of $225.8 million internationally and $322.7 million worldwide. The film grossed nearly $678 million at the global box office, and earned accolade upon accolade during the 2014-2015 awards season — including an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. and More... Last week, the home market was boosted by Easter, but this week, the home market returned to Earth. Showdowns. Of these four, I went with Veep as the Pick of the Week. Weekend Predictions: Does it Pay to be Dumb? in its first weekend. International Box Office: Century Weekend for Interstellar November 20th, 2014 Interstellar remained in first place with $107.9 million in 63 markets over the weekend for totals of $225.8 million internationally and $322.7 million worldwide . See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. The number one film of the week is Interstellar which is worth checking out, but not Pick of the Week material. We were able to close the gap somewhat in the year-over-year comparison, at least by a little bit. Let's put it this way. I think the one-two punch this year will be better, plus we will have a lot more depth leading to 2014 earning a win in the year-over-year comparison. This weekend last year, Thor: The Dark World led the way with $36.59 million while The Best Man Holiday opened in second place with $30.11 million. Plus a … Interstellar grossed $188 million in the US and Canada, and $489.4 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $677.4 million against a production budget of $165 million. But you’re not going to get to the very highest box-office ranges without connecting in all four age and gender quadrants, and “Interstellar” didn’t this weekend. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 should have no trouble earning the biggest opening weekend of the year so far and it shouldn't take very long before it surpasses Guardians of the Galaxy for number one film of the year. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Big Hero 6. The film remained in first place in Australia with $7.52 million on 574 screens over the weekend for a total of $22.69 million after two weeks of release. Blu-rays were just a little stronger this week than DVD were and the overall Blu-ray rose a tiny bit to 45%. Beyond the Lights is earning much better reviews, but it will likely only become a midlevel hit at best. More... We’re pleased to announce another new feature at The Numbers today: comprehensive international box office tracking. The Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning, at three in the morning, because the people at Golden Globes are under the delusion that news announced at 3:00 a.m. is somehow more important if it is announced before anyone is awake. There's no way we will catch up by the end of the year. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 remained in first place with $67.0 million in 86 markets for a two-week total of $254.6 million. Also posting an impressive hold from a big opening weekend is Interstellar, with $29.1 million—39% below its opening frame. We had two potential monster hits go at it over the weekend and it appears the competition was a little too much and neither Big Hero 6 nor Interstellar lived up to lofty expectations, although Big Hero 6 was close. Box Office België update (2014 week 45) 12 november 2014 Dax Leave a comment Het voorbije weekend ging er al nieuws uit dat Interstellar het bijzonder goed doet in Europa en andere landen buiten de Verenigde Staten (waar het een ware strijd levert tegen Big Hero 6). Het Nolanverse Volgens Twitteraar MoviesHardy zou het zomaar eens kunnen zijn dat er sprake is van een Nolanverse.Dat is een beetje zoals het Tarantinoverse, waarin de verschillende films onderling verbonden zijn. Granted, there are two films opening wide, but neither of them are expected to be a huge hit. A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. 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On the other hand, the two new releases, Penguins of Madagascar and Horrible Bosses 2, both really struggled. More... Interstellar was the top new release and the top selling DVD. Its worldwide total rose to $480.3 million. It sold an estimated 22 million tickets domestically. The film sold 732,000 units and generated $14.46 million in revenue, for an opening week Blu-ray share of 72%. As far as holdovers are concerned, both Big Hero 6 and Interstellar will continue to be big factors at the box office, but only these four films have a shot at $10 million or more at the box office. I just hope we don't fall further behind. There is very little chance Mockingjay, Part 1 will match that, so 2014 will lose yet again in the year-over-year comparison. The Grand Budapest Hotel took home five awards, while Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash earned three each. at … This weekend last year, Catching Fire led the way with $158.07 million, which could be more than the entire box office earns this year. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey. He's also never directed a film that earned bad reviews. This might be enough to cover the film's production budget, but probably not. Daily | This year, no film is daring to open wide, but The Pyramid is coming the closest opening in just under 600 theaters. This is barely more than The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies managed during its second week of release. Let's dispell the myth that Interstellar hasn't performed well at the box office. It barely reached the top 20. More... With studios cutting down on tentpole releases, and ever-more careful grooming of release schedules, it’s getting rarer to have a genuine head-to-head battle for top spot at the box office. On the other hand, there was only one other movie to make more than $100 million, Thor: The Dark World, so perhaps the depth this year will help 2014 come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. This includes the new number one release, Batman vs. Robin, which only sold 80,000 units / $1.34 million. The film sold 291,000 units and generated $4.45 million in revenue. (The last weekend will be terrible, but that's because of Halloween.) On the downside, last November, there were two movies to reach $400 million: Catching Fire and Frozen. Elsewhere, Interstellar continued its global trajectory at the top of the box office. Plus, predictable probably means the Awards Season voters are making the right choices, as surprises usually mean someone made the wrong choice. Interstellar India Box Office Collection. Not so expected: Chris Nolan’s saga Interstellar fell short of $50M. But this will now be the first year since 2010 without a $150m+ weekend, and the debate about the waning influence of theater-going on the industry will undoubtedly be re-opened. In this box office recap find out how Christopher Nolan basically fumbled with Interstellar as Disney played the Hollywood game better with Big Hero 6! This means the top of the Blu-ray sales chart is mostly the same as it was last week. Starting to notice a pattern here? More... None of the new releases were able to top the DVD sales chart leaving The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in first place with 73,000 units / $1.10 million over the week for a total of 1.13 million units / $16.92 million. Additionally, its opening week Blu-ray share was just 37%, which is lower than most action films. Volgens MoviesHardy zijn Inception, Interstellar en Tenet aan elkaar verbonden. If you could sum up 2014 at the box office in one sentence, this weekend’s headline probably comes close. I think Interstellar will be the bigger film; however, it is opening on IMAX on Wednesday and I'm not sure if the studio will lump those figures into the weekend numbers and that's an added complication I don't want to deal with. The film will top $600 million worldwide over the weekend, while it is on pace to top the original's worldwide total before the end of its run. I would be surprised if the film hasn't already broken even, even though it will have the lowest box office in the franchise. This new coverage will include detailed breakdowns of the international performance of leading films, including weekend-by-weekend coverage in each territory, with updates as soon as we receive numbers from sources worldwide. 2014 remains behind 2013's pace by 3.4% or $310 million at $8.72 billion to $9.03 billion, but every little victory will help soften the blow at the end of the year. Dumb and Dumber To is earning terrible reviews, but it is expecting to earn first place at the box office. It earned $13.56 million on 2,390 screens in Russia. On the downside, it was well below the optimistic expectations at just $121.90 million. So how will November do compared to October. Worse still, none of the other films in the top five topped predictions, so they couldn't help mitigate Mockingjay, Part 1's softer than anticipated opening. More... As expected, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 earned first place with ease pulling in more than the rest of the box office combined.