The Watchers weekly (June 7, 2024) final number is $10,000,279, for a total of $10,000,279 ... IF weekly (June 7, 2024) final number is $11,931,644, for a total of $97,451,432 ... Bad Boys: Ride or Die weekly (June 7, 2024) final number is $79,240,120, for a total of $79,240,120 ... The Garfield Movie weekly (June 7, 2024) final number is $14,911,773, for a total of $73,524,610 ... Miles Teller will star in An Officer and a Gentleman ... Miles Teller will star in The Ark and the Aardvark ... Aubrey Plaza will star in The Ark and the Aardvark ... Jenny Slate will star in The Ark and the Aardvark ... Stephen Merchant will star in The Ark and the Aardvark ... Craig Robinson will star in The Ark and the Aardvark

Daily Domestic Chart for Friday June 14, 2024

		Movie Title	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days In Release
1	N	Inside Out 2	$62,000,000			4,440	$13,964	$62,000,000	1
2	(1)	Bad Boys: Ride or Die	$8,500,000	+90%	-60%	3,885	$2,188	$87,740,120	8
3	(2)	The Garfield Movie	$1,500,000	+72%	-49%	3,411	$440	$75,024,610	22

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Weekend predictions: Inside Out heading towards $100-million or more on opening weekend

June 14, 2024

Inside Out 2 will post the biggest weekend of 2024, based on our current tracking, and on a stellar $13-million in previews on Thursday. $100 million looks like a virtual certainty, and, if it behaves like similar animated films, and opening around $120 million looks on the cards as of Friday morning. More...

Theater counts: Inside Out 2 takes off in 4,440 theaters

June 13, 2024

Bad Boys: Ride or Die provided a healthy bump for the box office last weekend as the latest installment in the franchise launched with $56.53 million in its opening frame. The action-comedy currently enjoys a six-day domestic total of $74.76 million while having secured over $123 million from global earnings. While the film easily topped the box office charts in its debut, it will be one and done for the Bad Boys at the top as Inside Out 2 arrives in a whopping 4,440 theaters. More...

Weekend projections: Bad Boys powers to $56-million opening

June 9, 2024

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is powering towards a $56-million opening weekend, according to Sony Pictures’ Sunday-morning estimate. That’s down only slightly from the pre-pandemic $62.5-million opening of Bad Boys for Life, and 26% higher than our model predicted on Friday morning. The Watchers will land in fourth place with an OK $7 million, which will be enough to lift the market as a whole back above the crucial $100-million line. More...

Weekend predictions: Bad Boys riding towards respectable $40-million-plus opening

June 7, 2024

This is looking like a glass-half-full kind of weekend at the box office. Bad Boys: Ride or Die doesn’t look it will match Bad Boys for Life at the box office, but it does look as though it will have the best opening weekend since Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes with something around $45 million. Meanwhile, The Watchers looks as though it will have a respectable debut. More...

Theater counts: Garfield staves off Bad Boys to remain widest release

June 6, 2024

Last weekend was another sluggish one at the domestic box office, with two films in their sophomore weekend vying for bragging rights. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Garfield Movie went head to head, with the latter taking the top prize. Fortunately, we should see a substantial uptick this weekend with the debut of Bad Boys: Ride or Die, as well as the horror feature, The Watchers. More...

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June 3, 2024

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Weekend projections: family films Garfield and IF take top two spots

June 2, 2024

Family audiences are carrying the theatrical business this weekend, with The Garfield Movie moving into top spot on its second weekend, and IF climbing back to second place in its third outing as Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga slips to third. More...

Weekend predictions: Garfield likely to come top on brutal weekend at the box office (updated)

May 31, 2024

After a record-breaking (for all the wrong reasons) Memorial Day weekend, market conditions are only going to get worse this weekend, with no films opening in over 2,000 theaters. The Garfield Movie looks like the likely winner this weekend, although Furiosa has a shot, and even IF could conceivably top the chart in its third weekend. More...

The May Business Report looks at the studio’s increasing use of existing IP

May 31, 2024

Arguably the biggest change in the movie business during the 21st century has been the increase in reliance on existing intellectual property (IP) by the studios. Back in 2000, the list of the 10 highest-grossing films in North America included five completely original films: Gladiator, Meet the Parents, Scary Movie, What Lies Beneath, and Dinosaur. Two films were stories based on real-life events: The Perfect Storm, and Erin Brockovich. With How the Grinch Stole Christmas a standalone book adaptation, the only two true franchise films in the top 10 that year were Mission: Impossible 2, and X-Men.

In contrast, in 2023, not a single film in the top 10 was completely original, and only Oppenheimer can be confidently described as a non-franchise film (although there’s no word on sequels for Barbie or Sound of Freedom).

The question then becomes what existing IP is available for adaptation? Has Hollywood already found all the easy targets, or is there plenty more material out in the world waiting for its chance to shine on screen?

We try to answer this, and more, in the May edition of the Business Report. Here’s a sneak peek of our findings:

There are six major films based on video games on the release slate for later this year through 2026, and many more in some stage of development or production.
With Wicked coming to theaters for Thanksgiving, Hollywood has adapted each of the top 10 shows in Broadway history that’s suitable for a movie version. While there’s some correlation between the length of a show's run in theaters and its box office performance, there have been some, ahem, mis-steps.
We found some promising projects in development that we had no idea existed until now. Sam Mendes developing four films about The Beatles for Sony is just one of them.

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Theater counts: Garfield claws its way to widest release on a slow weekend

May 30, 2024

The Memorial Day weekend box office turned out to be a disappointment in what should have been a healthy four-day stretch to kick off the Summer movie season. Topping the domestic charts were two of the three newcomers, with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga narrowly edging out The Garfield Movie, with $32.34 million to $31.26 million from Friday through Monday. This weekend will undoubtedly see the two reigning leaders remain on top, although there’s a good chance the roles will be reversed. More...

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