Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $620,181,382Details
International Box Office $711,453,759Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,331,635,141
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $24,852,022 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $77,586,985 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $102,439,007
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Synopsis

The Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$220,009,584 (35.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.82 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:46.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$262,000,000 (worldwide box office is 5.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:4,232 opening theaters/4,232 max. theaters, 6.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $743,422,283

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office 13 $620,181,382
All Time International Box Office 40 $711,453,759
All Time Worldwide Box Office 18 $1,331,635,141
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 6 $620,181,382
All Time International Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 13 $711,453,759
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 9 $1,331,635,141

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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iTunes:iTunes
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Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 15th, 2017 (Wide) by Walt Disney
December 15th, 2017 (IMAX) by Walt Disney
International Releases: December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Belgium)
December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Brazil)
December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Colombia)
December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Denmark)
December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Finland)
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Video Release: March 13th, 2018 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence.
(Rating bulletin 2503 (Cert #51222), 11/22/2017)
Running Time: 150 minutes
Franchise: Star Wars
Comparisons: All-Time Top-Grossing Films
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Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Animation/Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Fastest to $600m 7 $602,512,582 Jan 19, 2018 37
Biggest 5th Monday 28 $2,773,240 Jan 15, 2018 32
Biggest 5th Sunday 43 $4,193,370 Jan 14, 2018 31
Biggest Domestic 5th Weekend 76 $11,854,481 Jan 12, 2018 31
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day) 83 $11,854,481 Jan 12, 2018 31
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 177 $15,000,626 Jan 12, 2018 31
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 78 $14,627,721 Jan 12, 2018 31
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 117 $18,509,886 Jan 12, 2018 31
Biggest 5th Saturday 73 $4,990,298 Jan 13, 2018 30
Biggest 4th Thursday 84 $1,678,949 Jan 11, 2018 28
Biggest 4th Wednesday 79 $1,744,275 Jan 10, 2018 27
Biggest 4th Tuesday 68 $2,368,317 Jan 9, 2018 26
Biggest 4th Sunday 33 $6,806,626 Jan 7, 2018 24
Biggest Domestic 4th Weekend 32 $23,728,944 Jan 5, 2018 24
Biggest Domestic January Weekend 70 $23,728,944 Jan 5, 2018 24
Biggest 4th Saturday 22 $10,398,845 Jan 6, 2018 23
Biggest 4th Friday 38 $6,523,473 Jan 5, 2018 22
Fastest to $550m 5 $555,486,075 Jan 5, 2018 22
Biggest 3rd Thursday 18 $4,348,867 Jan 4, 2018 21
Biggest 3rd Wednesday 14 $5,225,332 Jan 3, 2018 20
Biggest 3rd Tuesday 9 $7,876,574 Jan 2, 2018 19
Biggest 3rd Monday 3 $14,293,461 Jan 1, 2018 18
Biggest Domestic January Day 58 $14,293,461 Jan 1, 2018 18
Biggest 3rd Sunday 17 $13,566,649 Dec 31, 2017 17
Biggest Domestic 3rd Weekend 12 $52,520,140 Dec 29, 2017 17
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 5 $52,520,140 Dec 29, 2017 17
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 7 $66,458,848 Dec 29, 2017 17
Biggest 3rd Saturday 12 $19,924,241 Dec 30, 2017 16
Fastest to $500m 5 $503,651,719 Dec 29, 2017 16
Biggest 3rd Friday 4 $19,029,250 Dec 29, 2017 15
Biggest 2nd Thursday 4 $19,490,329 Dec 28, 2017 14
Biggest Domestic Thursday 22 $19,490,329 Dec 28, 2017 14
Fastest to $450m 5 $464,698,228 Dec 28, 2017 14
Biggest 2nd Wednesday 2 $21,846,132 Dec 27, 2017 13
Biggest Domestic Wednesday 25 $21,846,132 Dec 27, 2017 13
Biggest 2nd Tuesday 2 $27,734,356 Dec 26, 2017 12
Biggest Domestic Tuesday 9 $27,734,356 Dec 26, 2017 12
Fastest to $400m 7 $423,361,767 Dec 26, 2017 12
Biggest 2nd Monday 4 $27,459,557 Dec 25, 2017 11
Biggest Domestic Monday 11 $27,459,557 Dec 25, 2017 11
Biggest 2nd Sunday 46 $17,629,999 Dec 24, 2017 10
Biggest Domestic 2nd Weekend 24 $71,565,498 Dec 22, 2017 10
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 5 $71,565,498 Dec 22, 2017 10
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 8 $90,558,810 Dec 22, 2017 10
Biggest 2nd Saturday 20 $29,172,415 Dec 23, 2017 9
Fastest to $350m 7 $350,537,855 Dec 22, 2017 9
Biggest 2nd Friday 13 $24,763,084 Dec 22, 2017 8
Fastest to $300m 6 $321,365,440 Dec 22, 2017 8
Biggest 1st Thursday 6 $17,892,347 Dec 21, 2017 7
Biggest 1st Wednesday 15 $16,889,863 Dec 20, 2017 6
Biggest 1st Tuesday 16 $20,254,189 Dec 19, 2017 5
Fastest to $250m 6 $261,820,146 Dec 19, 2017 5
Biggest 1st Monday 17 $21,556,373 Dec 18, 2017 4
Biggest 1st Sunday 10 $51,331,888 Dec 17, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Sunday 10 $51,331,888 Dec 17, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic December Weekend 3 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Opening Weekend 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Adventure Weekend Domestic 2 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Animation/Live Action Weekend Domestic 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Original Screenplay Weekend Domestic 2 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top PG-13 Weekend Domestic 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Science Fiction Weekend Domestic 2 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Sequel Weekend 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Walt Disney Weekend Domestic 4 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Weekend 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Fastest to $200m 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Front-Loaded Opening Weekend 75 47.6% Dec 15, 2017 3
Top 2017 Theater Average 13 $51,987 Dec 15, 2017 3
Widest Opening Weekend 90 4,232 Dec 15, 2017 3
Biggest 1st Saturday 8 $63,993,205 Dec 16, 2017 2
Biggest Domestic Saturday 8 $63,993,205 Dec 16, 2017 2
Fastest to $150m 5 $168,677,696 Dec 15, 2017 2
Biggest 1st Friday 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Adventure Day Domestic 2 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Animation/Live Action Day Domestic 6 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Original Screenplay Day Domestic 2 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top PG-13 Day Domestic 6 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Science Fiction Day Domestic 2 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Sequel Day 6 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Walt Disney Day Domestic 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic December Day 3 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Friday 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Day 6 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Fastest to $100m 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Fastest to $50m 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Previews 4 $45,000,000 Dec 14, 2017 0

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 15, 2017 1 $220,009,584   4,232 $51,987   $220,009,584 1
Dec 22, 2017 1 $71,565,498 -67% 4,232 $16,911   $368,167,854 2
Dec 29, 2017 1 $52,520,140 -27% 4,232 $12,410   $517,218,368 3
Jan 5, 2018 3 $23,728,944 -55% 4,232 $5,607   $572,691,546 4
Jan 12, 2018 6 $11,854,481 -50% 3,090 $3,836   $592,129,065 5
Jan 19, 2018 8 $6,555,435 -45% 2,456 $2,669   $604,273,911 6
Jan 26, 2018 11 $4,254,001 -35% 1,745 $2,438   $610,795,822 7
Feb 2, 2018 15 $2,338,242 -45% 1,467 $1,594   $614,455,022 8
Feb 9, 2018 16 $1,397,413 -40% 830 $1,684   $616,833,692 9
Feb 16, 2018 25 $617,698 -56% 351 $1,760   $618,040,475 10
Feb 23, 2018 28 $352,838 -43% 292 $1,208   $618,728,556 11
Mar 2, 2018 26 $252,689 -28% 221 $1,143   $619,116,325 12
Mar 9, 2018 21 $265,513 +5% 246 $1,079   $619,483,244 13
Mar 16, 2018 25 $174,756 -34% 211 $828   $619,791,373 14
Mar 23, 2018 33 $102,020 -42% 150 $680   $619,967,829 15
Mar 30, 2018 30 $66,989 -34% 109 $615   $620,097,892 16
Apr 6, 2018 46 $33,544 -50% 61 $550   $620,164,565 17
Apr 13, 2018 70 $5,845 -83% 28 $209   $620,178,595 18

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 14, 2017 P $45,000,000     0     $45,000,000  
Dec 15, 2017 1 $104,684,491     4,232 $24,736   $104,684,491 1
Dec 16, 2017 1 $63,993,205 -39%   4,232 $15,121   $168,677,696 2
Dec 17, 2017 1 $51,331,888 -20%   4,232 $12,129   $220,009,584 3
Dec 18, 2017 1 $21,556,373 -58%   4,232 $5,094   $241,565,957 4
Dec 19, 2017 1 $20,254,189 -6%   4,232 $4,786   $261,820,146 5
Dec 20, 2017 1 $16,889,863 -17%   4,232 $3,991   $278,710,009 6
Dec 21, 2017 1 $17,892,347 +6%   4,232 $4,228   $296,602,356 7
Dec 22, 2017 1 $24,763,084 +38% -76% 4,232 $5,851   $321,365,440 8
Dec 23, 2017 1 $29,172,415 +18% -54% 4,232 $6,893   $350,537,855 9
Dec 24, 2017 1 $17,629,999 -40% -66% 4,232 $4,166   $368,167,854 10
Dec 25, 2017 1 $27,459,557 +56% +27% 4,232 $6,489   $395,627,411 11
Dec 26, 2017 1 $27,734,356 +1% +37% 4,232 $6,553   $423,361,767 12
Dec 27, 2017 1 $21,846,132 -21% +29% 4,232 $5,162   $445,207,899 13
Dec 28, 2017 1 $19,490,329 -11% +9% 4,232 $4,605   $464,698,228 14
Dec 29, 2017 1 $19,029,250 -2% -23% 4,232 $4,497   $483,727,478 15
Dec 30, 2017 1 $19,924,241 +5% -32% 4,232 $4,708   $503,651,719 16
Dec 31, 2017 1 $13,566,649 -32% -23% 4,232 $3,206   $517,218,368 17
Jan 1, 2018 2 $14,293,461 +5% -48% 4,232 $3,377   $531,511,829 18
Jan 2, 2018 2 $7,876,574 -45% -72% 4,232 $1,861   $539,388,403 19
Jan 3, 2018 2 $5,225,332 -34% -76% 4,232 $1,235   $544,613,735 20
Jan 4, 2018 2 $4,348,867 -17% -78% 4,232 $1,028   $548,962,602 21
Jan 5, 2018 3 $6,523,473 +50% -66% 4,232 $1,541   $555,486,075 22
Jan 6, 2018 3 $10,398,845 +59% -48% 4,232 $2,457   $565,884,920 23
Jan 7, 2018 2 $6,806,626 -35% -50% 4,232 $1,608   $572,691,546 24
Jan 8, 2018 2 $1,791,497 -74% -87% 4,232 $423   $574,483,043 25
Jan 9, 2018 2 $2,368,317 +32% -70% 4,232 $560   $576,851,360 26
Jan 10, 2018 2 $1,744,275 -26% -67% 4,232 $412   $578,595,635 27
Jan 11, 2018 2 $1,678,949 -4% -61% 4,232 $397   $580,274,584 28
Jan 12, 2018 7 $2,670,813 +59% -59% 3,090 $864   $582,945,397 29
Jan 13, 2018 6 $4,990,298 +87% -52% 3,090 $1,615   $587,935,695 30
Jan 14, 2018 4 $4,193,370 -16% -38% 3,090 $1,357   $592,129,065 31
Jan 15, 2018 5 $2,773,240 -34% +55% 3,090 $897   $594,902,305 32
Jan 16, 2018 5 $1,103,853 -60% -53% 3,090 $357   $596,006,158 33
Jan 17, 2018 5 $861,084 -22% -51% 3,090 $279   $596,867,242 34
Jan 18, 2018 5 $851,234 -1% -49% 3,090 $275   $597,718,476 35
Jan 19, 2018 9 $1,625,633 +91% -39% 2,456 $662   $599,344,109 36
Jan 20, 2018 7 $3,168,473 +95% -37% 2,456 $1,290   $602,512,582 37
Jan 21, 2018 7 $1,761,329 -44% -58% 2,456 $717   $604,273,911 38
Jan 22, 2018 6 $539,120 -69% -81% 2,456 $220   $604,813,031 39
Jan 23, 2018 7 $676,890 +26% -39% 2,456 $276   $605,489,921 40
Jan 24, 2018 7 $531,967 -21% -38% 2,456 $217   $606,021,888 41
Jan 25, 2018 6 $519,933 -2% -39% 2,456 $212   $606,541,821 42
Jan 26, 2018 13 $954,781 +84% -41% 1,745 $547   $607,496,602 43
Jan 27, 2018 10 $1,933,603 +103% -39% 1,745 $1,108   $609,430,205 44
Jan 28, 2018 11 $1,365,617 -29% -22% 1,745 $783   $610,795,822 45
Jan 29, 2018 11 $322,382 -76% -40% 1,745 $185   $611,118,204 46
Jan 30, 2018 13 $385,086 +19% -43% 1,745 $221   $611,503,290 47
Jan 31, 2018 12 $306,959 -20% -42% 1,745 $176   $611,810,249 48
Feb 1, 2018 11 $306,531 n/c -41% 1,745 $176   $612,116,780 49
Feb 2, 2018 - $611,248 +99% -36% 1,467 $417   $612,728,028 50
Feb 3, 2018 13 $1,231,261 +101% -36% 1,467 $839   $613,959,289 51
Feb 4, 2018 14 $495,733 -60% -64% 1,467 $338   $614,455,022 52
Feb 5, 2018 13 $234,836 -53% -27% 1,467 $160   $614,689,858 53
Feb 6, 2018 14 $279,012 +19% -28% 1,467 $190   $614,968,870 54
Feb 7, 2018 14 $233,874 -16% -24% 1,467 $159   $615,202,744 55
Feb 8, 2018 14 $233,535 n/c -24% 1,467 $159   $615,436,279 56
Feb 9, 2018 - $302,407 +29% -51% 830 $364   $615,738,686 57
Feb 10, 2018 - $643,888 +113% -48% 830 $776   $616,382,574 58
Feb 11, 2018 - $451,118 -30% -9% 830 $544   $616,833,692 59
Feb 12, 2018 - $142,393 -68% -39% 830 $172   $616,976,085 60
Feb 13, 2018 - $140,623 -1% -50% 830 $169   $617,116,708 61
Feb 14, 2018 - $202,432 +44% -13% 830 $244   $617,319,140 62
Feb 15, 2018 - $103,637 -49% -56% 830 $125   $617,422,777 63
Feb 16, 2018 - $132,463 +28% -56% 351 $377   $617,555,240 64
Feb 17, 2018 - $263,352 +99% -59% 351 $750   $617,818,592 65
Feb 18, 2018 - $221,883 -16% -51% 351 $632   $618,040,475 66
Feb 19, 2018 - $158,864 -28% +12% 351 $453   $618,199,339 67
Feb 20, 2018 - $65,094 -59% -54% 351 $185   $618,264,433 68
Feb 21, 2018 - $58,017 -11% -71% 351 $165   $618,322,450 69
Feb 22, 2018 - $53,268 -8% -49% 351 $152   $618,375,718 70
Feb 23, 2018 - $84,125 +58% -36% 292 $288   $618,459,843 71
Feb 24, 2018 - $159,028 +89% -40% 292 $545   $618,618,871 72
Feb 25, 2018 - $109,685 -31% -51% 292 $376   $618,728,556 73
Feb 26, 2018 - $31,338 -71% -80% 292 $107   $618,759,894 74
Feb 27, 2018 - $35,605 +14% -45% 292 $122   $618,795,499 75
Feb 28, 2018 - $34,472 -3% -41% 292 $118   $618,829,971 76
Mar 1, 2018 - $33,665 -2% -37% 292 $115   $618,863,636 77
Mar 2, 2018 - $62,230 +85% -26% 221 $282   $618,925,866 78
Mar 3, 2018 - $120,723 +94% -24% 221 $546   $619,046,589 79
Mar 4, 2018 - $69,736 -42% -36% 221 $316   $619,116,325 80
Mar 5, 2018 - $24,200 -65% -23% 221 $110   $619,140,525 81
Mar 6, 2018 - $26,422 +9% -26% 221 $120   $619,166,947 82
Mar 7, 2018 - $27,612 +5% -20% 221 $125   $619,194,559 83
Mar 8, 2018 - $23,172 -16% -31% 221 $105   $619,217,731 84
Mar 9, 2018 - $66,746 +188% +7% 246 $271   $619,284,477 85
Mar 10, 2018 - $122,200 +83% +1% 246 $497   $619,406,677 86
Mar 11, 2018 - $76,567 -37% +10% 246 $311   $619,483,244 87
Mar 12, 2018 - $32,531 -58% +34% 246 $132   $619,515,775 88
Mar 13, 2018 - $36,184 +11% +37% 246 $147   $619,551,959 89
Mar 14, 2018 - $33,224 -8% +20% 246 $135   $619,585,183 90
Mar 15, 2018 - $31,434 -5% +36% 246 $128   $619,616,617 91
Mar 16, 2018 - $50,038 +59% -25% 211 $237   $619,666,655 92
Mar 17, 2018 - $75,189 +50% -38% 211 $356   $619,741,844 93
Mar 18, 2018 - $49,529 -34% -35% 211 $235   $619,791,373 94
Mar 19, 2018 - $17,899 -64% -45% 211 $85   $619,809,272 95
Mar 20, 2018 - $18,418 +3% -49% 211 $87   $619,827,690 96
Mar 21, 2018 - $17,933 -3% -46% 211 $85   $619,845,623 97
Mar 22, 2018 - $20,186 +13% -36% 211 $96   $619,865,809 98
Mar 23, 2018 - $29,559 +46% -41% 150 $197   $619,895,368 99
Mar 24, 2018 - $44,955 +52% -40% 150 $300   $619,940,323 100
Mar 25, 2018 - $27,506 -39% -44% 150 $183   $619,967,829 101
Mar 26, 2018 - $14,511 -47% -19% 150 $97   $619,982,340 102
Mar 27, 2018 - $16,845 +16% -9% 150 $112   $619,999,185 103
Mar 28, 2018 - $14,468 -14% -19% 150 $96   $620,013,653 104
Mar 29, 2018 - $17,250 +19% -15% 150 $115   $620,030,903 105
Mar 30, 2018 - $27,758 +61% -6% 109 $255   $620,058,661 106
Mar 31, 2018 - $26,916 -3% -40% 109 $247   $620,085,577 107
Apr 1, 2018 - $12,315 -54% -55% 109 $113   $620,097,892 108
Apr 2, 2018 - $8,694 -29% -40% 109 $80   $620,106,586 109
Apr 3, 2018 - $7,381 -15% -56% 109 $68   $620,113,967 110
Apr 4, 2018 - $6,800 -8% -53% 109 $62   $620,120,767 111
Apr 5, 2018 - $10,254 +51% -41% 109 $94   $620,131,021 112
Apr 6, 2018 - $11,517 +12% -59% 61 $189   $620,142,538 113
Apr 7, 2018 - $14,984 +30% -44% 61 $246   $620,157,522 114
Apr 8, 2018 - $7,043 -53% -43% 61 $115   $620,164,565 115
Apr 9, 2018 - $1,752 -75% -80% 61 $29   $620,166,317 116
Apr 10, 2018 - $2,033 +16% -72% 61 $33   $620,168,350 117
Apr 11, 2018 - $1,982 -3% -71% 61 $32   $620,170,332 118
Apr 12, 2018 - $2,418 +22% -76% 61 $40   $620,172,750 119
Apr 13, 2018 - $1,460 -40% -87% 28 $52   $620,174,210 120
Apr 14, 2018 - $2,716 +86% -82% 28 $97   $620,176,926 121
Apr 15, 2018 - $1,669 -39% -76% 28 $60   $620,178,595 122
Apr 16, 2018 - $621 -63% -65% 28 $22   $620,179,216 123
Apr 17, 2018 - $769 +24% -62% 28 $27   $620,179,985 124
Apr 18, 2018 - $543 -29% -73% 28 $19   $620,180,528 125
Apr 19, 2018 - $854 +57% -65% 28 $31   $620,181,382 126

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 15, 2017 1 $296,602,356   4,232 $70,086   $296,602,356 1
Dec 22, 2017 1 $168,095,872 -43% 4,232 $39,720   $464,698,228 2
Dec 29, 2017 2 $84,264,374 -50% 4,232 $19,911   $548,962,602 3
Jan 5, 2018 3 $31,311,982 -63% 4,232 $7,399   $580,274,584 4
Jan 12, 2018 5 $17,443,892 -44% 3,090 $5,645   $597,718,476 5
Jan 19, 2018 8 $8,823,345 -49% 2,456 $3,593   $606,541,821 6
Jan 26, 2018 11 $5,574,959 -37% 1,745 $3,195   $612,116,780 7
Feb 2, 2018 14 $3,319,499 -40% 1,467 $2,263   $615,436,279 8
Feb 9, 2018 16 $1,986,498 -40% 830 $2,393   $617,422,777 9
Feb 16, 2018 24 $952,941 -52% 351 $2,715   $618,375,718 10
Feb 23, 2018 29 $487,918 -49% 292 $1,671   $618,863,636 11
Mar 2, 2018 27 $354,095 -27% 221 $1,602   $619,217,731 12
Mar 9, 2018 21 $398,886 +13% 246 $1,621   $619,616,617 13
Mar 16, 2018 25 $249,192 -38% 211 $1,181   $619,865,809 14
Mar 23, 2018 31 $165,094 -34% 150 $1,101   $620,030,903 15
Mar 30, 2018 30 $100,118 -39% 109 $919   $620,131,021 16
Apr 6, 2018 50 $41,729 -58% 61 $684   $620,172,750 17
Apr 13, 2018 70 $8,632 -79% 28 $308   $620,181,382 18

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 12/14/2017 $2,170,483 0 0 0 $5,372,661 1/1/2019
Australia 12/14/2017 $16,039,040 970 970 3,905 $43,971,020 6/15/2021
Belgium 12/13/2017 $0000$0
Brazil 12/13/2017 $7,200,000 0 0 0 $19,108,918 6/14/2018
Bulgaria 12/15/2017 $477,344 0 0 0 $1,804,811 2/26/2019
Cambodia 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Chile 12/14/2017 $0000$0
China 1/5/2018 $28,220,000 90,669 90,669 100,233 $41,200,000 2/5/2018
Colombia 12/13/2017 $0000$0
Croatia 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Cyprus 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Czech Republic 12/14/2017 $1,474,695 159 159 579 $3,832,537 1/1/2019
Denmark 12/13/2017 $0 0 0 0 $11,000,000 1/28/2018
Estonia 12/15/2017 $0000$0
Finland 12/13/2017 $0000$0
France 12/13/2017 $18,100,000 0 0 0 $64,974,040 6/12/2018
Germany 12/14/2017 $23,269,020 814 820 3,827 $83,164,496 6/11/2018
Greece 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Hong Kong 12/14/2017 $2,529,091 0 0 0 $5,618,798 10/28/2018
Hungary 12/14/2017 $0000$0
India 12/15/2017 $1,400,280 0 0 0 $1,458,333 10/3/2018
Indonesia 12/13/2017 $3,143,360 0 0 0 $5,223,333 1/1/2019
Ireland 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Israel 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Italy 12/13/2017 $5,424,786 0 0 0 $18,138,020 9/12/2018
Japan 12/15/2017 $14,350,373 0 0 0 $66,662,688 6/8/2018
Kuwait 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Lithuania 12/15/2017 $140,695 181 181 425 $394,950 3/19/2018
Malaysia 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Mexico 12/14/2017 $4,784,474 0 0 0 $13,590,940 9/10/2018
Netherlands 12/13/2017 $2,609,476 132 132 854 $12,944,717 9/12/2018
New Zealand 12/14/2017 $2,194,686 243 243 976 $6,244,816 8/17/2020
Norway 12/13/2017 $0 0 0 0 $1,500,000 12/15/2017
Pakistan 12/15/2017 $0000$0
Philippines 12/13/2017 $0000$0
Poland 12/14/2017 $4,965,347 0 0 0 $12,990,972 1/1/2019
Portugal 12/15/2017 $806,795 197 197 740 $3,285,750 2/28/2018
Romania 12/15/2017 $0000$0
Russia (CIS) 12/14/2017 $8,486,199 1,360 1,360 4,819 $16,068,138 1/1/2019
Serbia and Montenegro 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Singapore 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Slovakia 12/13/2017 $432,985 73 73 190 $1,022,454 2/13/2018
Slovenia 12/13/2017 $0000$0
South Africa 12/14/2017 $0000$0
South Korea 12/14/2017 $4,318,806 1,093 1,093 1,639 $7,981,958 9/10/2018
Spain 12/15/2017 $7,733,217 414 414 2,390 $25,847,888 9/12/2018
Sweden 12/13/2017 $6,000,000 0 0 0 $15,800,000 1/28/2018
Taiwan 12/13/2017 $1,812,040 0 0 0 $3,534,284 10/28/2018
Turkey 12/13/2017 $980,572 556 556 1,363 $2,653,217 2/26/2019
Ukraine 12/14/2017 $0000$0
United Kingdom 12/14/2017 $37,298,057 723 723 4,524 $111,883,703 5/9/2018
Vietnam 12/15/2017 $0000$0
 
Rest of World $104,180,317
 
International Total$711,453,759 6/15/2021

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 1, 20181437,941 437,941$8,347,155$8,347,1553
Apr 8, 20181123,461-72% 561,402$2,221,063$10,568,2184
Apr 15, 2018261,544-50% 622,946$1,115,793$11,684,0115
Apr 22, 2018450,343-18% 673,289$903,153$12,587,1646
Apr 29, 2018835,022-30% 708,311$629,345$13,216,5097
May 6, 2018731,963-9% 740,274$571,818$13,788,3278
May 13, 2018922,212-31% 762,486$349,617$14,137,9449
May 20, 20181012,182-45% 774,668$148,742$14,286,68610
May 27, 20181014,177+16% 788,845$168,706$14,455,39211
Jun 3, 2018917,417+23% 806,262$217,016$14,672,40812
Jun 10, 20181312,658-27% 818,920$177,971$14,850,37913
Jun 17, 20181613,536+7% 832,456$180,841$15,031,22014
Jun 24, 2018278,146-40% 840,602$98,404$15,129,62415
Aug 19, 2018265,494 901,074$79,828$15,991,64123
Nov 10, 2019259,898 1,133,615$202,711$19,761,03487

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 1, 201811,772,048 1,772,048$41,553,788$41,553,7883
Apr 8, 20181465,431-74% 2,237,479$11,039,423$52,593,2114
Apr 15, 20182205,658-56% 2,443,137$5,087,523$57,680,7345
Apr 22, 20182151,926-26% 2,595,063$3,919,934$61,600,6686
Apr 29, 2018466,773-56% 2,661,836$1,695,560$63,296,2287
May 6, 2018561,994-7% 2,723,830$1,571,461$64,867,6898
May 13, 2018643,952-29% 2,767,782$1,095,612$65,963,3019
May 20, 2018538,229-13% 2,806,011$795,734$66,759,03510
May 27, 2018829,552-23% 2,835,563$608,744$67,367,77911
Jun 3, 2018533,635+14% 2,869,198$789,083$68,156,86212
Jun 10, 20181023,065-31% 2,892,263$479,801$68,636,66313
Jun 17, 20181628,148+22% 2,920,411$570,169$69,206,83214
Jun 24, 20181712,188-57% 2,932,599$247,754$69,454,58615
Jul 8, 20182011,023 2,956,073$223,486$69,929,72117
Dec 22, 20191929,699 3,189,515$793,861$74,893,42893
Dec 29, 20192026,411-11% 3,215,926$537,838$75,431,26694
Jan 5, 20201913,822-48% 3,229,748$275,887$75,707,15395

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Lead Ensemble Members

Mark Hamill    Luke Skywalker
Carrie Fisher    General Leia Organa
Adam Driver    Kylo Ren
Daisy Ridley    Rey
John Boyega    Finn
Oscar Isaac    Poe Dameron
Domhnall Gleeson    General Hux
Anthony Daniels    C-3PO
Gwendoline Christie    Captain Phasma
Kelly Marie Tran    Rose Tico
Benicio del Toro    DJ

Supporting Cast

Andy Serkis    Supreme Leader Snoke
Lupita Nyong'o    Maz Kanata
Laura Dern    Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo
Peter Mayhew    Chewbacca
Joonas Suotamo    Chewbacca
Mike Quinn    Nien Nunb
Tim Rose    Admiral Ackbar
Billie Lourd    Lieutenant Connix
Simon Pegg    Unkar Plutt
Jimmy Vee    R2-D2
Warwick Davis    Wodibin
Noah Segan    X-Wing Pilot Starck
Veronica Ngo    Paige Tico
Justin Theroux    Master Codebreaker
Lily Cole    Lovey
Hugh Skinner    Holdo’s First Officer

Cameos

Joseph Gordon-Levitt    Slowen-Lo
Tom Hardy    Stormtrooper
Gary Barlow    Stormtrooper
Gareth Edwards    Resistance Trench Soldier
Edgar Wright    Crait Resistance Fighter
Oscar Wright    Crait Resistance Fighter
Andrew Jack    General Ematt
Michaela Coel    Resistance Fighter
Ellie Goulding    Resistance Fighter
James Corden    Resistance Fighter
Adrian Edmondson    First Order Captain Peavey
Matthew Wood    General Grievous
Sam Witwer    Additional Voice

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Rian Johnson    Director
Rian Johnson    Screenwriter
Kathleen Kennedy    Producer
Ram Bergman    Producer
J.J. Abrams    Executive Producer
Tom Karnowski    Executive Producer
Jason McGatlin    Executive Producer
Rick Heinrichs    Production Designer
Bob Ducsay    Editor
John Williams    Composer
Steve Yedlin    Director of Photography
Richard Roberts    Set Decorator
Jamie Christopher    First Assistant Director
Matthew Wood    Supervising Sound Editor
Ren Klyce    Sound Designer
David Parker    Re-recording Mixer
Michael Semanick    Re-recording Mixer
Ren Klyce    Re-recording Mixer
Stuart Wilson    Sound Mixer
Ben Morris    Visual Effects Supervisor
Mike Mulholland    Visual Effects Supervisor
Neal Scanlan    Visual Effects Supervisor
Chris Corbould    Visual Effects Supervisor
Steve Orlando    Assistant Sound Designer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Home Market Releases for April 3rd, 2018

April 3rd, 2018

My Hero Academia

It’s a short week for one reason: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which came out last week, but it is still scaring away top-notch releases. There are only a couple of first-run releases coming out this week, Father Figures and Insidious: The Last Key. However, there are also a few films in the main section that wouldn’t even be included in the secondary releases on a normal week. There are a trio of Pick of the Week contenders, including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, but that’s a late review. The best of this week’s releases are Jane and My Hero Academia Season Two, Volume One. Both are absolutely worth picking up, but in the end, I went with My Hero Academia. More...

Home Market Releases for March 27th, 2018

March 27th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

It’s a short week for one reason: Star Wars: The Last Jedi is coming out on DVD / Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD and no one really wants to deal with that competition. That’s not to say there are no other releases worth picking up. Last Men in Aleppo is an Oscar nominated documentary and worth picking up. In the end, The Last Jedi was the clear Pick of the Week winner. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

March 26th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the biggest box office hit of 2016, both domestically and worldwide. It also earned 91% positive reviews and a solid A from CinemaScore. It is also hated by a minority of very loud, very aggressive people. Are the majority right? Do the minority have a legitimate case to make? More...

Home Market Releases for March 13th, 2018

March 14th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar week on the home market with several Oscar nominees and winners. Many of these films, like Call Me by Your Name and I, Tonya, are contenders for Pick of the Week. The actual winner of this title is The Shape of Water on Blu-ray Combo Pack or 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack. It’s not the biggest release on this week’s list, as that honor goes to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but that’s only coming out on Video on Demand. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther Bests Wrinkle in Time, in Disney vs. Disney Battle

March 11th, 2018

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time got out the gate a little more slowly than hoped for this weekend, and Disney is projecting an opening weekend of $33.3 million, as of Sunday morning. That’s actually in line with our prediction on Thursday of just under $35 million, but well below what pre-release interest in the film would have made seem possible. That relatively subdued debut left the door open for Black Panther, which will pick up another $41.1 million this weekend to top the chart, and continues breaking records. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... The Shape of Water for Best Picture

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther Tops $500 Million in Third Weekend

March 4th, 2018

Black Panther

Black Panther will add another $65.7 million this weekend, according to Disney’s Sunday morning estimate. That’ll be the 3rd-best 3rd weekend in history, behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avatar. It also will make Panther the 3rd-fastest movie to $500 million at the domestic box office, behind Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. It continues to track extremely closely to Jurassic World, which finished its domestic run with $652 million. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I will be happy no matter who wins Best Supporting Actress. One last note: The contest is still going and the leading for Best Picture Switched from The Shape of Water to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to tied over the time I was writing this story. This is the closest I’ve ever seen it. Guessing the best picture correctly will go a long way to winning. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther’s $108-Million Weekend Sets Up $650-Million Domestic Run

February 25th, 2018

Black Panther

The party is just getting started for Black Panther. With Disney’s official weekend estimate in, it looks like the latest from the Marvel Universe is already just one day away from being the franchise’s highest-grossing movie for a film built around a single character, and it is on course to top The Avengers as the biggest Marvel movie of them all. That’s thanks to a projected $108 million weekend that sets some records of its own. More...

International Box Office: The Maze Runner is on a Marathon Pace with $35.5 million

February 7th, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maze Runner: The Death Cure remained in first place with $35.5 million in 80 markets for totals of $143.2 million internationally and $183.2 million worldwide. The film’s biggest new market was Mexico, where it earned first place with $3.20 million. Its best market overall was China, where it added $5.17 million over the weekend to its running tally, which now sits at $38.67 million. More...

International Box Office: Death Can’t Stop The Maze Runner’s $62.6 million Weekend

February 1st, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maze Runner: The Death Cure jumped into first place on the international chart with $62.6 million in 70 markets for an early international total of $82.0 million. The film opened in first place in China with $22.80 million over the weekend for a total opening of $23.07 million. On the other hand, the film struggled in the U.K. earning third place with just $3.19 million in 507 theaters. By the end of the weekend, the studio’s share of the worldwide box office was over $40 million, which is fantastic for a film that cost $61 million to make. It should have no trouble breaking even early in its home market run, if not sooner. More...

International Box Office: Jumanji is King of the Market with $32.6 million

January 24th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle remained in first place with $32.6 million on 33,000 screens in 83 markets for totals of $450.8 million internationally and $767.3 million worldwide. Had the film earned half of that, it still would have been a financial success worthy of a sequel. China was the film’s biggest market, both of the weekend and overall, as it earned $7.71 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $66.50 million. The film will have no trouble getting to $800 million worldwide, probably by the end of this coming weekend, while $900 million isn’t completely out of the question. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations

January 23rd, 2018

The Shape of Water

The Oscar nominations were announced starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year and no one has been able to adequately explain why to me. At least there were some interesting results this year. The Shape of Water led the way with 13 nominations, which is one below the current record and nearly as many as the next two films combined. Overall, there were seventeen films that earned two or more nominations. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Releases Can’t Outshine Jumanji’s $19.51 million Weekend Haul

January 23rd, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Nearly every film we talked about in our predictions beat expectations over the weekend. This includes Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which earned first place with $19.51 million. All three wide releases did better than expected, with 12 Strong leading the way with $15.82 million. The overall box office still fell 15% from last weekend to $135 million. A 15% drop-off for a post-holiday weekend isn’t bad. Compared to this weekend last year, 2018 was down by 7.0%, which isn’t good, but it could have been much worse. Year-to-date, 2018 still has a small lead of 2.9% or $20 million at $725 million to $704 million. Granted, it is still way too early for this to matter, but an early lead means you won’t need to fight back late in the year like we did last year. More...

2017 Box Office Totals: $11.09 billion Isn’t Enough

January 20th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

NATO, the North American Theater Owners, have released their annual box office numbers, and 2017 had some mixed results. The total box office was down 2.55% to $11.09 billion, which is the third-biggest yearly box office total of all time, behind $11.12 billion earned in 2015 and $11.37 billion earned in 2016. Meanwhile, ticket prices rose 4% to $8.97. This means total attendance was 1.236 billion, the lowest since 1995. That is troubling, but not as apocalyptic as some have made it out to be, as it is only 2.7% lower than 2014’s attendance figure. Obviously, we would like to see increases in this figure every year, but we shouldn’t panic just yet. If 2018 bounces back, then we can still say the overall box office is healthy. If we see another 6-point drop in attendance in 2018, then we can panic. More...

International Box Office: Jumanji is Welcomed to First Place with $81.75 million

January 18th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle leaped into first place with $81.75 million on 33,000 screens in 83 markets for totals of $385.03 million internationally and $669.27 million worldwide. The film debuted in first place in China with $39.74 million on 20,000 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $40.23 million. Had the film only earned $385.03 million in total, it still would have been enough to to break even before the home market. The film will eventually hit $800 million worldwide, which is enough to cover its entire budget and the production budget of the inevitable sequel. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Jumanji Nears $300 million after $35.18 million MLK Long Weekend

January 16th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle continues to surprise analysts earning $35.18 million over the MLK long weekend. At this point, I would be shocked if it didn’t finish with $350 million domestically, while I assume Sony has a planned trilogy in the works. The best “new” release of the week was The Post, which expanded into second place with $23.06 million, while the best truly new release of the week was The Commuter at $15.80 million. Overall, the box office fell 4.7% from last weekend, earning $165 million over the the three-day weekend. This was still 5.9% higher than the same weekend last year, and that’s the more important number. It is still very early in the year, extremely early, but 2018 does have a $27 million / 5.1% lead over 2017 at $553 million to $526 million. 2018 could lose that entire lead next weekend, but I chose to focus on the positive for now. More...

Weekend Estimates: Jumanji Rules MLK Weekend

January 14th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will come out an easy winner at the box office this MLK weekend. Over three days, the family adventure is headed for an estimated $27 million, for $283 million to date. With another $8 million or so on Monday, the film will finish the holiday on the threshold of $300 million domestically. Partly helped by the long weekend, it will record the 10th-best fourth weekend of all time—remarkable strength for a movie that ran the risk of being over-shadowed by The Last Jedi when it came out at Christmas. More...

Weekend Predictions: Paddington and Post take on Jumanji over MLK Long Weekend

January 11th, 2018

Paddington 2

It is the first long weekend of 2018 and we have four films trying to take advantage of the MLK holiday. However, only Paddington 2 and The Post have a real shot at box office success. The Commuter’s buzz is so quiet that its box office chances have taken a real hit. Worse still, Sony’s treatment of Proud Mary is almost bizarre. I’ve seen limited releases with more marketing push than Proud Mary is getting. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’s legs will likely remain really long, helping it repeat as box office champion. More importantly, it should help the 2018 box office get a sizable win in the year-over-year comparison. This weekend last year, there were seven films that earned more than $10 million over the long weekend, but only one film, Hidden Figures, earned more than $20 million. This year, not only will we match that number of $10 million films, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle should top $30 million, while Paddington 2 and The Post should top $20 million. More...

2017 Awards Season: BAFTA Nominations

January 11th, 2018

The Shape of Water

The BAFTA nominations were announced and this time The Shape of Water led the way with 12 nominations. The same films appear on many of the lists of nominees, but so far no one film has come to dominate the list. This makes it interesting, to say the least. There’s a good chance no one film will win the majority of prestige awards and that multiple films will have lots of reason to celebrate on February 18th when the awards are handed out. More...

International Box Office: Ex Files Flies to Top Spot with $86.96 million

January 10th, 2018

Ex Files 3: Return of the Exes

Ex Files 3: Return of the Exes roared into first place with $86.96 million over the weekend for a 13-day total of $200.43 million. Its weekend total was double last weekend’s haul, while every other holdover at the top of the Chinese chart fell by more than 50%. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Jumanji is Welcomed to the Top of the Chart with $37.23 million

January 9th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle held on strongly during the first weekend of 2018 earning $37.23 million. Insidious: The Last Key opened with $29.58 million, earning a solid second place. Overall, the box office pulled in $165 million, which is 15% lower than last weekend; however, last weekend was a holiday weekend, so this is a better than expected hold. More importantly, this is 21% better than the same weekend last year. 2018 has a small lead over 2017 at 7.1% to $306 million to $285 million. It has been a while since we’ve seen a lead in the year-over-year comparison, but obviously it is far too early for this lead to be meaningful. More...

Weekend Estimates: Jumanji, Insidious Beat Star Wars

January 7th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

The Last Jedi’s run at the top of the chart came to an abrupt end this weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning. Disney’s big Christmas hit doesn’t seem to have much by way of legs going into January, as it falls by 55% from New Year’s weekend, the worst performance in the top 10. It will still pick up another $23.551 million or so, according to the studio, for a total of $572.5 million to date domestically. Its global total now stands at $1.2 billion, the 13th-best performance of all time. More...

Friday Estimates: Last Key Starts First with $12.74 million

January 6th, 2018

Insidious: The Last Key

There will be a fifth installment in the Insidious franchise. That much is practically guaranteed after Friday’s debut. Insidious: The Last Key opened in first place with $12.74 million during its opening day. On the downside, its critical / popular reception has been mixed. Its reviews are only 25% positive and that won’t help it draw in new viewers. The film did earn a B minus from CinemaScore, which is better than a lot of horror films manage, so that could help. It will very likely slip to second place on Saturday, but the film will still top our prediction with between $25 million and $30 million. More...

Last Jedi ends Third Week with $4.3 million

January 5th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi finished its third week of release with $4.3 million on Thursday giving it a total of $548.9 million after three full weeks of release. Again, it fell faster than The Force Awakens (down 4% to $6.0 million) and Rogue One (down 8% to $3.9 million). However, The Last Jedi is still on pace to become one of the biggest domestic hits of all-time, so even if it really starts to collapse from now on, it will still be a massive hit. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: In Between a Rock and a Hard Place

January 4th, 2018

In Between

It’s a bad weekend to release a limited release, as the Golden Globes are given out on Sunday. There are still some good films that are trying to find an audience, including Blame, Bob le flambeur, and In Between. I doubt any will have breakout success, but all three deserve to find an audience, either in theaters or on the home market. More...

Weekend Predictions: Battle of Lasts, Key vs. Jedi, on First Weekend of 2018

January 4th, 2018

Insidious: The Last Key

It is the first weekend of 2018 and Insidious: The Last Key is the only true wide release, although Molly’s Game is expanding semi-wide. The Last Key isn’t expected to compete with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle or Star Wars: The Last Jedi for first place, but if it can open with more than $15 million, it should at least help the year get off to a good start. This weekend last year, Underworld: Blood Wars opened in fourth place, while Hidden Figures expanded into first place. Both Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Star Wars: The Last Jedi should top Hidden Figures and while 2018 won’t have the same depth, it should still earn a victory in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Last Jedi has a Wonderful Wednesday with $5.1 million

January 4th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi fell 35% from Tuesday to earn $5.1 million on Wednesday for a total of $544.5 million after 20 days of release. This is a sharper decline than The Force Awakens (down 22% to $6.2 million) and Rogue One (down 32% to $4.2 million). However, The Last Jedi remains almost exactly in the middle of those two films and it is maintaining its pace for $650 million to $700 million domestically. The film remains in sixth place on the all-time domestic chart and is closing ground on The Avengers for fifth place. More...

International Box Office: The Last Jedi Completes the Hat-Trick with $68.0 million

January 3rd, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We’ve been tracking Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s international numbers on a daily basis, since it debuted, so talking about the weekend numbers would actually be behind our most recent report. Just a quick recap: The film earned $68.0 million in 54 markets for totals of $523.3 million internationally and $1.040 billion worldwide. The film is on pace for $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion worldwide, including China, where it opens on Friday. More...

Theater Averages: 2017 Ends on a Lucky Note, with Seven Members of the $10,000 Club

January 3rd, 2018

The Post

The Post remained the top film on the theater average chart for the second weekend is a row, earning an average of $62,342 in nine theaters and has earned nearly $2 million at the box office. It wasn’t the only film in the $10,000 club; in fact, there were seven such films. Second place went to Phantom Thread, with an average of $54,124 in four theaters. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was the best of the wide releases earning an average of $13,294. I, Tonya earned an average of $12,461 in 49 theaters during its fourth weekend of release. The overall number one film, The Last Jedi, was right behind with $12,410. Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds earned an average of $11,370 in 17 theaters, while the final film in the $10,000 club was Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, which earned an average of $11,298 in four theaters. More...

Last Jedi Continues its Path to $600 million with $7.88 million on Tuesday

January 3rd, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi remained in second place with $7.88 million on Tuesday for a total of $539.39 million after 19 days of release. By comparison, The Force Awakens earned $7.97 million and Rogue One earned $6.27 million during their respective 19th days of release. Using these two figures as guides, The Last Jedi remains on pace for $650 million to $700 million domestically. I think the lower figure is more likely than the higher figure, because Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has taken over first place, so theater owners will be slightly more likely to drop this film for new releases. That said, it is already the biggest domestic hit of 2017 and the sixth biggest hit on the all-time domestic chart. It should be able to grab third place by the end of its run. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Last Jedi and Jumanji Nearly Tie Over 4-day Weekend with $67 million

January 2nd, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

It was a really close weekend with Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle both earning around $67 million during the four-day weekend. In fact, Jumanji beat The Last Jedi on New Year’s Day. Overall, the box office grew 11% from last weekend to $194 million, which was 4.3% more than the same weekend last year. It’s going to take a bit before we have the final numbers for all studios to compare how 2017 did compared to 2016, but it is safe to say 2016 will come out on top. More...

Last Jedi Starts the New Year with $14.5 million for $531.9 million

January 2nd, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi started the year in second place with $14.5 million on New Year’s Day giving it a total of $531.86 million after 18 days of release. Due to misalignment in Holidays, we can’t really compare this film’s New Year’s Day results with the New Year’s Day results of The Force Awakens or Rogue One. By tomorrow we can get back to regular comparisons. The film is now the biggest 2017 domestic hit and is in eighth place on the all-time domestic chart. More...

Friday Estimates: Last Jedi Starts New Year’s Weekend with $19.06 million

December 30th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The last year to have Christmas and New Years Days on a Monday was 2006. Using that year as a guide and adjusting for changes in the market, specifically how much more front-loaded films tend to be, I was expecting a slight improvement for Star Wars: The Last Jedi from Thursday to Friday. That didn’t happen. In reality, the film lost 2.2% of its daily box office to hit $19.06 million on Friday. Granted, the film already has $483.76 million domestically and will likely hit first place for the year by the end of business today, surpassing Beauty and the Beast. Even with a slightly reduced weekend estimate of $54 million / $70 million, it is on pace for $600 million domestically with relative ease, making it a shoo-in for the sixth-highest-grossing domestic film of all time. More...

Last Jedi has $464.6 Million Two-Week Total, Including $19.4 Million Thursday

December 29th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi finished its second week at the box office with $19.4 million on Thursday giving it a total of $464.6 million after two weeks of release. By comparison, The Force Awakens earned $22.93 million for a total of $651.97 million, while Rogue One managed $16.72 million during this day in its run for a running tally of $375.38 million. If we used these two results as guides, then The Last Jedi is on pace for $650 million to $700 million. The film is still in second place on the 2017 domestic chart, but it won’t be there for long, as it is about two days away from overtaking Beauty and the Beast for top spot. More...

Weekend Predictions: The Last Jedi Looks to Top The Last Weekend of 2017

December 28th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

As per usual, the weekend after Christmas has no new wide releases. This means there will be almost no changes in the top five from last weekend, meaning Star Wars: The Last Jedi will win with ease, while Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will be in a comfortable second place. This weekend last year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Sing were neck-and-neck with just over $90 million combined. The Last Jedi and Jumanji should top that, giving 2017 one last win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Last Jedi nears $500 million, after taking $21.5 million on Wednesday

December 28th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $21.5 million on Wednesday lifting its running tally to $444.9 after just 13 days of release. By comparison, The Force Awakens earned $28.09 million and Rogue One pulled in $18.02 million, during their respective 13th day of release. At this pace, the film will will overtake Beauty and the Beast before the end of the year, becoming the biggest domestic hit of 2017. It will have no trouble hitting $600 million domestically, while $700 million isn’t out of reach. More...

International Box Office: The Last Jedi Repeats on Top with $75.1 million, China Dominates Chart

December 27th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We’ve been tracking Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s international numbers since it debuted, so there’s not a lot to talk about here. The film earned $75.1 million over the weekend for totals of $380.3 million internationally and $748.5 million worldwide. The film has yet to open in China, so this is not a complete picture of its box office strength. More...

Last Jedi Boxes the Competition into a Corner with $28.3 million

December 27th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Boxing Day box office was impressive, as it grew 3% to $28.3 million for a 12-day total of $423.93 million. This is the second biggest domestic box office of the year, behind Beauty and the Beast and ahead of Wonder Woman. The misalignment in holidays means we still can’t really compare this result to either The Force Awakens or Rogue One, but that changes tomorrow. More...

Theater Averages: The Post Posts Top Marks with average of $58,446 / $84,673

December 27th, 2017

The Post

The Post dominated the Christmas weekend, earning an average of $58,446 in nine theaters, $84,673 if you include Christmas Day. The second best result of the four-day weekend was Phantom Thread, which earned an average of $31,818 in four theaters on Christmas Day alone. Last week’s winner, The Last Jedi, earned an average of $16,911 during its second weekend of release. The final two films in the $10,000 club were I, Tonya and Along With The Gods: The Two Worlds with averages of $11,169 and $10,914 respectively. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Abridged Edition: Star Wars Tops Estimates with $71.57 million / $99.03 million

December 26th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We still don’t have final numbers for the weekend or Christmas day, and because of the holidays, we likely won’t get them until January 2nd. This means were are stuck with weekend estimates for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and other films and no information for Monday. Star Wars: The Last Jedi outperformed estimates with $71.57 million for a four-day total of $99.03 million. Its 11-day total is $395.63 million and it will take just 12 days to get to $400 million. That’s not the record, but it is the third best result and that's still very impressive. More...

It was a Merry Christmas Day for Last Jedi with $27.5 million

December 26th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi had a big Christmas Day, earning $27.5 million for a total of $395.6 million. It is already in third place on the 2017 domestic chart. The film’s four-day weekend haul was $96.0 million, which is about 10% lower than predicted, but having Christmas Eve land on a Sunday was a complication and made predicting the movie’s box office numbers harder than usual. We can’t really compare this result to either The Force Awakens or Rogue One, because of the misalignment in holidays. In fact, it won’t be until we get Wednesday’s numbers that we will be able to judge The Last Jedi in comparison to the previous two Star Wars movies. More...

Weekend Estimates: Last Jedi Easily Holds Off Five Newcomers

December 24th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

It’s a very crowded weekend, to say the least, in theaters, with five new wide releases already playing, and another joining the fray tomorrow. The Last Jedi is unperturbed by the competition, and will come out an easy winner, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. Its $68.486 million projected 3-day gross takes it to $365 million after 10 days in release. Among its new records this weekend, it became the 3rd-fastest film to earn $350 million at the domestic box office, and will have the 3rd-best Christmas weekend. All this is in spite of the fact that takings are expected to be down significantly today as everyone prepares for, or starts celebrating, the holiday. More...

Friday Estimates: The Last Jedi Adds $24.68 Million to Top $300 Million

December 23rd, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

This weekend complicated, as Christmas Eve lands on a Sunday and Christmas Day technically makes it a four-day weekend. Although with so many schools closed for the holidays, you could almost call it a eleven-day weekend. This makes interpreting Friday’s box office numbers more difficult than usual. Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $24.68 million on Friday, putting its running tally to $321.28 million. It tied Jurassic World for second-fastest to $300 million at just 8 days. On the other hand, this is a little bit lower than our predictions. It still has a real shot at over $100 million during the four-day weekend, but it could have to wait until Tuesday to get to $400 million. More...

Last Jedi Finishes Week in First Place with $17.8 million on Thursday

December 22nd, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi bounced back 5% from Wednesday, earning $17.8 million on Thursday for a week-long total of $296.5 million. It is impossible to compare the film to The Force Awakens, as the seventh day in that film’s run was Christmas Eve and it fell 28% as a result. Rogue One grew a lot more, up 12% to $16.7 million. I was expecting the film to bounce back more than this. That said, it is already in seventh place on the 2017 domestic chart and will be in fourth place by the end of the weekend. Add in Christmas and it will be at over $500 million by the end of the year. More...

Weekend Predictions: New Releases are Far From Perfect

December 21st, 2017

Pitch Perfect

This is technically Christmas Weekend, so it should come as no surprised that there are a lot of movies vying for that lucrative Christmas family audience. Two of them, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman, opened yesterday, and we’ve already talked about how well they did on their opening day. On Friday, they will be joined by Pitch Perfect 3, Downsizing, and Father Figures, none of which are earning good reviews and only one of which is expected to be a box office hit. This should leave Star Wars: The Last Jedi on top of the chart with room to spare. This weekend last year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story dominated the box office, while Sing was the only release that was a major hit. More...

Jedi Defeats Jumanji $16.9 million to $7.2 million on Wednesday

December 21st, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi had to deal with competition for the first time in its run, as both Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman debuted in theaters on Wednesday. It didn’t have much of an effect. The Last Jedi earned $16.9 million yesterday for a six-day total of $278.8 million domestically. This was only the 32nd-biggest Wednesday ever, although 12th-biggest for a film not opening on that day. The film fell 17% from Tuesday, compared to a 2% gain by The Force Awakens and a 15% drop by Rogue One. It overtook Despicable Me 3 for seventh place on the 2017 domestic chart and it is eyeing Thor: Ragnarok for sixth place. It won’t get there tomorrow. It will certainly get there sometime on Friday. More...

Contest: Last Chance to Win: Winning Announcement

December 21st, 2017

Game of Thrones: Season Seven

The winners of our Last Chance to Win contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening weekend were... More...

Weekend Predictions: Jumanji Takes on Jedi

December 20th, 2017

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Five films are opening wide this week, two of which, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman, debut on Wednesday. We will have full predictions at the usual time, but we should at least discuss these two films before everyone has a chance to see them. More...

International Box Office: The Last Jedi Dominates with $230.0 million, but Wasn’t the Only Release

December 20th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We’ve been tracking Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s international numbers since it debuted, so there’s not a lot to talk about here. The film dominated the international chart with $230.0 million in 54 markets during its first weekend of release, while its worldwide opening was $450.0 million. However, it wasn’t the only film at the international box office. More...

Last Jedi Earns $20.3 million on Tuesday

December 20th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $20.3 million on Tuesday to push its running tally to $261.9 million after just five days of release. It remains in eighth place on the 2017 chart, but it will top Despicable Me 3 for seventh place sometime today (possibly by the time you read this, in fact). Compared to Monday, the film was down 6%, which is a slightly better than the 7% drop The Force Awakens had during this point in its run. On a side note, Rogue One also fell at this point in its run, but by a mere 0.07%. More...

Theater Averages: Last Jedi Dethrones Beauty and the Beast $51,987 to $41,508

December 19th, 2017

The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi became the biggest wide release of the year on the theater average chart with $51,987, overtaking the previous leader, Beauty and the Beast, which had an opening weekend average of $41,508. Last week’s number one film, I, Tonya was pushed into second place with an average of $34,256 in five theaters. The film clearly has more room to grow. Call Me by Your Name was well behind with an average of $16,398 in 30 theaters. There were two more holdovers in the $10,000 club: The Shape of Water at $10,828 in 158 threatres and Darkest Hour at $10,090 in 84. More...

Last Jedi Pulls in $21.6 million on Monday, for $241.6 million Four-Day Total

December 19th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $21.6 million on Monday for a four-day total of $241.6 million. This represents a 58% decline from Sunday, which is steeper decline than both Rogue One (53%) and The Force Awakens (34%). However, this is not reason to panic, as The Last Jedi doesn’t have nearly as many schools closed for holidays as the other films had. Yesterday, only 31% of schools were closed, compared to 48% during the same point in Rogue One’s run and a whopping 77% for The Force Awakens. We will continue to track numbers throughout the week and I suspect The Last Jedi will have better holds from now on. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Last Jedi Tops Expectations with $220.01 million, Ferdinand is a Distant Second Place

December 19th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We already discussed Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s incredible debut yesterday, but there were other films that were in theaters over the weekend. The Last Jedi earned nearly 80% of the total weekend box office, so the rest of the box office had to settle for the leftovers. Ferdinand was a distant second with just $13.40 million, which is lower than our low expectations. Overall, the box office more than tripled from last week hitting $278 million. More importantly, it rose by 31% when compared to this weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2017 cut 2016’s lead by nearly $100 million in just one week. Granted, 2017 is still behind by $320 million or 3.0% at $10.10 billion to $10.42 billion. However, I just wanted 2017 to cut the lead to $250 million and that looks a lot more likely now than it did even a month ago. More...

Early Weekend Wrap-Up: Last Jedi Defeats Competition / Last Year with $220.01 million

December 18th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi was expected to dominate the weekend box office. In fact, we predicted it had 50/50 chance to earn more than the entire box office earned this weekend last year. It managed that feat, with about $10 million to spare, earning $220.01 million. This is the second-best opening weekend of all time, behind only The Force Awakens and was only 11% below the record-setting debut. The good news continues, as the two films also earned similar reviews and both films earned an A from CinemaScore, so The Last Jedi should earn similar legs. If this is true, then it will pull in over $800 million domestically. More...

Analysis: How Will Disney’s Acquisition of Fox Studios Affect the Industry?

December 17th, 2017

The Avengers: Age of Ultron

It was announced last week that Disney bought Fox Studios. To be more specific, they bought TV and movie production, cable channels, and the back catalog, but not Fox News, Fox Sports, or the local Fox TV stations. A lot of people have wondered what this will do to the industry. In my opinion, a lot of people have reacted in a disproportionately negative way. I will look at some of the issues that have been brought up, starting with... More...

Weekend Estimates: Last Jedi Set for $220 Million Domestic Debut

December 17th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will earn $220 million at the domestic box office this weekend, according to Disney’s Sunday morning estimate. After starting out with the second-biggest day of all time on Friday (a monstrous $104.787 million, including $45 million in Thursday previews), the film looks to be holding on well through the weekend. Saturday’s estimate is $64 million, off 39% from Friday, compared to The Force Awakens’ decline of 43% on its second day. Disney is projecting a decline of 20% on Sunday, while Awakens dropped 11%, which suggests caution on their part, and the possibility of a final opening weekend a little higher than their current projection. More...

Friday Estimates: The Last Jedi Tops Tracking with $104.78 million Opening Day

December 16th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi topped last night’s estimate, earning $104.78 million on Friday. It is only the second film to reach the century mark during its opening day. It is still 12% lower than the $119 million The Force Awakens opened with, but if it has the same legs, it will earn $218 million during its opening weekend. The reviews are practically identical and both films earned an A from CinemaScore, so having similar legs is more likely. Sequels usually have shorter legs, but The Last Jedi had better growth from Thursday previews to Friday’s numbers, so this could be a good omen. Maybe it will earn $220 million during its opening weekend. More...

Early Friday Estimates Update: The Last Jedi Tracking Ticks Higher now at North of $100 million Opening Day

December 15th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Disney is really on top of the The Last Jedi hype train sending updated tracking of its opening day. Instead of aiming for $94 million to $99 million, the studio is aiming for $99 million to $104 million, putting on pace to be only the second film to earn $100 million during its opening day. Furthermore, CinemaScore released their final rating and it was a solid A, exactly what the reviews would suggest. The studio expects the film to make $205 million to $215 million over the weekend, which is close enough to our prediction that I’m happy. More...

Early Friday Estimates: The Last Jedi on Track for Nearly $100 million Opening Day

December 15th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Disney just sent out updated tracking for The Last Jedi’s opening Friday. The studio expects the film to earn in the mid- to high-$90 million range, which puts it on pace for approximately $200 million. If the film doesn’t get to $200 million over the weekend, then it will be more front-loaded than we anticipated and more front-loaded than the reviews would suggest. We will keep you posted as more numbers come in. More...

International Box Office: The Last Jedi Two-Day Total hits $60.8 million

December 15th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened in another 34 markets on Thursday, helping it reach $60.8 million internationally after just two days of release. At the same point in its run, The Force Awakens had $72.7 million, while Rogue One had $37 million. The Last Jedi is slightly closer to the high end rather than the low end, but not by enough that we need to adjust our prediction. More...

Thursday Night Previews: The Last Jedi Earns Second-Best Previews with $45 million - Updated with Ferdinand

December 15th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We expect Star Wars: The Last Jedi to have an opening weekend box office total almost exactly in the middle of The Force Awakens and Rogue One. Since those two films earned $57 million and $29 million respectively during their previews, The Last Jedi would need $43 million to be on target. According to Disney it pulled in $45 million last night, making it the second-best Thursday preview of all time. (The Force Awakens is number one, while Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II was pushed into third place with $43.5 million.) That’s not a lot above where we needed it, but does make $210 million for the weekend more likely. Additionally, the reviews remain impressive at 93% positive, while the average score given by the critics so far is 8.2 out of 10. There were some grumblings that the audiences were less impressed; however, this appears to be internet buzz and not reflective of the real world. We don’t have the full ComScore grade yet, but they reported 90% positive results last night, as well as 82% in the “Definitely recommend” category. That’s simply fantastic. We will have a better picture by this time tomorrow when the Friday estimates arrive and we can compare legs with the previous two Star Wars films. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Birdboy and the Forgotten Limited Releases

December 15th, 2017

I, Tonya

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in theaters today and that’s scaring away all of the competition. There’s barely more than a dozen films we have release dates for, and none of them are earning serious buzz. If we limited ourselves to films with 10 or more reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, then this week’s list would be embarrassingly short. The best film on this week’s list is Birdboy: The Forgotten Children, but it is an foreign animated movie, so I’m not expecting much at the box office. More...

International Box Office: First Numbers for Last Jedi: $5.30 million Australian Debut

December 14th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The first box office numbers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi were released and it earned $5.30 million in Australia. This was $7.06 million in local currency, which is almost exactly in the middle of the local currency debuts for The Force Awakens ($9.45 million) and Rogue One ($4.78 million). It was short of exactly in the middle by less than 1%, which suggests an opening here of just over $200 million and that’s close enough to our prediction that I don’t feel the need to make a change there. Of course, that could change once we see the preview numbers later today. More...

Contest: Last Chance to Win - Last Minute Reminder

December 14th, 2017

Game of Thrones: Season Seven

Our final box office prediction contest closes in less than 24 hours, so I just wanted to give a last-minute warning to our readers so they all have a chance to enter. There are lots of prizes, including three copies of Game of Thrones: Season Seven on Blu-ray. You can go here to read the full rules, or click here to send in your prediction for Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening three-day weekend.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don’t delay! More...

Weekend Predictions: Last Jedi Goes up Against Rogue and Awakens

December 14th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 is behind 2016’s pace by over $400 million and and this weekend is the last chance it has to cut that deficit by any real margin. This weekend, Star Wars: The Last Jedi debuts and it is practically a guaranteed monster hit. Rogue One made just over $400 million in the 2016 calendar year, while The Force Awakens earned just over $650 million. The Last Jedi is widely expected to earn somewhere in-between those results. In the meantime, there is one other wide release, Ferdinand, which is the textbook definition of counter-programming. The studio is just hoping it doesn’t get lost in the crowd. This weekend last year, the total box office was $211.57 million. I give The Last Jedi about a 50/50 chance of topping that by itself. More...

Weekend Preview: Jedi Will be the Last Film to Earn Top Spot in 2017

December 12th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

First a quick note, this is a weekend preview, not weekend predictions, because I’m looking more at the big picture and less at the actual weekend numbers. Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens this weekend, although if you are part of our international readership, it might have already opened where you live. We will be going over its daily results as soon as they start coming in. In the meantime, I’m a little more bullish than I was last week, as the reviews finally started coming in. The film’s Tomatometer Score is an impressive 93% positive with an average score of 8.3 out of 10. This is actually on par with or better than some Awards Season players and it is stellar for a blockbuster. The film is widely expected to fit somewhere between The Force Awakens and Rogue One and with a lot of people saying this is the best Star Wars film since The Empire Strikes Back, the higher end appears to be more likely than the lower end. Previously, $200 million was the target for the film’s opening weekend, but now $210 million to $225 million is within reach. Furthermore, it is expected to top that during its opening weekend internationally leaving the film with a slim chance at $500 million worldwide. On the downside, the film likely cost that much to make and advertise, so it needs to be a $1 billion hit worldwide to break even in a timely fashion. Fortunately, no one really thinks that will be a problem. In fact, a lot of people are assuming the film will earn $1 billion internationally, while most won't be shocked if it reaches $2 billion worldwide. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Coco Continues its Conquest with $18.45 million

December 12th, 2017

Coco

It was a good weekend at the box office, relatively speaking, as most films in the top five beat expectations. Granted, this was mostly by tiny amounts, but it added up. We still fell 20% compared to last week to $84 million. This is 1.2% higher than the same weekend last year and we were expecting a similarly close loss, so this is a surprise victory. The year-over-year numbers are almost identical to last week, with this year down by 4.1% or $420 million when compared to last year. Right now 2017 has pulled in $9.79 billion, while 2016 had a running tally of $10.21 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Disaster Artist Hits, Just Getting Started Misses

December 10th, 2017

Coco

Coco remains the number one movie at the box office this weekend by a considerable margin, mainly due to a lack of serious competition from new releases. Disney’s animated adventure will gross about $18.3 million this weekend, for a domestic total of $135.5 million. The film will also pile up another $55.3 million internationally, taking its worldwide cume to $389.5 million. It still has some big openings to come, including Brazil, Korea, the UK, and Japan in January, so it has some way to go, although its progress will be eclipsed by The Last Jedi for the next few weeks. More...

Friday Estimates: Coco Clings to the Top, Disaster Artist Achieves a Spot in the Top Five

December 9th, 2017

Coco

Coco surprised no one by earning first place on Friday. It earned $4.27 million, giving it a running tally of $121.48 million after 17 days of release and putting it on pace for $19 million over the weekend. Good news: This is a little better than expected. Bad news: Next weekend could be a mess, as the film will not only have to deal with monster competition, but direct competition as well. If it can avoid being demolished at the box office next weekend, then it will stick around in the top ten for the rest of the year. Even if if does get demolished, it still has a shot at $200 million domestically, but it will be close. More...

Contest: Last Chance to Win

December 8th, 2017

Game of Thrones: Season Seven

This is the last box office prediction contest we will ever hold, so it is fitting we are using what should be the biggest box office hit of the year as the target film. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the only real choice for target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening three-day weekend box office number for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Game of Thrones: Season Seven on Blu-ray. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of Game of Thrones: Season Seven on Blu-ray. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven’t won, or haven’t won recently, and they will win the final copy of Game of Thrones: Season Seven on Blu-ray.

Furthermore, since this is the last contest we will be holding, I’ll be giving away a couple of other Frankenprizes to randomly selected entrants. There will be at least two additional prizes to hand out, more if I find more bubble envelopes. I plan on using all of them that I have, making this the biggest box office contest we’ve held. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don’t delay! More...

2017 Preview: December

December 1st, 2017

The Last Jedi

The box office was mostly as expected during November. Granted, Thor: Ragnarok over-performed and Justice League underperformed, but overall there were no real surprises. This means the month started slow, but we got a couple of wins in the end and that bodes well going into the final month of the year. That said, December is a weird month. There are five weekends, but only seven films that I’m sure are opening truly wide. Additionally, five of those seven films are opening Christmas weekend. I’ve never seen a month this lop-sided. There are no real wide releases the first two weeks of the month, so we will likely start slow again, but when The Last Jedi debuts, we should see explosive growth at the box office. It will open with more than any film last December made and that should help 2017 cut into 2016’s lead. 2017 won’t be able to close the gap entirely, but the month could do well enough to cut 2016’s lead to under $250 million. That’s my goal. If that happens, I will be happy. More...

Contest: Cuckoo for Coco: Winning Announcement

November 29th, 2017

Coco

The winners of our Cuckoo for Coco contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Coco’s opening weekend were... More...

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October 10th, 2017

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Synopsis

The Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$220,009,584 (35.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.82 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:46.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$262,000,000 (worldwide box office is 5.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:4,232 opening theaters/4,232 max. theaters, 6.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $743,422,283

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office 13 $620,181,382
All Time International Box Office 40 $711,453,759
All Time Worldwide Box Office 18 $1,331,635,141
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 6 $620,181,382
All Time International Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 13 $711,453,759
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 9 $1,331,635,141

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 15th, 2017 (Wide) by Walt Disney
December 15th, 2017 (IMAX) by Walt Disney
International Releases: December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Belgium)
December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Brazil)
December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Colombia)
December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Denmark)
December 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Finland)
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Video Release: March 13th, 2018 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence.
(Rating bulletin 2503 (Cert #51222), 11/22/2017)
Running Time: 150 minutes
Franchise: Star Wars
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Keywords: Space Opera, Robot, Good vs. Evil, Set in Outer Space, Dysfunctional Family, Intertitle, Family Affair, Fugitive / On the Run, Gambling, Prison Break, Twins, Death of a Sibling, Posthumous Release, Motion Capture Performance, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR, Filmed in Skellig Michael, Ireland, Filmed in Ireland, Filmed in Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England, Filmed in Buckinghamshire England, Filmed in England, Filmed in United Kingdom, Filmed in Malin Head, Ireland, Filmed in County Donegal, Ireland, Filmed in Ceann Sibeal, Ireland, Filmed in County Kerry, Ireland, Filmed in Salar de Uyuni salt flats, Bolivia, Filmed in Bolivia, Filmed in Longcross Studios, Surrey, England, Filmed in Surrey, England, Heroic Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Animation/Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Fastest to $600m 7 $602,512,582 Jan 19, 2018 37
Biggest 5th Monday 28 $2,773,240 Jan 15, 2018 32
Biggest 5th Sunday 43 $4,193,370 Jan 14, 2018 31
Biggest Domestic 5th Weekend 76 $11,854,481 Jan 12, 2018 31
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day) 83 $11,854,481 Jan 12, 2018 31
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 177 $15,000,626 Jan 12, 2018 31
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 78 $14,627,721 Jan 12, 2018 31
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 117 $18,509,886 Jan 12, 2018 31
Biggest 5th Saturday 73 $4,990,298 Jan 13, 2018 30
Biggest 4th Thursday 84 $1,678,949 Jan 11, 2018 28
Biggest 4th Wednesday 79 $1,744,275 Jan 10, 2018 27
Biggest 4th Tuesday 68 $2,368,317 Jan 9, 2018 26
Biggest 4th Sunday 33 $6,806,626 Jan 7, 2018 24
Biggest Domestic 4th Weekend 32 $23,728,944 Jan 5, 2018 24
Biggest Domestic January Weekend 70 $23,728,944 Jan 5, 2018 24
Biggest 4th Saturday 22 $10,398,845 Jan 6, 2018 23
Biggest 4th Friday 38 $6,523,473 Jan 5, 2018 22
Fastest to $550m 5 $555,486,075 Jan 5, 2018 22
Biggest 3rd Thursday 18 $4,348,867 Jan 4, 2018 21
Biggest 3rd Wednesday 14 $5,225,332 Jan 3, 2018 20
Biggest 3rd Tuesday 9 $7,876,574 Jan 2, 2018 19
Biggest 3rd Monday 3 $14,293,461 Jan 1, 2018 18
Biggest Domestic January Day 58 $14,293,461 Jan 1, 2018 18
Biggest 3rd Sunday 17 $13,566,649 Dec 31, 2017 17
Biggest Domestic 3rd Weekend 12 $52,520,140 Dec 29, 2017 17
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 5 $52,520,140 Dec 29, 2017 17
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 7 $66,458,848 Dec 29, 2017 17
Biggest 3rd Saturday 12 $19,924,241 Dec 30, 2017 16
Fastest to $500m 5 $503,651,719 Dec 29, 2017 16
Biggest 3rd Friday 4 $19,029,250 Dec 29, 2017 15
Biggest 2nd Thursday 4 $19,490,329 Dec 28, 2017 14
Biggest Domestic Thursday 22 $19,490,329 Dec 28, 2017 14
Fastest to $450m 5 $464,698,228 Dec 28, 2017 14
Biggest 2nd Wednesday 2 $21,846,132 Dec 27, 2017 13
Biggest Domestic Wednesday 25 $21,846,132 Dec 27, 2017 13
Biggest 2nd Tuesday 2 $27,734,356 Dec 26, 2017 12
Biggest Domestic Tuesday 9 $27,734,356 Dec 26, 2017 12
Fastest to $400m 7 $423,361,767 Dec 26, 2017 12
Biggest 2nd Monday 4 $27,459,557 Dec 25, 2017 11
Biggest Domestic Monday 11 $27,459,557 Dec 25, 2017 11
Biggest 2nd Sunday 46 $17,629,999 Dec 24, 2017 10
Biggest Domestic 2nd Weekend 24 $71,565,498 Dec 22, 2017 10
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 5 $71,565,498 Dec 22, 2017 10
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 8 $90,558,810 Dec 22, 2017 10
Biggest 2nd Saturday 20 $29,172,415 Dec 23, 2017 9
Fastest to $350m 7 $350,537,855 Dec 22, 2017 9
Biggest 2nd Friday 13 $24,763,084 Dec 22, 2017 8
Fastest to $300m 6 $321,365,440 Dec 22, 2017 8
Biggest 1st Thursday 6 $17,892,347 Dec 21, 2017 7
Biggest 1st Wednesday 15 $16,889,863 Dec 20, 2017 6
Biggest 1st Tuesday 16 $20,254,189 Dec 19, 2017 5
Fastest to $250m 6 $261,820,146 Dec 19, 2017 5
Biggest 1st Monday 17 $21,556,373 Dec 18, 2017 4
Biggest 1st Sunday 10 $51,331,888 Dec 17, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Sunday 10 $51,331,888 Dec 17, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic December Weekend 3 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Opening Weekend 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Adventure Weekend Domestic 2 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Animation/Live Action Weekend Domestic 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Original Screenplay Weekend Domestic 2 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top PG-13 Weekend Domestic 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Science Fiction Weekend Domestic 2 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Sequel Weekend 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Top Walt Disney Weekend Domestic 4 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Weekend 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Fastest to $200m 5 $220,009,584 Dec 15, 2017 3
Front-Loaded Opening Weekend 75 47.6% Dec 15, 2017 3
Top 2017 Theater Average 13 $51,987 Dec 15, 2017 3
Widest Opening Weekend 90 4,232 Dec 15, 2017 3
Biggest 1st Saturday 8 $63,993,205 Dec 16, 2017 2
Biggest Domestic Saturday 8 $63,993,205 Dec 16, 2017 2
Fastest to $150m 5 $168,677,696 Dec 15, 2017 2
Biggest 1st Friday 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Adventure Day Domestic 2 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Animation/Live Action Day Domestic 6 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Original Screenplay Day Domestic 2 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top PG-13 Day Domestic 6 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Science Fiction Day Domestic 2 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Sequel Day 6 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Top Walt Disney Day Domestic 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic December Day 3 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Friday 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Day 6 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Fastest to $100m 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Fastest to $50m 5 $104,684,491 Dec 15, 2017 1
Biggest Previews 4 $45,000,000 Dec 14, 2017 0

Lead Ensemble Members

Mark Hamill    Luke Skywalker
Carrie Fisher    General Leia Organa
Adam Driver    Kylo Ren
Daisy Ridley    Rey
John Boyega    Finn
Oscar Isaac    Poe Dameron
Domhnall Gleeson    General Hux
Anthony Daniels    C-3PO
Gwendoline Christie    Captain Phasma
Kelly Marie Tran    Rose Tico
Benicio del Toro    DJ

Supporting Cast

Andy Serkis    Supreme Leader Snoke
Lupita Nyong'o    Maz Kanata
Laura Dern    Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo
Peter Mayhew    Chewbacca
Joonas Suotamo    Chewbacca
Mike Quinn    Nien Nunb
Tim Rose    Admiral Ackbar
Billie Lourd    Lieutenant Connix
Simon Pegg    Unkar Plutt
Jimmy Vee    R2-D2
Warwick Davis    Wodibin
Noah Segan    X-Wing Pilot Starck
Veronica Ngo    Paige Tico
Justin Theroux    Master Codebreaker
Lily Cole    Lovey
Hugh Skinner    Holdo’s First Officer

Cameos

Joseph Gordon-Levitt    Slowen-Lo
Tom Hardy    Stormtrooper
Gary Barlow    Stormtrooper
Gareth Edwards    Resistance Trench Soldier
Edgar Wright    Crait Resistance Fighter
Oscar Wright    Crait Resistance Fighter
Andrew Jack    General Ematt
Michaela Coel    Resistance Fighter
Ellie Goulding    Resistance Fighter
James Corden    Resistance Fighter
Adrian Edmondson    First Order Captain Peavey
Matthew Wood    General Grievous
Sam Witwer    Additional Voice

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Rian Johnson    Director
Rian Johnson    Screenwriter
Kathleen Kennedy    Producer
Ram Bergman    Producer
J.J. Abrams    Executive Producer
Tom Karnowski    Executive Producer
Jason McGatlin    Executive Producer
Rick Heinrichs    Production Designer
Bob Ducsay    Editor
John Williams    Composer
Steve Yedlin    Director of Photography
Richard Roberts    Set Decorator
Jamie Christopher    First Assistant Director
Matthew Wood    Supervising Sound Editor
Ren Klyce    Sound Designer
David Parker    Re-recording Mixer
Michael Semanick    Re-recording Mixer
Ren Klyce    Re-recording Mixer
Stuart Wilson    Sound Mixer
Ben Morris    Visual Effects Supervisor
Mike Mulholland    Visual Effects Supervisor
Neal Scanlan    Visual Effects Supervisor
Chris Corbould    Visual Effects Supervisor
Steve Orlando    Assistant Sound Designer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Home Market Releases for April 3rd, 2018

April 3rd, 2018

My Hero Academia

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Home Market Releases for March 27th, 2018

March 27th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

It’s a short week for one reason: Star Wars: The Last Jedi is coming out on DVD / Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD and no one really wants to deal with that competition. That’s not to say there are no other releases worth picking up. Last Men in Aleppo is an Oscar nominated documentary and worth picking up. In the end, The Last Jedi was the clear Pick of the Week winner. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

March 26th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the biggest box office hit of 2016, both domestically and worldwide. It also earned 91% positive reviews and a solid A from CinemaScore. It is also hated by a minority of very loud, very aggressive people. Are the majority right? Do the minority have a legitimate case to make? More...

Home Market Releases for March 13th, 2018

March 14th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar week on the home market with several Oscar nominees and winners. Many of these films, like Call Me by Your Name and I, Tonya, are contenders for Pick of the Week. The actual winner of this title is The Shape of Water on Blu-ray Combo Pack or 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack. It’s not the biggest release on this week’s list, as that honor goes to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but that’s only coming out on Video on Demand. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther Bests Wrinkle in Time, in Disney vs. Disney Battle

March 11th, 2018

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time got out the gate a little more slowly than hoped for this weekend, and Disney is projecting an opening weekend of $33.3 million, as of Sunday morning. That’s actually in line with our prediction on Thursday of just under $35 million, but well below what pre-release interest in the film would have made seem possible. That relatively subdued debut left the door open for Black Panther, which will pick up another $41.1 million this weekend to top the chart, and continues breaking records. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... The Shape of Water for Best Picture

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther Tops $500 Million in Third Weekend

March 4th, 2018

Black Panther

Black Panther will add another $65.7 million this weekend, according to Disney’s Sunday morning estimate. That’ll be the 3rd-best 3rd weekend in history, behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avatar. It also will make Panther the 3rd-fastest movie to $500 million at the domestic box office, behind Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. It continues to track extremely closely to Jurassic World, which finished its domestic run with $652 million. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I will be happy no matter who wins Best Supporting Actress. One last note: The contest is still going and the leading for Best Picture Switched from The Shape of Water to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to tied over the time I was writing this story. This is the closest I’ve ever seen it. Guessing the best picture correctly will go a long way to winning. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther’s $108-Million Weekend Sets Up $650-Million Domestic Run

February 25th, 2018

Black Panther

The party is just getting started for Black Panther. With Disney’s official weekend estimate in, it looks like the latest from the Marvel Universe is already just one day away from being the franchise’s highest-grossing movie for a film built around a single character, and it is on course to top The Avengers as the biggest Marvel movie of them all. That’s thanks to a projected $108 million weekend that sets some records of its own. More...

International Box Office: The Maze Runner is on a Marathon Pace with $35.5 million

February 7th, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maze Runner: The Death Cure remained in first place with $35.5 million in 80 markets for totals of $143.2 million internationally and $183.2 million worldwide. The film’s biggest new market was Mexico, where it earned first place with $3.20 million. Its best market overall was China, where it added $5.17 million over the weekend to its running tally, which now sits at $38.67 million. More...

International Box Office: Death Can’t Stop The Maze Runner’s $62.6 million Weekend

February 1st, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maze Runner: The Death Cure jumped into first place on the international chart with $62.6 million in 70 markets for an early international total of $82.0 million. The film opened in first place in China with $22.80 million over the weekend for a total opening of $23.07 million. On the other hand, the film struggled in the U.K. earning third place with just $3.19 million in 507 theaters. By the end of the weekend, the studio’s share of the worldwide box office was over $40 million, which is fantastic for a film that cost $61 million to make. It should have no trouble breaking even early in its home market run, if not sooner. More...

International Box Office: Jumanji is King of the Market with $32.6 million

January 24th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

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2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations

January 23rd, 2018

The Shape of Water

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Weekend Wrap-Up: New Releases Can’t Outshine Jumanji’s $19.51 million Weekend Haul

January 23rd, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Nearly every film we talked about in our predictions beat expectations over the weekend. This includes Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which earned first place with $19.51 million. All three wide releases did better than expected, with 12 Strong leading the way with $15.82 million. The overall box office still fell 15% from last weekend to $135 million. A 15% drop-off for a post-holiday weekend isn’t bad. Compared to this weekend last year, 2018 was down by 7.0%, which isn’t good, but it could have been much worse. Year-to-date, 2018 still has a small lead of 2.9% or $20 million at $725 million to $704 million. Granted, it is still way too early for this to matter, but an early lead means you won’t need to fight back late in the year like we did last year. More...

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January 20th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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International Box Office: Jumanji is Welcomed to First Place with $81.75 million

January 18th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle leaped into first place with $81.75 million on 33,000 screens in 83 markets for totals of $385.03 million internationally and $669.27 million worldwide. The film debuted in first place in China with $39.74 million on 20,000 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $40.23 million. Had the film only earned $385.03 million in total, it still would have been enough to to break even before the home market. The film will eventually hit $800 million worldwide, which is enough to cover its entire budget and the production budget of the inevitable sequel. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Jumanji Nears $300 million after $35.18 million MLK Long Weekend

January 16th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle continues to surprise analysts earning $35.18 million over the MLK long weekend. At this point, I would be shocked if it didn’t finish with $350 million domestically, while I assume Sony has a planned trilogy in the works. The best “new” release of the week was The Post, which expanded into second place with $23.06 million, while the best truly new release of the week was The Commuter at $15.80 million. Overall, the box office fell 4.7% from last weekend, earning $165 million over the the three-day weekend. This was still 5.9% higher than the same weekend last year, and that’s the more important number. It is still very early in the year, extremely early, but 2018 does have a $27 million / 5.1% lead over 2017 at $553 million to $526 million. 2018 could lose that entire lead next weekend, but I chose to focus on the positive for now. More...

Weekend Estimates: Jumanji Rules MLK Weekend

January 14th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will come out an easy winner at the box office this MLK weekend. Over three days, the family adventure is headed for an estimated $27 million, for $283 million to date. With another $8 million or so on Monday, the film will finish the holiday on the threshold of $300 million domestically. Partly helped by the long weekend, it will record the 10th-best fourth weekend of all time—remarkable strength for a movie that ran the risk of being over-shadowed by The Last Jedi when it came out at Christmas. More...

Weekend Predictions: Paddington and Post take on Jumanji over MLK Long Weekend

January 11th, 2018

Paddington 2

It is the first long weekend of 2018 and we have four films trying to take advantage of the MLK holiday. However, only Paddington 2 and The Post have a real shot at box office success. The Commuter’s buzz is so quiet that its box office chances have taken a real hit. Worse still, Sony’s treatment of Proud Mary is almost bizarre. I’ve seen limited releases with more marketing push than Proud Mary is getting. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’s legs will likely remain really long, helping it repeat as box office champion. More importantly, it should help the 2018 box office get a sizable win in the year-over-year comparison. This weekend last year, there were seven films that earned more than $10 million over the long weekend, but only one film, Hidden Figures, earned more than $20 million. This year, not only will we match that number of $10 million films, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle should top $30 million, while Paddington 2 and The Post should top $20 million. More...

2017 Awards Season: BAFTA Nominations

January 11th, 2018

The Shape of Water

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International Box Office: Ex Files Flies to Top Spot with $86.96 million

January 10th, 2018

Ex Files 3: Return of the Exes

Ex Files 3: Return of the Exes roared into first place with $86.96 million over the weekend for a 13-day total of $200.43 million. Its weekend total was double last weekend’s haul, while every other holdover at the top of the Chinese chart fell by more than 50%. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Jumanji is Welcomed to the Top of the Chart with $37.23 million

January 9th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle held on strongly during the first weekend of 2018 earning $37.23 million. Insidious: The Last Key opened with $29.58 million, earning a solid second place. Overall, the box office pulled in $165 million, which is 15% lower than last weekend; however, last weekend was a holiday weekend, so this is a better than expected hold. More importantly, this is 21% better than the same weekend last year. 2018 has a small lead over 2017 at 7.1% to $306 million to $285 million. It has been a while since we’ve seen a lead in the year-over-year comparison, but obviously it is far too early for this lead to be meaningful. More...

Weekend Estimates: Jumanji, Insidious Beat Star Wars

January 7th, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

The Last Jedi’s run at the top of the chart came to an abrupt end this weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning. Disney’s big Christmas hit doesn’t seem to have much by way of legs going into January, as it falls by 55% from New Year’s weekend, the worst performance in the top 10. It will still pick up another $23.551 million or so, according to the studio, for a total of $572.5 million to date domestically. Its global total now stands at $1.2 billion, the 13th-best performance of all time. More...

Friday Estimates: Last Key Starts First with $12.74 million

January 6th, 2018

Insidious: The Last Key

There will be a fifth installment in the Insidious franchise. That much is practically guaranteed after Friday’s debut. Insidious: The Last Key opened in first place with $12.74 million during its opening day. On the downside, its critical / popular reception has been mixed. Its reviews are only 25% positive and that won’t help it draw in new viewers. The film did earn a B minus from CinemaScore, which is better than a lot of horror films manage, so that could help. It will very likely slip to second place on Saturday, but the film will still top our prediction with between $25 million and $30 million. More...

Last Jedi ends Third Week with $4.3 million

January 5th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi finished its third week of release with $4.3 million on Thursday giving it a total of $548.9 million after three full weeks of release. Again, it fell faster than The Force Awakens (down 4% to $6.0 million) and Rogue One (down 8% to $3.9 million). However, The Last Jedi is still on pace to become one of the biggest domestic hits of all-time, so even if it really starts to collapse from now on, it will still be a massive hit. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: In Between a Rock and a Hard Place

January 4th, 2018

In Between

It’s a bad weekend to release a limited release, as the Golden Globes are given out on Sunday. There are still some good films that are trying to find an audience, including Blame, Bob le flambeur, and In Between. I doubt any will have breakout success, but all three deserve to find an audience, either in theaters or on the home market. More...

Weekend Predictions: Battle of Lasts, Key vs. Jedi, on First Weekend of 2018

January 4th, 2018

Insidious: The Last Key

It is the first weekend of 2018 and Insidious: The Last Key is the only true wide release, although Molly’s Game is expanding semi-wide. The Last Key isn’t expected to compete with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle or Star Wars: The Last Jedi for first place, but if it can open with more than $15 million, it should at least help the year get off to a good start. This weekend last year, Underworld: Blood Wars opened in fourth place, while Hidden Figures expanded into first place. Both Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Star Wars: The Last Jedi should top Hidden Figures and while 2018 won’t have the same depth, it should still earn a victory in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Last Jedi has a Wonderful Wednesday with $5.1 million

January 4th, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi fell 35% from Tuesday to earn $5.1 million on Wednesday for a total of $544.5 million after 20 days of release. This is a sharper decline than The Force Awakens (down 22% to $6.2 million) and Rogue One (down 32% to $4.2 million). However, The Last Jedi remains almost exactly in the middle of those two films and it is maintaining its pace for $650 million to $700 million domestically. The film remains in sixth place on the all-time domestic chart and is closing ground on The Avengers for fifth place. More...

International Box Office: The Last Jedi Completes the Hat-Trick with $68.0 million

January 3rd, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We’ve been tracking Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s international numbers on a daily basis, since it debuted, so talking about the weekend numbers would actually be behind our most recent report. Just a quick recap: The film earned $68.0 million in 54 markets for totals of $523.3 million internationally and $1.040 billion worldwide. The film is on pace for $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion worldwide, including China, where it opens on Friday. More...

Theater Averages: 2017 Ends on a Lucky Note, with Seven Members of the $10,000 Club

January 3rd, 2018

The Post

The Post remained the top film on the theater average chart for the second weekend is a row, earning an average of $62,342 in nine theaters and has earned nearly $2 million at the box office. It wasn’t the only film in the $10,000 club; in fact, there were seven such films. Second place went to Phantom Thread, with an average of $54,124 in four theaters. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was the best of the wide releases earning an average of $13,294. I, Tonya earned an average of $12,461 in 49 theaters during its fourth weekend of release. The overall number one film, The Last Jedi, was right behind with $12,410. Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds earned an average of $11,370 in 17 theaters, while the final film in the $10,000 club was Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, which earned an average of $11,298 in four theaters. More...

Last Jedi Continues its Path to $600 million with $7.88 million on Tuesday

January 3rd, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi remained in second place with $7.88 million on Tuesday for a total of $539.39 million after 19 days of release. By comparison, The Force Awakens earned $7.97 million and Rogue One earned $6.27 million during their respective 19th days of release. Using these two figures as guides, The Last Jedi remains on pace for $650 million to $700 million domestically. I think the lower figure is more likely than the higher figure, because Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has taken over first place, so theater owners will be slightly more likely to drop this film for new releases. That said, it is already the biggest domestic hit of 2017 and the sixth biggest hit on the all-time domestic chart. It should be able to grab third place by the end of its run. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Last Jedi and Jumanji Nearly Tie Over 4-day Weekend with $67 million

January 2nd, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

It was a really close weekend with Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle both earning around $67 million during the four-day weekend. In fact, Jumanji beat The Last Jedi on New Year’s Day. Overall, the box office grew 11% from last weekend to $194 million, which was 4.3% more than the same weekend last year. It’s going to take a bit before we have the final numbers for all studios to compare how 2017 did compared to 2016, but it is safe to say 2016 will come out on top. More...

Last Jedi Starts the New Year with $14.5 million for $531.9 million

January 2nd, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi started the year in second place with $14.5 million on New Year’s Day giving it a total of $531.86 million after 18 days of release. Due to misalignment in Holidays, we can’t really compare this film’s New Year’s Day results with the New Year’s Day results of The Force Awakens or Rogue One. By tomorrow we can get back to regular comparisons. The film is now the biggest 2017 domestic hit and is in eighth place on the all-time domestic chart. More...

Friday Estimates: Last Jedi Starts New Year’s Weekend with $19.06 million

December 30th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The last year to have Christmas and New Years Days on a Monday was 2006. Using that year as a guide and adjusting for changes in the market, specifically how much more front-loaded films tend to be, I was expecting a slight improvement for Star Wars: The Last Jedi from Thursday to Friday. That didn’t happen. In reality, the film lost 2.2% of its daily box office to hit $19.06 million on Friday. Granted, the film already has $483.76 million domestically and will likely hit first place for the year by the end of business today, surpassing Beauty and the Beast. Even with a slightly reduced weekend estimate of $54 million / $70 million, it is on pace for $600 million domestically with relative ease, making it a shoo-in for the sixth-highest-grossing domestic film of all time. More...

Last Jedi has $464.6 Million Two-Week Total, Including $19.4 Million Thursday

December 29th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi finished its second week at the box office with $19.4 million on Thursday giving it a total of $464.6 million after two weeks of release. By comparison, The Force Awakens earned $22.93 million for a total of $651.97 million, while Rogue One managed $16.72 million during this day in its run for a running tally of $375.38 million. If we used these two results as guides, then The Last Jedi is on pace for $650 million to $700 million. The film is still in second place on the 2017 domestic chart, but it won’t be there for long, as it is about two days away from overtaking Beauty and the Beast for top spot. More...

Weekend Predictions: The Last Jedi Looks to Top The Last Weekend of 2017

December 28th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

As per usual, the weekend after Christmas has no new wide releases. This means there will be almost no changes in the top five from last weekend, meaning Star Wars: The Last Jedi will win with ease, while Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will be in a comfortable second place. This weekend last year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Sing were neck-and-neck with just over $90 million combined. The Last Jedi and Jumanji should top that, giving 2017 one last win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Last Jedi nears $500 million, after taking $21.5 million on Wednesday

December 28th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $21.5 million on Wednesday lifting its running tally to $444.9 after just 13 days of release. By comparison, The Force Awakens earned $28.09 million and Rogue One pulled in $18.02 million, during their respective 13th day of release. At this pace, the film will will overtake Beauty and the Beast before the end of the year, becoming the biggest domestic hit of 2017. It will have no trouble hitting $600 million domestically, while $700 million isn’t out of reach. More...

International Box Office: The Last Jedi Repeats on Top with $75.1 million, China Dominates Chart

December 27th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We’ve been tracking Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s international numbers since it debuted, so there’s not a lot to talk about here. The film earned $75.1 million over the weekend for totals of $380.3 million internationally and $748.5 million worldwide. The film has yet to open in China, so this is not a complete picture of its box office strength. More...

Last Jedi Boxes the Competition into a Corner with $28.3 million

December 27th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Boxing Day box office was impressive, as it grew 3% to $28.3 million for a 12-day total of $423.93 million. This is the second biggest domestic box office of the year, behind Beauty and the Beast and ahead of Wonder Woman. The misalignment in holidays means we still can’t really compare this result to either The Force Awakens or Rogue One, but that changes tomorrow. More...

Theater Averages: The Post Posts Top Marks with average of $58,446 / $84,673

December 27th, 2017

The Post

The Post dominated the Christmas weekend, earning an average of $58,446 in nine theaters, $84,673 if you include Christmas Day. The second best result of the four-day weekend was Phantom Thread, which earned an average of $31,818 in four theaters on Christmas Day alone. Last week’s winner, The Last Jedi, earned an average of $16,911 during its second weekend of release. The final two films in the $10,000 club were I, Tonya and Along With The Gods: The Two Worlds with averages of $11,169 and $10,914 respectively. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Abridged Edition: Star Wars Tops Estimates with $71.57 million / $99.03 million

December 26th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We still don’t have final numbers for the weekend or Christmas day, and because of the holidays, we likely won’t get them until January 2nd. This means were are stuck with weekend estimates for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and other films and no information for Monday. Star Wars: The Last Jedi outperformed estimates with $71.57 million for a four-day total of $99.03 million. Its 11-day total is $395.63 million and it will take just 12 days to get to $400 million. That’s not the record, but it is the third best result and that's still very impressive. More...

It was a Merry Christmas Day for Last Jedi with $27.5 million

December 26th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi had a big Christmas Day, earning $27.5 million for a total of $395.6 million. It is already in third place on the 2017 domestic chart. The film’s four-day weekend haul was $96.0 million, which is about 10% lower than predicted, but having Christmas Eve land on a Sunday was a complication and made predicting the movie’s box office numbers harder than usual. We can’t really compare this result to either The Force Awakens or Rogue One, because of the misalignment in holidays. In fact, it won’t be until we get Wednesday’s numbers that we will be able to judge The Last Jedi in comparison to the previous two Star Wars movies. More...

Weekend Estimates: Last Jedi Easily Holds Off Five Newcomers

December 24th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

It’s a very crowded weekend, to say the least, in theaters, with five new wide releases already playing, and another joining the fray tomorrow. The Last Jedi is unperturbed by the competition, and will come out an easy winner, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. Its $68.486 million projected 3-day gross takes it to $365 million after 10 days in release. Among its new records this weekend, it became the 3rd-fastest film to earn $350 million at the domestic box office, and will have the 3rd-best Christmas weekend. All this is in spite of the fact that takings are expected to be down significantly today as everyone prepares for, or starts celebrating, the holiday. More...

Friday Estimates: The Last Jedi Adds $24.68 Million to Top $300 Million

December 23rd, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

This weekend complicated, as Christmas Eve lands on a Sunday and Christmas Day technically makes it a four-day weekend. Although with so many schools closed for the holidays, you could almost call it a eleven-day weekend. This makes interpreting Friday’s box office numbers more difficult than usual. Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $24.68 million on Friday, putting its running tally to $321.28 million. It tied Jurassic World for second-fastest to $300 million at just 8 days. On the other hand, this is a little bit lower than our predictions. It still has a real shot at over $100 million during the four-day weekend, but it could have to wait until Tuesday to get to $400 million. More...

Last Jedi Finishes Week in First Place with $17.8 million on Thursday

December 22nd, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi bounced back 5% from Wednesday, earning $17.8 million on Thursday for a week-long total of $296.5 million. It is impossible to compare the film to The Force Awakens, as the seventh day in that film’s run was Christmas Eve and it fell 28% as a result. Rogue One grew a lot more, up 12% to $16.7 million. I was expecting the film to bounce back more than this. That said, it is already in seventh place on the 2017 domestic chart and will be in fourth place by the end of the weekend. Add in Christmas and it will be at over $500 million by the end of the year. More...

Weekend Predictions: New Releases are Far From Perfect

December 21st, 2017

Pitch Perfect

This is technically Christmas Weekend, so it should come as no surprised that there are a lot of movies vying for that lucrative Christmas family audience. Two of them, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman, opened yesterday, and we’ve already talked about how well they did on their opening day. On Friday, they will be joined by Pitch Perfect 3, Downsizing, and Father Figures, none of which are earning good reviews and only one of which is expected to be a box office hit. This should leave Star Wars: The Last Jedi on top of the chart with room to spare. This weekend last year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story dominated the box office, while Sing was the only release that was a major hit. More...

Jedi Defeats Jumanji $16.9 million to $7.2 million on Wednesday

December 21st, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi had to deal with competition for the first time in its run, as both Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman debuted in theaters on Wednesday. It didn’t have much of an effect. The Last Jedi earned $16.9 million yesterday for a six-day total of $278.8 million domestically. This was only the 32nd-biggest Wednesday ever, although 12th-biggest for a film not opening on that day. The film fell 17% from Tuesday, compared to a 2% gain by The Force Awakens and a 15% drop by Rogue One. It overtook Despicable Me 3 for seventh place on the 2017 domestic chart and it is eyeing Thor: Ragnarok for sixth place. It won’t get there tomorrow. It will certainly get there sometime on Friday. More...

Contest: Last Chance to Win: Winning Announcement

December 21st, 2017

Game of Thrones: Season Seven

The winners of our Last Chance to Win contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening weekend were... More...

Weekend Predictions: Jumanji Takes on Jedi

December 20th, 2017

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Five films are opening wide this week, two of which, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman, debut on Wednesday. We will have full predictions at the usual time, but we should at least discuss these two films before everyone has a chance to see them. More...

International Box Office: The Last Jedi Dominates with $230.0 million, but Wasn’t the Only Release

December 20th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We’ve been tracking Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s international numbers since it debuted, so there’s not a lot to talk about here. The film dominated the international chart with $230.0 million in 54 markets during its first weekend of release, while its worldwide opening was $450.0 million. However, it wasn’t the only film at the international box office. More...

Last Jedi Earns $20.3 million on Tuesday

December 20th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $20.3 million on Tuesday to push its running tally to $261.9 million after just five days of release. It remains in eighth place on the 2017 chart, but it will top Despicable Me 3 for seventh place sometime today (possibly by the time you read this, in fact). Compared to Monday, the film was down 6%, which is a slightly better than the 7% drop The Force Awakens had during this point in its run. On a side note, Rogue One also fell at this point in its run, but by a mere 0.07%. More...

Theater Averages: Last Jedi Dethrones Beauty and the Beast $51,987 to $41,508

December 19th, 2017

The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi became the biggest wide release of the year on the theater average chart with $51,987, overtaking the previous leader, Beauty and the Beast, which had an opening weekend average of $41,508. Last week’s number one film, I, Tonya was pushed into second place with an average of $34,256 in five theaters. The film clearly has more room to grow. Call Me by Your Name was well behind with an average of $16,398 in 30 theaters. There were two more holdovers in the $10,000 club: The Shape of Water at $10,828 in 158 threatres and Darkest Hour at $10,090 in 84. More...

Last Jedi Pulls in $21.6 million on Monday, for $241.6 million Four-Day Total

December 19th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $21.6 million on Monday for a four-day total of $241.6 million. This represents a 58% decline from Sunday, which is steeper decline than both Rogue One (53%) and The Force Awakens (34%). However, this is not reason to panic, as The Last Jedi doesn’t have nearly as many schools closed for holidays as the other films had. Yesterday, only 31% of schools were closed, compared to 48% during the same point in Rogue One’s run and a whopping 77% for The Force Awakens. We will continue to track numbers throughout the week and I suspect The Last Jedi will have better holds from now on. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Last Jedi Tops Expectations with $220.01 million, Ferdinand is a Distant Second Place

December 19th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We already discussed Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s incredible debut yesterday, but there were other films that were in theaters over the weekend. The Last Jedi earned nearly 80% of the total weekend box office, so the rest of the box office had to settle for the leftovers. Ferdinand was a distant second with just $13.40 million, which is lower than our low expectations. Overall, the box office more than tripled from last week hitting $278 million. More importantly, it rose by 31% when compared to this weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2017 cut 2016’s lead by nearly $100 million in just one week. Granted, 2017 is still behind by $320 million or 3.0% at $10.10 billion to $10.42 billion. However, I just wanted 2017 to cut the lead to $250 million and that looks a lot more likely now than it did even a month ago. More...

Early Weekend Wrap-Up: Last Jedi Defeats Competition / Last Year with $220.01 million

December 18th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi was expected to dominate the weekend box office. In fact, we predicted it had 50/50 chance to earn more than the entire box office earned this weekend last year. It managed that feat, with about $10 million to spare, earning $220.01 million. This is the second-best opening weekend of all time, behind only The Force Awakens and was only 11% below the record-setting debut. The good news continues, as the two films also earned similar reviews and both films earned an A from CinemaScore, so The Last Jedi should earn similar legs. If this is true, then it will pull in over $800 million domestically. More...

Analysis: How Will Disney’s Acquisition of Fox Studios Affect the Industry?

December 17th, 2017

The Avengers: Age of Ultron

It was announced last week that Disney bought Fox Studios. To be more specific, they bought TV and movie production, cable channels, and the back catalog, but not Fox News, Fox Sports, or the local Fox TV stations. A lot of people have wondered what this will do to the industry. In my opinion, a lot of people have reacted in a disproportionately negative way. I will look at some of the issues that have been brought up, starting with... More...

Weekend Estimates: Last Jedi Set for $220 Million Domestic Debut

December 17th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will earn $220 million at the domestic box office this weekend, according to Disney’s Sunday morning estimate. After starting out with the second-biggest day of all time on Friday (a monstrous $104.787 million, including $45 million in Thursday previews), the film looks to be holding on well through the weekend. Saturday’s estimate is $64 million, off 39% from Friday, compared to The Force Awakens’ decline of 43% on its second day. Disney is projecting a decline of 20% on Sunday, while Awakens dropped 11%, which suggests caution on their part, and the possibility of a final opening weekend a little higher than their current projection. More...

Friday Estimates: The Last Jedi Tops Tracking with $104.78 million Opening Day

December 16th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi topped last night’s estimate, earning $104.78 million on Friday. It is only the second film to reach the century mark during its opening day. It is still 12% lower than the $119 million The Force Awakens opened with, but if it has the same legs, it will earn $218 million during its opening weekend. The reviews are practically identical and both films earned an A from CinemaScore, so having similar legs is more likely. Sequels usually have shorter legs, but The Last Jedi had better growth from Thursday previews to Friday’s numbers, so this could be a good omen. Maybe it will earn $220 million during its opening weekend. More...

Early Friday Estimates Update: The Last Jedi Tracking Ticks Higher now at North of $100 million Opening Day

December 15th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Disney is really on top of the The Last Jedi hype train sending updated tracking of its opening day. Instead of aiming for $94 million to $99 million, the studio is aiming for $99 million to $104 million, putting on pace to be only the second film to earn $100 million during its opening day. Furthermore, CinemaScore released their final rating and it was a solid A, exactly what the reviews would suggest. The studio expects the film to make $205 million to $215 million over the weekend, which is close enough to our prediction that I’m happy. More...

Early Friday Estimates: The Last Jedi on Track for Nearly $100 million Opening Day

December 15th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Disney just sent out updated tracking for The Last Jedi’s opening Friday. The studio expects the film to earn in the mid- to high-$90 million range, which puts it on pace for approximately $200 million. If the film doesn’t get to $200 million over the weekend, then it will be more front-loaded than we anticipated and more front-loaded than the reviews would suggest. We will keep you posted as more numbers come in. More...

International Box Office: The Last Jedi Two-Day Total hits $60.8 million

December 15th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened in another 34 markets on Thursday, helping it reach $60.8 million internationally after just two days of release. At the same point in its run, The Force Awakens had $72.7 million, while Rogue One had $37 million. The Last Jedi is slightly closer to the high end rather than the low end, but not by enough that we need to adjust our prediction. More...

Thursday Night Previews: The Last Jedi Earns Second-Best Previews with $45 million - Updated with Ferdinand

December 15th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We expect Star Wars: The Last Jedi to have an opening weekend box office total almost exactly in the middle of The Force Awakens and Rogue One. Since those two films earned $57 million and $29 million respectively during their previews, The Last Jedi would need $43 million to be on target. According to Disney it pulled in $45 million last night, making it the second-best Thursday preview of all time. (The Force Awakens is number one, while Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II was pushed into third place with $43.5 million.) That’s not a lot above where we needed it, but does make $210 million for the weekend more likely. Additionally, the reviews remain impressive at 93% positive, while the average score given by the critics so far is 8.2 out of 10. There were some grumblings that the audiences were less impressed; however, this appears to be internet buzz and not reflective of the real world. We don’t have the full ComScore grade yet, but they reported 90% positive results last night, as well as 82% in the “Definitely recommend” category. That’s simply fantastic. We will have a better picture by this time tomorrow when the Friday estimates arrive and we can compare legs with the previous two Star Wars films. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Birdboy and the Forgotten Limited Releases

December 15th, 2017

I, Tonya

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in theaters today and that’s scaring away all of the competition. There’s barely more than a dozen films we have release dates for, and none of them are earning serious buzz. If we limited ourselves to films with 10 or more reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, then this week’s list would be embarrassingly short. The best film on this week’s list is Birdboy: The Forgotten Children, but it is an foreign animated movie, so I’m not expecting much at the box office. More...

International Box Office: First Numbers for Last Jedi: $5.30 million Australian Debut

December 14th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The first box office numbers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi were released and it earned $5.30 million in Australia. This was $7.06 million in local currency, which is almost exactly in the middle of the local currency debuts for The Force Awakens ($9.45 million) and Rogue One ($4.78 million). It was short of exactly in the middle by less than 1%, which suggests an opening here of just over $200 million and that’s close enough to our prediction that I don’t feel the need to make a change there. Of course, that could change once we see the preview numbers later today. More...

Contest: Last Chance to Win - Last Minute Reminder

December 14th, 2017

Game of Thrones: Season Seven

Our final box office prediction contest closes in less than 24 hours, so I just wanted to give a last-minute warning to our readers so they all have a chance to enter. There are lots of prizes, including three copies of Game of Thrones: Season Seven on Blu-ray. You can go here to read the full rules, or click here to send in your prediction for Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening three-day weekend.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don’t delay! More...

Weekend Predictions: Last Jedi Goes up Against Rogue and Awakens

December 14th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 is behind 2016’s pace by over $400 million and and this weekend is the last chance it has to cut that deficit by any real margin. This weekend, Star Wars: The Last Jedi debuts and it is practically a guaranteed monster hit. Rogue One made just over $400 million in the 2016 calendar year, while The Force Awakens earned just over $650 million. The Last Jedi is widely expected to earn somewhere in-between those results. In the meantime, there is one other wide release, Ferdinand, which is the textbook definition of counter-programming. The studio is just hoping it doesn’t get lost in the crowd. This weekend last year, the total box office was $211.57 million. I give The Last Jedi about a 50/50 chance of topping that by itself. More...

Weekend Preview: Jedi Will be the Last Film to Earn Top Spot in 2017

December 12th, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

First a quick note, this is a weekend preview, not weekend predictions, because I’m looking more at the big picture and less at the actual weekend numbers. Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens this weekend, although if you are part of our international readership, it might have already opened where you live. We will be going over its daily results as soon as they start coming in. In the meantime, I’m a little more bullish than I was last week, as the reviews finally started coming in. The film’s Tomatometer Score is an impressive 93% positive with an average score of 8.3 out of 10. This is actually on par with or better than some Awards Season players and it is stellar for a blockbuster. The film is widely expected to fit somewhere between The Force Awakens and Rogue One and with a lot of people saying this is the best Star Wars film since The Empire Strikes Back, the higher end appears to be more likely than the lower end. Previously, $200 million was the target for the film’s opening weekend, but now $210 million to $225 million is within reach. Furthermore, it is expected to top that during its opening weekend internationally leaving the film with a slim chance at $500 million worldwide. On the downside, the film likely cost that much to make and advertise, so it needs to be a $1 billion hit worldwide to break even in a timely fashion. Fortunately, no one really thinks that will be a problem. In fact, a lot of people are assuming the film will earn $1 billion internationally, while most won't be shocked if it reaches $2 billion worldwide. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Coco Continues its Conquest with $18.45 million

December 12th, 2017

Coco

It was a good weekend at the box office, relatively speaking, as most films in the top five beat expectations. Granted, this was mostly by tiny amounts, but it added up. We still fell 20% compared to last week to $84 million. This is 1.2% higher than the same weekend last year and we were expecting a similarly close loss, so this is a surprise victory. The year-over-year numbers are almost identical to last week, with this year down by 4.1% or $420 million when compared to last year. Right now 2017 has pulled in $9.79 billion, while 2016 had a running tally of $10.21 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Disaster Artist Hits, Just Getting Started Misses

December 10th, 2017

Coco

Coco remains the number one movie at the box office this weekend by a considerable margin, mainly due to a lack of serious competition from new releases. Disney’s animated adventure will gross about $18.3 million this weekend, for a domestic total of $135.5 million. The film will also pile up another $55.3 million internationally, taking its worldwide cume to $389.5 million. It still has some big openings to come, including Brazil, Korea, the UK, and Japan in January, so it has some way to go, although its progress will be eclipsed by The Last Jedi for the next few weeks. More...

Friday Estimates: Coco Clings to the Top, Disaster Artist Achieves a Spot in the Top Five

December 9th, 2017

Coco

Coco surprised no one by earning first place on Friday. It earned $4.27 million, giving it a running tally of $121.48 million after 17 days of release and putting it on pace for $19 million over the weekend. Good news: This is a little better than expected. Bad news: Next weekend could be a mess, as the film will not only have to deal with monster competition, but direct competition as well. If it can avoid being demolished at the box office next weekend, then it will stick around in the top ten for the rest of the year. Even if if does get demolished, it still has a shot at $200 million domestically, but it will be close. More...

Contest: Last Chance to Win

December 8th, 2017

Game of Thrones: Season Seven

This is the last box office prediction contest we will ever hold, so it is fitting we are using what should be the biggest box office hit of the year as the target film. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the only real choice for target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening three-day weekend box office number for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Game of Thrones: Season Seven on Blu-ray. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of Game of Thrones: Season Seven on Blu-ray. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven’t won, or haven’t won recently, and they will win the final copy of Game of Thrones: Season Seven on Blu-ray.

Furthermore, since this is the last contest we will be holding, I’ll be giving away a couple of other Frankenprizes to randomly selected entrants. There will be at least two additional prizes to hand out, more if I find more bubble envelopes. I plan on using all of them that I have, making this the biggest box office contest we’ve held. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don’t delay! More...

2017 Preview: December

December 1st, 2017

The Last Jedi

The box office was mostly as expected during November. Granted, Thor: Ragnarok over-performed and Justice League underperformed, but overall there were no real surprises. This means the month started slow, but we got a couple of wins in the end and that bodes well going into the final month of the year. That said, December is a weird month. There are five weekends, but only seven films that I’m sure are opening truly wide. Additionally, five of those seven films are opening Christmas weekend. I’ve never seen a month this lop-sided. There are no real wide releases the first two weeks of the month, so we will likely start slow again, but when The Last Jedi debuts, we should see explosive growth at the box office. It will open with more than any film last December made and that should help 2017 cut into 2016’s lead. 2017 won’t be able to close the gap entirely, but the month could do well enough to cut 2016’s lead to under $250 million. That’s my goal. If that happens, I will be happy. More...

Contest: Cuckoo for Coco: Winning Announcement

November 29th, 2017

Coco

The winners of our Cuckoo for Coco contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Coco’s opening weekend were... More...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer

October 10th, 2017

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 15, 2017 1 $220,009,584   4,232 $51,987   $220,009,584 1
Dec 22, 2017 1 $71,565,498 -67% 4,232 $16,911   $368,167,854 2
Dec 29, 2017 1 $52,520,140 -27% 4,232 $12,410   $517,218,368 3
Jan 5, 2018 3 $23,728,944 -55% 4,232 $5,607   $572,691,546 4
Jan 12, 2018 6 $11,854,481 -50% 3,090 $3,836   $592,129,065 5
Jan 19, 2018 8 $6,555,435 -45% 2,456 $2,669   $604,273,911 6
Jan 26, 2018 11 $4,254,001 -35% 1,745 $2,438   $610,795,822 7
Feb 2, 2018 15 $2,338,242 -45% 1,467 $1,594   $614,455,022 8
Feb 9, 2018 16 $1,397,413 -40% 830 $1,684   $616,833,692 9
Feb 16, 2018 25 $617,698 -56% 351 $1,760   $618,040,475 10
Feb 23, 2018 28 $352,838 -43% 292 $1,208   $618,728,556 11
Mar 2, 2018 26 $252,689 -28% 221 $1,143   $619,116,325 12
Mar 9, 2018 21 $265,513 +5% 246 $1,079   $619,483,244 13
Mar 16, 2018 25 $174,756 -34% 211 $828   $619,791,373 14
Mar 23, 2018 33 $102,020 -42% 150 $680   $619,967,829 15
Mar 30, 2018 30 $66,989 -34% 109 $615   $620,097,892 16
Apr 6, 2018 46 $33,544 -50% 61 $550   $620,164,565 17
Apr 13, 2018 70 $5,845 -83% 28 $209   $620,178,595 18

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 14, 2017 P $45,000,000     0     $45,000,000  
Dec 15, 2017 1 $104,684,491     4,232 $24,736   $104,684,491 1
Dec 16, 2017 1 $63,993,205 -39%   4,232 $15,121   $168,677,696 2
Dec 17, 2017 1 $51,331,888 -20%   4,232 $12,129   $220,009,584 3
Dec 18, 2017 1 $21,556,373 -58%   4,232 $5,094   $241,565,957 4
Dec 19, 2017 1 $20,254,189 -6%   4,232 $4,786   $261,820,146 5
Dec 20, 2017 1 $16,889,863 -17%   4,232 $3,991   $278,710,009 6
Dec 21, 2017 1 $17,892,347 +6%   4,232 $4,228   $296,602,356 7
Dec 22, 2017 1 $24,763,084 +38% -76% 4,232 $5,851   $321,365,440 8
Dec 23, 2017 1 $29,172,415 +18% -54% 4,232 $6,893   $350,537,855 9
Dec 24, 2017 1 $17,629,999 -40% -66% 4,232 $4,166   $368,167,854 10
Dec 25, 2017 1 $27,459,557 +56% +27% 4,232 $6,489   $395,627,411 11
Dec 26, 2017 1 $27,734,356 +1% +37% 4,232 $6,553   $423,361,767 12
Dec 27, 2017 1 $21,846,132 -21% +29% 4,232 $5,162   $445,207,899 13
Dec 28, 2017 1 $19,490,329 -11% +9% 4,232 $4,605   $464,698,228 14
Dec 29, 2017 1 $19,029,250 -2% -23% 4,232 $4,497   $483,727,478 15
Dec 30, 2017 1 $19,924,241 +5% -32% 4,232 $4,708   $503,651,719 16
Dec 31, 2017 1 $13,566,649 -32% -23% 4,232 $3,206   $517,218,368 17
Jan 1, 2018 2 $14,293,461 +5% -48% 4,232 $3,377   $531,511,829 18
Jan 2, 2018 2 $7,876,574 -45% -72% 4,232 $1,861   $539,388,403 19
Jan 3, 2018 2 $5,225,332 -34% -76% 4,232 $1,235   $544,613,735 20
Jan 4, 2018 2 $4,348,867 -17% -78% 4,232 $1,028   $548,962,602 21
Jan 5, 2018 3 $6,523,473 +50% -66% 4,232 $1,541   $555,486,075 22
Jan 6, 2018 3 $10,398,845 +59% -48% 4,232 $2,457   $565,884,920 23
Jan 7, 2018 2 $6,806,626 -35% -50% 4,232 $1,608   $572,691,546 24
Jan 8, 2018 2 $1,791,497 -74% -87% 4,232 $423   $574,483,043 25
Jan 9, 2018 2 $2,368,317 +32% -70% 4,232 $560   $576,851,360 26
Jan 10, 2018 2 $1,744,275 -26% -67% 4,232 $412   $578,595,635 27
Jan 11, 2018 2 $1,678,949 -4% -61% 4,232 $397   $580,274,584 28
Jan 12, 2018 7 $2,670,813 +59% -59% 3,090 $864   $582,945,397 29
Jan 13, 2018 6 $4,990,298 +87% -52% 3,090 $1,615   $587,935,695 30
Jan 14, 2018 4 $4,193,370 -16% -38% 3,090 $1,357   $592,129,065 31
Jan 15, 2018 5 $2,773,240 -34% +55% 3,090 $897   $594,902,305 32
Jan 16, 2018 5 $1,103,853 -60% -53% 3,090 $357   $596,006,158 33
Jan 17, 2018 5 $861,084 -22% -51% 3,090 $279   $596,867,242 34
Jan 18, 2018 5 $851,234 -1% -49% 3,090 $275   $597,718,476 35
Jan 19, 2018 9 $1,625,633 +91% -39% 2,456 $662   $599,344,109 36
Jan 20, 2018 7 $3,168,473 +95% -37% 2,456 $1,290   $602,512,582 37
Jan 21, 2018 7 $1,761,329 -44% -58% 2,456 $717   $604,273,911 38
Jan 22, 2018 6 $539,120 -69% -81% 2,456 $220   $604,813,031 39
Jan 23, 2018 7 $676,890 +26% -39% 2,456 $276   $605,489,921 40
Jan 24, 2018 7 $531,967 -21% -38% 2,456 $217   $606,021,888 41
Jan 25, 2018 6 $519,933 -2% -39% 2,456 $212   $606,541,821 42
Jan 26, 2018 13 $954,781 +84% -41% 1,745 $547   $607,496,602 43
Jan 27, 2018 10 $1,933,603 +103% -39% 1,745 $1,108   $609,430,205 44
Jan 28, 2018 11 $1,365,617 -29% -22% 1,745 $783   $610,795,822 45
Jan 29, 2018 11 $322,382 -76% -40% 1,745 $185   $611,118,204 46
Jan 30, 2018 13 $385,086 +19% -43% 1,745 $221   $611,503,290 47
Jan 31, 2018 12 $306,959 -20% -42% 1,745 $176   $611,810,249 48
Feb 1, 2018 11 $306,531 n/c -41% 1,745 $176   $612,116,780 49
Feb 2, 2018 - $611,248 +99% -36% 1,467 $417   $612,728,028 50
Feb 3, 2018 13 $1,231,261 +101% -36% 1,467 $839   $613,959,289 51
Feb 4, 2018 14 $495,733 -60% -64% 1,467 $338   $614,455,022 52
Feb 5, 2018 13 $234,836 -53% -27% 1,467 $160   $614,689,858 53
Feb 6, 2018 14 $279,012 +19% -28% 1,467 $190   $614,968,870 54
Feb 7, 2018 14 $233,874 -16% -24% 1,467 $159   $615,202,744 55
Feb 8, 2018 14 $233,535 n/c -24% 1,467 $159   $615,436,279 56
Feb 9, 2018 - $302,407 +29% -51% 830 $364   $615,738,686 57
Feb 10, 2018 - $643,888 +113% -48% 830 $776   $616,382,574 58
Feb 11, 2018 - $451,118 -30% -9% 830 $544   $616,833,692 59
Feb 12, 2018 - $142,393 -68% -39% 830 $172   $616,976,085 60
Feb 13, 2018 - $140,623 -1% -50% 830 $169   $617,116,708 61
Feb 14, 2018 - $202,432 +44% -13% 830 $244   $617,319,140 62
Feb 15, 2018 - $103,637 -49% -56% 830 $125   $617,422,777 63
Feb 16, 2018 - $132,463 +28% -56% 351 $377   $617,555,240 64
Feb 17, 2018 - $263,352 +99% -59% 351 $750   $617,818,592 65
Feb 18, 2018 - $221,883 -16% -51% 351 $632   $618,040,475 66
Feb 19, 2018 - $158,864 -28% +12% 351 $453   $618,199,339 67
Feb 20, 2018 - $65,094 -59% -54% 351 $185   $618,264,433 68
Feb 21, 2018 - $58,017 -11% -71% 351 $165   $618,322,450 69
Feb 22, 2018 - $53,268 -8% -49% 351 $152   $618,375,718 70
Feb 23, 2018 - $84,125 +58% -36% 292 $288   $618,459,843 71
Feb 24, 2018 - $159,028 +89% -40% 292 $545   $618,618,871 72
Feb 25, 2018 - $109,685 -31% -51% 292 $376   $618,728,556 73
Feb 26, 2018 - $31,338 -71% -80% 292 $107   $618,759,894 74
Feb 27, 2018 - $35,605 +14% -45% 292 $122   $618,795,499 75
Feb 28, 2018 - $34,472 -3% -41% 292 $118   $618,829,971 76
Mar 1, 2018 - $33,665 -2% -37% 292 $115   $618,863,636 77
Mar 2, 2018 - $62,230 +85% -26% 221 $282   $618,925,866 78
Mar 3, 2018 - $120,723 +94% -24% 221 $546   $619,046,589 79
Mar 4, 2018 - $69,736 -42% -36% 221 $316   $619,116,325 80
Mar 5, 2018 - $24,200 -65% -23% 221 $110   $619,140,525 81
Mar 6, 2018 - $26,422 +9% -26% 221 $120   $619,166,947 82
Mar 7, 2018 - $27,612 +5% -20% 221 $125   $619,194,559 83
Mar 8, 2018 - $23,172 -16% -31% 221 $105   $619,217,731 84
Mar 9, 2018 - $66,746 +188% +7% 246 $271   $619,284,477 85
Mar 10, 2018 - $122,200 +83% +1% 246 $497   $619,406,677 86
Mar 11, 2018 - $76,567 -37% +10% 246 $311   $619,483,244 87
Mar 12, 2018 - $32,531 -58% +34% 246 $132   $619,515,775 88
Mar 13, 2018 - $36,184 +11% +37% 246 $147   $619,551,959 89
Mar 14, 2018 - $33,224 -8% +20% 246 $135   $619,585,183 90
Mar 15, 2018 - $31,434 -5% +36% 246 $128   $619,616,617 91
Mar 16, 2018 - $50,038 +59% -25% 211 $237   $619,666,655 92
Mar 17, 2018 - $75,189 +50% -38% 211 $356   $619,741,844 93
Mar 18, 2018 - $49,529 -34% -35% 211 $235   $619,791,373 94
Mar 19, 2018 - $17,899 -64% -45% 211 $85   $619,809,272 95
Mar 20, 2018 - $18,418 +3% -49% 211 $87   $619,827,690 96
Mar 21, 2018 - $17,933 -3% -46% 211 $85   $619,845,623 97
Mar 22, 2018 - $20,186 +13% -36% 211 $96   $619,865,809 98
Mar 23, 2018 - $29,559 +46% -41% 150 $197   $619,895,368 99
Mar 24, 2018 - $44,955 +52% -40% 150 $300   $619,940,323 100
Mar 25, 2018 - $27,506 -39% -44% 150 $183   $619,967,829 101
Mar 26, 2018 - $14,511 -47% -19% 150 $97   $619,982,340 102
Mar 27, 2018 - $16,845 +16% -9% 150 $112   $619,999,185 103
Mar 28, 2018 - $14,468 -14% -19% 150 $96   $620,013,653 104
Mar 29, 2018 - $17,250 +19% -15% 150 $115   $620,030,903 105
Mar 30, 2018 - $27,758 +61% -6% 109 $255   $620,058,661 106
Mar 31, 2018 - $26,916 -3% -40% 109 $247   $620,085,577 107
Apr 1, 2018 - $12,315 -54% -55% 109 $113   $620,097,892 108
Apr 2, 2018 - $8,694 -29% -40% 109 $80   $620,106,586 109
Apr 3, 2018 - $7,381 -15% -56% 109 $68   $620,113,967 110
Apr 4, 2018 - $6,800 -8% -53% 109 $62   $620,120,767 111
Apr 5, 2018 - $10,254 +51% -41% 109 $94   $620,131,021 112
Apr 6, 2018 - $11,517 +12% -59% 61 $189   $620,142,538 113
Apr 7, 2018 - $14,984 +30% -44% 61 $246   $620,157,522 114
Apr 8, 2018 - $7,043 -53% -43% 61 $115   $620,164,565 115
Apr 9, 2018 - $1,752 -75% -80% 61 $29   $620,166,317 116
Apr 10, 2018 - $2,033 +16% -72% 61 $33   $620,168,350 117
Apr 11, 2018 - $1,982 -3% -71% 61 $32   $620,170,332 118
Apr 12, 2018 - $2,418 +22% -76% 61 $40   $620,172,750 119
Apr 13, 2018 - $1,460 -40% -87% 28 $52   $620,174,210 120
Apr 14, 2018 - $2,716 +86% -82% 28 $97   $620,176,926 121
Apr 15, 2018 - $1,669 -39% -76% 28 $60   $620,178,595 122
Apr 16, 2018 - $621 -63% -65% 28 $22   $620,179,216 123
Apr 17, 2018 - $769 +24% -62% 28 $27   $620,179,985 124
Apr 18, 2018 - $543 -29% -73% 28 $19   $620,180,528 125
Apr 19, 2018 - $854 +57% -65% 28 $31   $620,181,382 126

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 15, 2017 1 $296,602,356   4,232 $70,086   $296,602,356 1
Dec 22, 2017 1 $168,095,872 -43% 4,232 $39,720   $464,698,228 2
Dec 29, 2017 2 $84,264,374 -50% 4,232 $19,911   $548,962,602 3
Jan 5, 2018 3 $31,311,982 -63% 4,232 $7,399   $580,274,584 4
Jan 12, 2018 5 $17,443,892 -44% 3,090 $5,645   $597,718,476 5
Jan 19, 2018 8 $8,823,345 -49% 2,456 $3,593   $606,541,821 6
Jan 26, 2018 11 $5,574,959 -37% 1,745 $3,195   $612,116,780 7
Feb 2, 2018 14 $3,319,499 -40% 1,467 $2,263   $615,436,279 8
Feb 9, 2018 16 $1,986,498 -40% 830 $2,393   $617,422,777 9
Feb 16, 2018 24 $952,941 -52% 351 $2,715   $618,375,718 10
Feb 23, 2018 29 $487,918 -49% 292 $1,671   $618,863,636 11
Mar 2, 2018 27 $354,095 -27% 221 $1,602   $619,217,731 12
Mar 9, 2018 21 $398,886 +13% 246 $1,621   $619,616,617 13
Mar 16, 2018 25 $249,192 -38% 211 $1,181   $619,865,809 14
Mar 23, 2018 31 $165,094 -34% 150 $1,101   $620,030,903 15
Mar 30, 2018 30 $100,118 -39% 109 $919   $620,131,021 16
Apr 6, 2018 50 $41,729 -58% 61 $684   $620,172,750 17
Apr 13, 2018 70 $8,632 -79% 28 $308   $620,181,382 18

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 12/14/2017 $2,170,483 0 0 0 $5,372,661 1/1/2019
Australia 12/14/2017 $16,039,040 970 970 3,905 $43,971,020 6/15/2021
Belgium 12/13/2017 $0000$0
Brazil 12/13/2017 $7,200,000 0 0 0 $19,108,918 6/14/2018
Bulgaria 12/15/2017 $477,344 0 0 0 $1,804,811 2/26/2019
Cambodia 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Chile 12/14/2017 $0000$0
China 1/5/2018 $28,220,000 90,669 90,669 100,233 $41,200,000 2/5/2018
Colombia 12/13/2017 $0000$0
Croatia 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Cyprus 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Czech Republic 12/14/2017 $1,474,695 159 159 579 $3,832,537 1/1/2019
Denmark 12/13/2017 $0 0 0 0 $11,000,000 1/28/2018
Estonia 12/15/2017 $0000$0
Finland 12/13/2017 $0000$0
France 12/13/2017 $18,100,000 0 0 0 $64,974,040 6/12/2018
Germany 12/14/2017 $23,269,020 814 820 3,827 $83,164,496 6/11/2018
Greece 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Hong Kong 12/14/2017 $2,529,091 0 0 0 $5,618,798 10/28/2018
Hungary 12/14/2017 $0000$0
India 12/15/2017 $1,400,280 0 0 0 $1,458,333 10/3/2018
Indonesia 12/13/2017 $3,143,360 0 0 0 $5,223,333 1/1/2019
Ireland 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Israel 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Italy 12/13/2017 $5,424,786 0 0 0 $18,138,020 9/12/2018
Japan 12/15/2017 $14,350,373 0 0 0 $66,662,688 6/8/2018
Kuwait 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Lithuania 12/15/2017 $140,695 181 181 425 $394,950 3/19/2018
Malaysia 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Mexico 12/14/2017 $4,784,474 0 0 0 $13,590,940 9/10/2018
Netherlands 12/13/2017 $2,609,476 132 132 854 $12,944,717 9/12/2018
New Zealand 12/14/2017 $2,194,686 243 243 976 $6,244,816 8/17/2020
Norway 12/13/2017 $0 0 0 0 $1,500,000 12/15/2017
Pakistan 12/15/2017 $0000$0
Philippines 12/13/2017 $0000$0
Poland 12/14/2017 $4,965,347 0 0 0 $12,990,972 1/1/2019
Portugal 12/15/2017 $806,795 197 197 740 $3,285,750 2/28/2018
Romania 12/15/2017 $0000$0
Russia (CIS) 12/14/2017 $8,486,199 1,360 1,360 4,819 $16,068,138 1/1/2019
Serbia and Montenegro 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Singapore 12/14/2017 $0000$0
Slovakia 12/13/2017 $432,985 73 73 190 $1,022,454 2/13/2018
Slovenia 12/13/2017 $0000$0
South Africa 12/14/2017 $0000$0
South Korea 12/14/2017 $4,318,806 1,093 1,093 1,639 $7,981,958 9/10/2018
Spain 12/15/2017 $7,733,217 414 414 2,390 $25,847,888 9/12/2018
Sweden 12/13/2017 $6,000,000 0 0 0 $15,800,000 1/28/2018
Taiwan 12/13/2017 $1,812,040 0 0 0 $3,534,284 10/28/2018
Turkey 12/13/2017 $980,572 556 556 1,363 $2,653,217 2/26/2019
Ukraine 12/14/2017 $0000$0
United Kingdom 12/14/2017 $37,298,057 723 723 4,524 $111,883,703 5/9/2018
Vietnam 12/15/2017 $0000$0
 
Rest of World $104,180,317
 
International Total$711,453,759 6/15/2021

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 1, 20181437,941 437,941$8,347,155$8,347,1553
Apr 8, 20181123,461-72% 561,402$2,221,063$10,568,2184
Apr 15, 2018261,544-50% 622,946$1,115,793$11,684,0115
Apr 22, 2018450,343-18% 673,289$903,153$12,587,1646
Apr 29, 2018835,022-30% 708,311$629,345$13,216,5097
May 6, 2018731,963-9% 740,274$571,818$13,788,3278
May 13, 2018922,212-31% 762,486$349,617$14,137,9449
May 20, 20181012,182-45% 774,668$148,742$14,286,68610
May 27, 20181014,177+16% 788,845$168,706$14,455,39211
Jun 3, 2018917,417+23% 806,262$217,016$14,672,40812
Jun 10, 20181312,658-27% 818,920$177,971$14,850,37913
Jun 17, 20181613,536+7% 832,456$180,841$15,031,22014
Jun 24, 2018278,146-40% 840,602$98,404$15,129,62415
Aug 19, 2018265,494 901,074$79,828$15,991,64123
Nov 10, 2019259,898 1,133,615$202,711$19,761,03487

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 1, 201811,772,048 1,772,048$41,553,788$41,553,7883
Apr 8, 20181465,431-74% 2,237,479$11,039,423$52,593,2114
Apr 15, 20182205,658-56% 2,443,137$5,087,523$57,680,7345
Apr 22, 20182151,926-26% 2,595,063$3,919,934$61,600,6686
Apr 29, 2018466,773-56% 2,661,836$1,695,560$63,296,2287
May 6, 2018561,994-7% 2,723,830$1,571,461$64,867,6898
May 13, 2018643,952-29% 2,767,782$1,095,612$65,963,3019
May 20, 2018538,229-13% 2,806,011$795,734$66,759,03510
May 27, 2018829,552-23% 2,835,563$608,744$67,367,77911
Jun 3, 2018533,635+14% 2,869,198$789,083$68,156,86212
Jun 10, 20181023,065-31% 2,892,263$479,801$68,636,66313
Jun 17, 20181628,148+22% 2,920,411$570,169$69,206,83214
Jun 24, 20181712,188-57% 2,932,599$247,754$69,454,58615
Jul 8, 20182011,023 2,956,073$223,486$69,929,72117
Dec 22, 20191929,699 3,189,515$793,861$74,893,42893
Dec 29, 20192026,411-11% 3,215,926$537,838$75,431,26694
Jan 5, 20201913,822-48% 3,229,748$275,887$75,707,15395

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