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Weekend Estimates: Star Treks into Mehness

Paramount downplayed talk of a $100 million opening weekend for Star Trek Into Darkness, and the results for the weekend show that they were right to do so. The film is predicted to earn $70.5 million over the three-day weekend for a total of $84.1 million after four days. That compares to a three-day opening of $79.2 million for the previous Star Trek outing, which means the franchise is essentially treading water in spite of generally good reviews and enthusiasm among its core audience. This clearly won't be the breakout into super-blockbuster territory that some were hoping for, although it should set a franchise record thanks to improved international numbers. More...

- Weekend Estimates

Home Market Numbers: March 31st, 2013: Lincoln Can't Unite Home Market

The overall Blu-ray market suffered a little setback for the week of March 24, 2013. The new releases were not very strong and the chart was led by Lincoln, which is not the type of film that needs to be seen in high definition. This left the overall Blu-ray market down 10% in terms of units and 12% in terms of revenue. Granted, this still means it sold 2.61 million units and generated $61.23 million in sales, which is great for the time of year. In fact, it was 136% better than last year in terms of units and 145% better in terms of revenue, but this was due in part by a misalignment in the Easter weekend. On the other hand, DVD did even better thanks to the Easter sales and the overall Blu-ray share fell to 34% in terms of units and 41% in terms of revenue. It won't bounce back next week, but more on that down below. More...

- The Numbers' Weekly DVD Sales Chart
- The Numbers' Weekly Blu-ray Sales Chart
- Top-Selling DVDs of 2013

Weekend Predictions: Will Star Trek Brighten Up the Box Office?

The second big summer release comes out this week, Star Trek into Darkness. The film has already opened internationally and has proven to be a bigger hit than its predecessor was, which is good news for its opening weekend. Iron Man 3 will likely take a pretty big hit due to the direct competition, while The Great Gatsby is a bit of a wild card. This weekend last year there were three wide releases, but the best of them was Battleship, which only made $25.53 million during its opening weekend, while all three new releases made a total of $53 million. Star Trek into Darkness should easily make more than that combined. However, The Avengers still dominated the chart last year and it will be that film that will be the biggest challenge in the year-over-year competition. More...

- Weekend Theater Counts
- Trailers for this week's new releases

International Box Office: Iron Man Overshadows Into Darkness

Iron Man 3 earned first place for the third weekend in a row, this time pulling in $89.3 million on 9,921 screens in 55 markets for totals of $664.4 million internationally and $949.3 million worldwide. At this pace, the film will have no trouble getting to $1 billion this coming weekend, while it should enter the top ten of all time by the end of the weekend. The film's single best market of the weekend was China, where it added $32.7 million over the week to its running tally, which now sits at $97.2 million. More...

- The Numbers Weekly World Chart

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for May 14th, 2013

There are not a lot of new releases on the home market this week, and there are very few that are prime releases. The best-selling release is Dexter: Season Seven on Blu-ray, which is worth picking up, but the lack of extras prevents it from being the Pick of the Week. For that I'm going with a lesser known title, The Unbelievable Truth, which is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray this week. More...

- Home Market Release Schedule

This Week's Video Reviews:
- Stand Up Guys
- The Last Stand
- Disneynature: Wings of Life
- Wagner and Me

Analysis: How Medium Data Can Address Big Data's Woes

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We live in a world that is being transformed by Big Data. The ability to gather and process vast amounts of information, and the development of analytical tools to find meaning in it all, promises to change business, science and social practices.

It's already changing the way companies like Target and WalMart do business and how the CDC plans for 'flu season. It's a hot topic for good reason. But it also has its limitations and problems, which are becoming more apparent as Big Data becomes more widely used. Ultimately, the solution to these problems will lead us to a new way of looking at analytical work -- a more focused and rigorous approach. Medium Data. More...

2013 Preview: May

As April ends and summer begins, we see the 2013 box office on a losing streak. There is some good news, as May should be much, much, much better than April was. Much better. During the five weekends in May, there are nine films opening wide. Of those film, there are seven that at least have a shot at $100 million. And of those seven films, four at least have a shot at $200 million, two have a shot at $300 million, and we might even have a $400 million hit this month. Iron Man 3 should turn out to be the biggest hit of the month, while there are some who think Star Trek: Into Darkness could be a close competitor for that honor. There's also some bad news. The Avengers opened last May and earned more than $600 million. No film opening this month will come close to that figure. There's a chance the top two films opening this month won't match that combined. On the other hand, last year there was a huge drop-off from the biggest hit of the month to the second biggest hit of the month. There were so many high-profile failures last year, that 2013 might actually start winning some weekends in the year-over-year comparison. More...

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May 21	Weekend Wrap-Up: Star Trek Has A Dim Launch
May 21	Technical Delay: Feeling Blu
May 20	Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Stand Up Guys
May 19	Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Last Stand
May 19	Weekend Estimates: Star Treks into Mehness
May 19	Home Market Numbers: March 31st, 2013: Lincoln Can't Unite Home Market
May 19	Blu-ray Sales: March 31st, 2013: Lincoln Feels Miserable(s)
May 19	DVD Sales: March 31st, 2013: Lincoln Leads and Holdovers Soar

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Weekend Wrap-Up: Star Trek Has A Dim Launch

There was some bad news this weekend, mostly at the top. Star Trek into Darkness did open in first place with a very healthy 4-day total, but it opened below its predecessor and not a lot of people were predicting that. The overall box office fell 2.8% from last weekend to $154 million. On the other hand, this was 7.8% higher than the same weekend last year, which is great news, as 2013 has really struggled in the year-over-year comparison. It's going to take a lot more than one good weekend to turn things around. More...

Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for May 17th, 2013

		Movie	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Total Gross	Days
1	new	Star Trek Into Darkness	$70,165,559		3,868	$83,701,981	3
2	(1)	Iron Man 3	$35,770,094	-51%	4,237	$337,661,977	17
3	(2)	The Great Gatsby	$23,939,228	-52%	3,550	$90,682,832	10

See the complete weekend chart

Per Theater Chart: Iron Man Has a Story to Tell

Iron Man 3 again earned first place on the Per Theater Chart, but this time it was closer with an average of $17,053. The second best film on the per theater chart was the second best film on the overall chart, The Great Gatsby, which earned an average of $14,168. The best limited release was Stories We Tell with an average of $13,527 in two theaters. It had previously opened in Canada, where it made $360,000. One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das earned $11,515 in one theater. More...

Weekend Top 10 by Average Gross per Theater

	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Frances Ha	$137,398	4	$34,350	$137,398	3
2	Star Trek Into Darkness	$70,165,559	3,868	$18,140	$83,701,981	3
3	Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay	$9,697	1	$9,697	$70,245	33
4	Iron Man 3	$35,770,094	4,237	$8,442	$337,661,977	17
5	What Maisie Knew	$31,995	4	$7,999	$101,900	17
6	The Great Gatsby	$23,939,228	3,550	$6,743	$90,682,832	10
7	Stories We Tell	$131,589	23	$5,721	$536,488	10
8	Becoming Traviata	$5,040	1	$5,040	$6,282	5
9	Hubble 3D	$52,122	13	$4,009	$38,198,375	1,158
10	Space Station	$10,465	3	$3,488	$87,829,093	4,049

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