Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,201	$73,357,727
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,626	$105,409,018
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900)	872	$73,357,727
Top 2009 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	44	$73,357,727
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 501-600)	515	$73,357,727
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 901-1,000)	906	$73,357,727
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500)	488	$73,357,727
All Time Domestic Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies	82	$73,357,727
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300)	294	$73,357,727
All Time Domestic Box Office for Overture Films Movies	1	$73,357,727

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Oct 16, 2009	2	$21,039,502		2,890	$7,280	$21,039,502	1
Oct 23, 2009	4	$12,403,888	-41%	2,890	$4,292	$40,008,703	2
Oct 30, 2009	3	$7,403,630	-40%	2,764	$2,679	$51,485,280	3
Nov 6, 2009	8	$6,003,737	-19%	2,474	$2,427	$60,704,335	4
Nov 13, 2009	9	$3,796,327	-37%	2,071	$1,833	$67,190,452	5
Nov 20, 2009	11	$1,606,053	-58%	1,327	$1,210	$70,018,193	6
Nov 27, 2009	17	$786,534	-51%	584	$1,347	$71,505,530	7
Dec 4, 2009	22	$253,146	-68%	316	$801	$71,991,438	8
Dec 11, 2009	24	$165,937	-34%	225	$737	$72,266,340	9
Dec 18, 2009	29	$87,049	-48%	151	$576	$72,443,511	10
Dec 25, 2009	31	$137,779	+58%	205	$672	$72,645,906	11
Jan 1, 2010	32	$164,586	+19%	205	$803	$72,928,813	12
Jan 8, 2010	33	$110,626	-33%	194	$570	$73,106,880	13
Jan 15, 2010	43	$60,919	-45%	125	$487	$73,217,867	14
Jan 22, 2010	46	$46,423	-24%	98	$474	$73,293,734	15
Jan 29, 2010	49	$31,249	-33%	78	$401	$73,343,413	16

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Oct 16, 2009	2	$7,727,872			2,890	$2,674	$7,727,872	1
Oct 17, 2009	2	$8,249,368	+7%		2,890	$2,854	$15,977,240	2
Oct 18, 2009	3	$5,062,262	-39%		2,890	$1,752	$21,039,502	3
Oct 19, 2009	3	$1,704,568	-66%		2,890	$590	$22,744,070	4
Oct 20, 2009	1	$1,801,997	+6%		2,890	$624	$24,546,067	5
Oct 21, 2009	3	$1,531,865	-15%		2,890	$530	$26,077,932	6
Oct 22, 2009	3	$1,526,883	n/c		2,890	$528	$27,604,815	7
Oct 23, 2009	4	$4,123,994	+170%	-47%	2,890	$1,427	$31,728,809	8
Oct 24, 2009	3	$5,273,162	+28%	-36%	2,890	$1,825	$37,001,971	9
Oct 25, 2009	3	$3,006,732	-43%	-41%	2,890	$1,040	$40,008,703	10
Oct 26, 2009	2	$1,062,551	-65%	-38%	2,890	$368	$41,071,254	11
Oct 27, 2009	2	$1,175,564	+11%	-35%	2,890	$407	$42,246,818	12
Oct 28, 2009	3	$908,946	-23%	-41%	2,890	$315	$43,155,764	13
Oct 29, 2009	3	$925,886	+2%	-39%	2,890	$320	$44,081,650	14
Oct 30, 2009	3	$2,412,239	+161%	-42%	2,764	$873	$46,493,889	15
Oct 31, 2009	3	$2,752,122	+14%	-48%	2,764	$996	$49,246,011	16
Nov 1, 2009	4	$2,239,269	-19%	-26%	2,764	$810	$51,485,280	17
Nov 2, 2009	3	$775,153	-65%	-27%	2,764	$280	$52,260,433	18
Nov 3, 2009	3	$902,563	+16%	-23%	2,764	$327	$53,162,996	19
Nov 4, 2009	3	$733,295	-19%	-19%	2,764	$265	$53,896,291	20
Nov 5, 2009	3	$804,307	+10%	-13%	2,764	$291	$54,700,598	21
Nov 6, 2009	8	$1,885,351	+134%	-22%	2,474	$762	$56,585,949	22
Nov 7, 2009	8	$2,697,862	+43%	-2%	2,474	$1,090	$59,283,811	23
Nov 8, 2009	7	$1,420,524	-47%	-37%	2,474	$574	$60,704,335	24
Nov 9, 2009	6	$501,007	-65%	-35%	2,474	$203	$61,205,342	25
Nov 10, 2009	6	$705,245	+41%	-22%	2,474	$285	$61,910,587	26
Nov 11, 2009	5	$955,797	+36%	+30%	2,474	$386	$62,866,384	27
Nov 12, 2009	5	$527,741	-45%	-34%	2,474	$213	$63,394,125	28
Nov 13, 2009	9	$1,258,763	+139%	-33%	2,071	$608	$64,652,888	29
Nov 14, 2009	9	$1,668,018	+33%	-38%	2,071	$805	$66,320,906	30
Nov 15, 2009	7	$869,546	-48%	-39%	2,071	$420	$67,190,452	31
Nov 16, 2009	7	$304,231	-65%	-39%	2,071	$147	$67,494,683	32
Nov 17, 2009	6	$339,303	+12%	-52%	2,071	$164	$67,833,986	33
Nov 18, 2009	6	$308,261	-9%	-68%	2,071	$149	$68,142,247	34
Nov 19, 2009	7	$269,893	-12%	-49%	2,071	$130	$68,412,140	35
Nov 20, 2009	11	$499,377	+85%	-60%	1,327	$376	$68,911,517	36
Nov 21, 2009	10	$711,612	+42%	-57%	1,327	$536	$69,623,129	37
Nov 22, 2009	10	$395,064	-44%	-55%	1,327	$298	$70,018,193	38
Nov 23, 2009	10	$169,190	-57%	-44%	1,327	$127	$70,187,383	39
Nov 24, 2009	10	$225,698	+33%	-33%	1,327	$170	$70,413,081	40
Nov 25, 2009	-	$127,386	-44%	-59%	584	$218	$70,540,467	41
Nov 26, 2009	-	$178,529	+40%	-34%	584	$306	$70,718,996	42
Nov 27, 2009	16	$297,976	+67%	-40%	584	$510	$71,016,972	43
Nov 28, 2009	15	$335,674	+13%	-53%	584	$575	$71,352,646	44
Nov 29, 2009	-	$152,884	-54%	-61%	584	$262	$71,505,530	45
Nov 30, 2009	16	$51,360	-66%	-70%	584	$88	$71,556,890	46
Dec 1, 2009	14	$65,092	+27%	-71%	584	$111	$71,621,982	47
Dec 2, 2009	15	$59,116	-9%	-54%	584	$101	$71,681,098	48
Dec 3, 2009	15	$57,194	-3%	-68%	584	$98	$71,738,292	49
Dec 4, 2009	-	$83,772	+46%	-72%	316	$265	$71,822,064	50
Dec 5, 2009	-	$106,723	+27%	-68%	316	$338	$71,928,787	51
Dec 6, 2009	-	$62,651	-41%	-59%	316	$198	$71,991,438	52
Dec 7, 2009	-	$24,271	-61%	-53%	316	$77	$72,015,709	53
Dec 8, 2009	-	$30,634	+26%	-53%	316	$97	$72,046,343	54
Dec 9, 2009	-	$26,545	-13%	-55%	316	$84	$72,072,888	55
Dec 10, 2009	-	$27,515	+4%	-52%	316	$87	$72,100,403	56
Dec 11, 2009	-	$51,791	+88%	-38%	225	$230	$72,152,194	57
Dec 12, 2009	-	$70,117	+35%	-34%	225	$312	$72,222,311	58
Dec 13, 2009	-	$43,029	-39%	-31%	225	$191	$72,265,340	59
Dec 14, 2009	-	$19,827	-54%	-18%	225	$88	$72,285,167	60
Dec 15, 2009	-	$25,561	+29%	-17%	225	$114	$72,310,728	61
Dec 16, 2009	-	$22,075	-14%	-17%	225	$98	$72,332,803	62
Dec 17, 2009	-	$22,659	+3%	-18%	225	$101	$72,355,462	63
Dec 18, 2009	-	$25,453	+12%	-51%	151	$169	$72,380,915	64
Dec 19, 2009	-	$33,893	+33%	-52%	151	$224	$72,414,808	65
Dec 20, 2009	-	$27,703	-18%	-36%	151	$183	$72,442,511	66
Dec 21, 2009	-	$18,027	-35%	-9%	151	$119	$72,461,538	67
Dec 22, 2009	-	$21,171	+17%	-17%	151	$140	$72,482,709	68
Dec 23, 2009	-	$16,013	-24%	-27%	151	$106	$72,498,722	69
Dec 24, 2009	-	$9,405	-41%	-58%	151	$62	$72,508,127	70
Dec 25, 2009	-	$35,942	+282%	+41%	205	$175	$72,544,069	71
Dec 26, 2009	-	$57,263	+59%	+69%	205	$279	$72,601,332	72
Dec 27, 2009	-	$44,574	-22%	+61%	205	$217	$72,645,906	73
Dec 28, 2009	-	$31,285	-30%	+74%	205	$153	$72,677,191	74
Dec 29, 2009	-	$32,263	+3%	+52%	205	$157	$72,709,454	75
Dec 30, 2009	-	$33,326	+3%	+108%	205	$163	$72,742,780	76
Dec 31, 2009	-	$21,447	-36%	+128%	205	$105	$72,764,227	77
Jan 1, 2010	-	$64,127	+199%	+78%	205	$313	$72,828,354	78
Jan 2, 2010	-	$66,054	+3%	+15%	205	$322	$72,894,408	79
Jan 3, 2010	-	$34,405	-48%	-23%	205	$168	$72,928,813	80
Jan 4, 2010	-	$18,426	-46%	-41%	205	$90	$72,947,239	81
Jan 5, 2010	-	$18,038	-2%	-44%	205	$88	$72,965,277	82
Jan 6, 2010	-	$17,120	-5%	-49%	205	$84	$72,982,397	83
Jan 7, 2010	-	$13,857	-19%	-35%	205	$68	$72,996,254	84
Jan 8, 2010	-	$33,643	+143%	-48%	194	$173	$73,029,897	85
Jan 9, 2010	-	$47,122	+40%	-29%	194	$243	$73,077,019	86
Jan 10, 2010	-	$29,861	-37%	-13%	194	$154	$73,106,880	87
Jan 11, 2010	-	$12,137	-59%	-34%	194	$63	$73,119,017	88
Jan 12, 2010	-	$12,981	+7%	-28%	194	$67	$73,131,998	89
Jan 13, 2010	-	$11,788	-9%	-31%	194	$61	$73,143,786	90
Jan 14, 2010	-	$13,162	+12%	-5%	194	$68	$73,156,948	91
Jan 15, 2010	-	$18,140	+38%	-46%	125	$145	$73,175,088	92
Jan 16, 2010	-	$24,357	+34%	-48%	125	$195	$73,199,445	93
Jan 17, 2010	-	$18,422	-24%	-38%	125	$147	$73,217,867	94
Jan 18, 2010	42	$10,678	-42%	-12%	125	$85	$73,228,545	95
Jan 19, 2010	-	$6,502	-39%	-50%	125	$52	$73,235,047	96
Jan 20, 2010	-	$6,072	-7%	-48%	125	$49	$73,241,119	97
Jan 21, 2010	-	$6,192	+2%	-53%	125	$50	$73,247,311	98
Jan 22, 2010	-	$14,988	+142%	-17%	98	$153	$73,262,299	99
Jan 23, 2010	-	$22,149	+48%	-9%	98	$226	$73,284,448	100
Jan 24, 2010	-	$9,286	-58%	-50%	98	$95	$73,293,734	101
Jan 25, 2010	-	$4,332	-53%	-59%	98	$44	$73,298,066	102
Jan 26, 2010	-	$4,747	+10%	-27%	98	$48	$73,302,813	103
Jan 27, 2010	-	$4,632	-2%	-24%	98	$47	$73,307,445	104
Jan 28, 2010	-	$4,719	+2%	-24%	98	$48	$73,312,164	105
Jan 29, 2010	-	$9,435	+100%	-37%	78	$121	$73,321,599	106
Jan 30, 2010	-	$13,744	+46%	-38%	78	$176	$73,335,343	107
Jan 31, 2010	-	$8,070	-41%	-13%	78	$103	$73,343,413	108
Feb 1, 2010	-	$2,958	-63%	-32%	78	$38	$73,346,371	109
Feb 2, 2010	-	$3,706	+25%	-22%	78	$48	$73,350,077	110
Feb 3, 2010	-	$3,833	+3%	-17%	78	$49	$73,353,910	111
Feb 4, 2010	-	$3,817	n/c	-19%	78	$49	$73,357,727	112

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Oct 16, 2009	2	$27,604,815		2,890	$9,552	$27,604,815	1
Oct 23, 2009	4	$16,476,835	-40%	2,890	$5,701	$44,081,650	2
Oct 30, 2009	3	$10,618,948	-36%	2,764	$3,842	$54,700,598	3
Nov 6, 2009	7	$8,693,527	-18%	2,474	$3,514	$63,394,125	4
Nov 13, 2009	9	$5,018,015	-42%	2,071	$2,423	$68,412,140	5
Nov 20, 2009	14	$2,306,856	-54%	1,327	$1,738	$70,718,996	6
Nov 27, 2009	18	$1,019,296	-56%	584	$1,745	$71,738,292	7
Dec 4, 2009	22	$362,111	-64%	316	$1,146	$72,100,403	8
Dec 11, 2009	23	$256,059	-29%	225	$1,138	$72,356,462	9
Dec 18, 2009	33	$151,665	-41%	151	$1,004	$72,508,127	10
Dec 25, 2009	32	$256,100	+69%	205	$1,249	$72,764,227	11
Jan 1, 2010	32	$232,027	-9%	205	$1,132	$72,996,254	12
Jan 8, 2010	33	$160,694	-31%	194	$828	$73,156,948	13
Jan 15, 2010	42	$90,363	-44%	125	$723	$73,247,311	14
Jan 22, 2010	45	$64,853	-28%	98	$662	$73,312,164	15
Jan 29, 2010	52	$45,563	-30%	78	$584	$73,357,727	16

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Italy	8/26/2024	$0	0	0	0	$0
International Total						$57,802,054

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,807	$57,802,054
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,324	$57,802,054
Top 2009 Movies at the International Box Office	52	$57,802,054
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 801-900)	841	$57,802,054
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,401	$57,802,054
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800)	766	$57,802,054
All Time International Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 101-200)	133	$57,802,054
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500)	429	$57,802,054
All Time International Box Office for Overture Films Movies	1	$57,802,054

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,459	$131,159,781
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,035	$131,159,781
Top 2009 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	46	$131,159,781
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 601-700)	660	$131,159,781
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,111	$131,159,781
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700)	602	$131,159,781
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 101-200)	102	$131,159,781
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400)	351	$131,159,781
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Overture Films Movies	1	$131,159,781

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Feb 21, 2010	1	830,051		830,051	$8,292,209	$8,292,209	1
Feb 28, 2010	1	304,352	-63%	1,134,403	$3,171,348	$11,463,557	2
Mar 7, 2010	4	147,849	-51%	1,282,252	$2,111,284	$13,574,841	3
Mar 14, 2010	12	97,469	-34%	1,379,721	$1,680,366	$15,255,207	4
Mar 21, 2010	23	56,686	-42%	1,436,407	$821,380	$16,076,587	5
Mar 28, 2010	24	46,178	-19%	1,482,585	$678,817	$16,755,404	6
Jun 20, 2010	26	36,037		1,641,964	$287,936	$19,020,757	18

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Feb 21, 2010	1	298,400		298,400	$5,356,280	$5,356,280	1
Feb 28, 2010	1	130,513	-56%	428,913	$2,255,265	$7,611,545	2
Mar 7, 2010	5	24,539	-81%	453,452	$417,648	$8,029,193	3
Mar 14, 2010	11	16,374	-33%	469,826	$286,062	$8,315,255	4
Mar 21, 2010	19	8,026	-51%	477,852	$144,702	$8,459,957	5
May 30, 2010	18	7,952		506,041	$136,224	$8,942,851	15
Jun 20, 2010	7	28,511		542,649	$305,066	$9,334,554	18
Jun 27, 2010	18	8,109	-72%	550,758	$90,255	$9,424,809	19
Aug 8, 2010	16	11,840		567,894	$162,439	$9,659,904	25
Aug 22, 2010	7	13,162		581,328	$137,546	$9,800,292	27
Jan 30, 2011	15	11,410		601,144	$127,787	$10,022,210	50

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Date	Rank	Days In Top 10	Vierwership Score
Dec 9, 2021	7	1	4
Dec 10, 2021	7	2	8
Dec 11, 2021	7	3	12
Dec 12, 2021	7	4	16
Dec 13, 2021	7	5	20
Dec 14, 2021	7	6	24
Dec 15, 2021	7	7	28
Dec 16, 2021	9	8	30

DVD Sales: 2012 Isn't a Disaster on the Home Market

March 28th, 2010

New releases were able to dominate the sales chart this week in a way they were not able to last week. The best of the best was 2012, which sold 1.59 million units and generated $26.09 million in opening week sales. More...

DVD Sales: New Releases Fought the Law (and the Law Won)

March 19th, 2010

While there were plenty of new releases reaching the top 30 on the sales chart this week, a holdover, Law Abiding Citizen, remained in top spot. During its second week of release it sold an additional 353,000 units, lifting its total to 1.18 million units sold and $11.97 million in total sales. More...

DVD Sales: New Releases are the Law

March 18th, 2010

Only three new releases reached the top 30 on this week's sales chart, and only one of those reached the top five. However, that film, Law Abiding Citizen, was able to win the race to the top with 830,000 units sold for opening week sale of $8.29 million. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 16th, 2010

February 16th, 2010

One of the weakest weeks on the home market for a long while, with only one wide release of note. Granted, Law Abiding Citizen's performance at the box office was much better than expected, but it still only managed to become a midlevel hit. The best of the best is Good Hair, which would be a clear Pick of the Week if the DVD had all the extras they mentioned on the audio commentary track. Alas, there's just the audio commentary track. More...

International Details: Oceans are Anything But Blue

February 8th, 2010

Oceans opened in its native France and that helped it climb into sixth place with $9.52 million on 888 screens in 4 markets for a total of $16.98 million. It earned third place in its native market with $5.39 million on 542 screens while it was down just 7% during its sophomore stint in Japan with $3.48 million on 303 screens over the weekend for a total of $10.81 million after two. More...

International Details - Revenge Remains Popular

December 20th, 2009

Arthur And The Revenge Of Maltazard fell out of the top five, but still did relatively well, earning $8.14 million on 2,198 screens in 19 markets for an early total of $23.58 million. In its native France it added $6.27 million on 925 screens over the weekend for a total of $17.57 million after two. This is not that much weaker than the original, which at this point had made just over $20 million in France. More...

International Details: Assassin Takes on the Competition

December 6th, 2009

Ninja Assassin started its international run in sixth place with $5.30 million on 665 screens in 9 markets over the weekend for a total of $5.97 million. Most of those markets were in Asia, including South Korea, where it opened in second place with $2.97 million on 401 screens over the weekend and $3.55 million in total. More...

International Details - 51 Goes Planetwide

November 29th, 2009

Planet 51 started its international run in a limited fashion, but was only a little better than its domestic opening. Its biggest market was Russia, where it placed fourth with $1.49 million on 344 screens, which is on par with its opening here, perhaps a little bit stronger. The film also placed fourth in Italy with $1.16 million on 255 screens, which is again on par with the US, but perhaps a little weaker. Overall, it landed in sixth place with $3.22 million on 894 screens in 6 markets during its opening weekend, but should improve this weekend when it opens in Spain, Mexico, and Brazil. More...

International Details - Couples Charge Forward

November 14th, 2009

Couples Retreat expanded this past weekend but just missed the top five with $5.84 million on 1,373 screens in 18 markets for a total of $28.92 million after a month of release. The film opened in third place in Germany under the name All Inclusive, with $2.55 million on 338 screens while it also took third place in Mexico with $446,000 on 235 screens. Next up for the film is Spain next weekend and Italy the weekend after that, while it doesn't end its run until March when it opens in France. More...

Weekend Estimates: Christmas Carol Looks to the Future

November 8th, 2009

Disney's A Christmas Carol got off to a disappointing start over the weekend, according to studio estimates. While a $31 million debut is nothing to sniff at, it's well below expectations and might leave the movie outside the top 50 November weekends (see list). This might be a case of opening a Christmas movie too soon, and Disney will be looking for long legs through Thanksgiving and into the Holiday Season proper, so all is not lost yet, but the next couple of weeks will be key. More...

Experiencing It

November 2nd, 2009

It was a tough weekend at the box office, then again, that's always the case when Halloween lands on a weekend. Halloween in one of the worst days at the box office; it's almost as bad as Christmas Eve. And at least with Christmas Eve, you have Christmas Day to look forward to. The overall box office was down 21.8% from last weekend to just $91 million; however, that was 3.5% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2009 remains well head of 2008 at $8.56 billion to $7.95 billion. More...

Will It Have a Good Start?

October 29th, 2009

This Is It got off to a record-breaking start, kind of, while the rest of the top five will be filled with holdovers over Halloween weekend. This weekend last year Halloween was on a Friday, while this year it is on Saturday, neither of which help the box office one bit. But it won't take too much for the number one film this year to top the number one film from last year, and the rest of the box office should follow suit. More...

Saw Still Seen But Paranormal More Active

October 27th, 2009

We had three wide releases this weekend, and not one of them matched expectations. Additionally, last week's number one film fell dramatically at the box office. This led to an equally dramatic decline at the box office with overall ticket sales at just $116 million. This is 16% lower than last weekend, but more importantly 13% lower than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2009 still has a 7.6% lead over 2008 at $8.43 billion to $7.84 billion, which is a lead that might be insurmountable at this point. More...

Horror Likely to Be Seen the Most

October 22nd, 2009

It's the weekend before Halloween and among the three wide releases, there are two with a horror feel to them. (One is straight up horror while the other features Vampires.) Among the holdovers that should land in the top ten, there are three more horror or horror-like films, so there's a lot of competition for a rather narrow target audience. In comparison, last year there was only one such movie, and it didn't even come in first place. The level of competition will likely prevent the number one film this weekend from topping last year's number one film, High School Musical 3, but overall the box office should be a bit stronger this year. More...

Wild Ones Overrun Box Office

October 19th, 2009

It was an excellent weekend at the box office even though the number one film didn't live up to me admittedly bullish expectations. It came close enough to be considered a hit, while the other two new releases topped expectations by substantial margins. Overall, $138 million was spent on movie tickets over the weekend, which was 26% higher than last weekend and more importantly 38% higher than the same weekend last year. So far this year, 2009 has earned $8.28 billion, which is 7.9% higher than 2008's pace. More...

Weekend Estimates: Wild Things Roar to $32.5 Million

October 18th, 2009

Where The Wild Things Are got off to a strong start over the weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. The Spike Jonze adaptation of the Maurice Sendak book earned a very healthy $30.47 million, according to Warner Bros. estimates, making it one of October's biggest openers (see full list). More...

How Wild Will the Box Office Be?

October 15th, 2009

There are a trio of three wide releases this week, including one opening in close to 4,000 theaters. This time last year there were four wide releases, but none were sizable hits, which gives 2009 a great chance for expanding its lead over 2008 at the box office race. More...

2009 Preview: October

October 1st, 2009

September ended with a thud, but at least there's good news. September has finally ended. Last month more movies missed expectations that topped them, which has put a cooling effect on the overall box office and that could hurt the business going into this month. October should still be stronger than last month, and since October of last year wasn't particularly great, 2009 should at least maintain its lead over 2008 going into the holiday season, even if it isn't as strong every single week. More...