News Stories News & Analysis Facebook Watch – ‘Minions’ Tops 30 Million Likes, ‘Ant Man’ Shows Signs Of Life • Jun 30th Alex Edghill Monday Evening Update: Minions crossed the 30 million like mark over the past week. To put that in perspective, this is now one of the top 10 most liked pages on the social media service ever. Yes ever. Add... News & Analysis Weekly Chinese Box Office Preview: Familiar Directors Look To Heat Up Chinese Cinemas jpapish • Jun 30th Bowing to an underwhelming $27 million last weekend, Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) failed to live up to its lofty expectations and couldn’t attract Chinese moviegoers unimpressed with its premise and humor. This weekend seven new domestic and one new imported film... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Inside Out’ Moves Into First On Monday With $6.92M; ‘Jurassic World’ Remains Strong With $6.53M; ‘Ted 2’ Third With Lackluster $3.68M Boxoffice Staff • Jun 30th Inside Out moved into first place on Monday with $6.92 million. Yesterday marked the fourth time Inside Out has led the daily box office thus far. The critically acclaimed 3D computer animated blockbuster from Disney and Pixar declined 57 percent... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Actuals: ‘Jurassic World’ Remains #1 With $54.5M; ‘Inside Out’ A Close Second With $52.3M; ‘Ted 2’ Underwhelms With $33.5M Debut; ‘Max’ Off To Solid $12.2M Start Boxoffice Staff • Jun 29th In what turned out to be a very tight race for first place this weekend, Universal’s Jurassic World was able to hold off Disney’s Inside Out with a weekend take of $54.53 million. The two films were separated by only... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: ‘Jurassic World’ Remains #1 With $54.2M; ‘Inside Out’ A Close Second With $52.1M; ‘Ted 2’ Underwhelms With $33.0M Debut; ‘Max’ Off To Solid $12.2M Start Boxoffice Staff • Jun 27th Sunday Update: In what turned out to be a very tight race for first place this weekend, Universal’s Jurassic World was able to hold off Disney’s Inside Out with an estimated weekend take of $54.22 million. The two films were... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Inside Out’ Moves Into First Place On Thursday With $9.48M; ‘Jurassic World’ A Close Second With $8.90M Marine Suttle • Jun 26th Inside Out moved into first place on Thursday with $9.48 million. Yesterday represented the second timeInside Out has led the daily box office (last Friday being the first). The critically acclaimed 3D computer animated film from Disney and Pixar was... News & Analysis Fandango: ‘Ted 2’ Outselling Predecessor; June 2015 On Pace To Become Biggest Ticket Sales Month In Company’s History Boxoffice Staff • Jun 25th LOS ANGELES – June 25, 2015 – According to Fandango, the nation’s leading digital destination for moviegoers and fans with more than 36 million unique visitors per month*, “Jurassic World,” “Ted 2” (in its opening weekend) and “Inside Out” are... News & Analysis The Walt Disney Studios Crosses $1 Billion Domestic In Record Time Marine Suttle • Jun 25th The official release from Disney: “On the heels of the biggest opening ever for an original movie by Disney•Pixar’s Inside Out ($90.4M), The Walt Disney Studios has crossed the $1B mark at the domestic box office in studio record time... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Jurassic World’ Passes ‘E.T.’ At #10 All-Time On Wednesday; ‘Inside Out’ Tops $123M In Six Days Marine Suttle • Jun 25th Universal reports that Jurassic World held onto first place again on Wednesday with $9.44 million, down 52.5 percent from the same day last week. The mega blockbuster’s 13-day domestic haul is now a whopping $436.94 million, putting it more than... News & Analysis Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ First Tracking Points To $55M+ Domestic Launch; Amy Schumer’s ‘Trainwreck’ Shows Early Promise Shawn Robbins • Jun 25th The 12th chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe popped up on official tracking today with the July 17 release pacing for a debut around $55-60 million. That would easily make it Paul Rudd’s top opening weekend as a leading man.... News & Analysis BoxOffice Interview: ‘Ted 2’ Producer Jason Clark Daniel Loria • Jun 24th You’ve worked with Seth MacFarlane long enough to be able to consider both of you frequent collaborators. How did your working relationship start with the first Ted film? This will be our third film and we’ve also worked on a... News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Jurassic World’ Leads Extremely Close Daily Race On Tuesday With $13.13M; ‘Inside Out’ Takes Second With A Strong $13.04M Boxoffice Staff • Jun 24th Jurassic World held off Inside Out in a very close race on Tuesday to remain in first place at the daily box office. The Chris Pratt led 3D blockbuster sequel from Universal and Legendary took in $13.13 million on Tuesday,... MagazineJune 2015 Facebook Watch – ‘Minions’ Tops 30 Million Likes, ‘Ant Man’ Shows Signs Of Life June 2015 Load more stories
News & Analysis Facebook Watch – ‘Minions’ Tops 30 Million Likes, ‘Ant Man’ Shows Signs Of Life • Jun 30th Alex Edghill Monday Evening Update: Minions crossed the 30 million like mark over the past week. To put that in perspective, this is now one of the top 10 most liked pages on the social media service ever. Yes ever. Add...
News & Analysis Weekly Chinese Box Office Preview: Familiar Directors Look To Heat Up Chinese Cinemas jpapish • Jun 30th Bowing to an underwhelming $27 million last weekend, Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) failed to live up to its lofty expectations and couldn’t attract Chinese moviegoers unimpressed with its premise and humor. This weekend seven new domestic and one new imported film...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Inside Out’ Moves Into First On Monday With $6.92M; ‘Jurassic World’ Remains Strong With $6.53M; ‘Ted 2’ Third With Lackluster $3.68M Boxoffice Staff • Jun 30th Inside Out moved into first place on Monday with $6.92 million. Yesterday marked the fourth time Inside Out has led the daily box office thus far. The critically acclaimed 3D computer animated blockbuster from Disney and Pixar declined 57 percent...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Actuals: ‘Jurassic World’ Remains #1 With $54.5M; ‘Inside Out’ A Close Second With $52.3M; ‘Ted 2’ Underwhelms With $33.5M Debut; ‘Max’ Off To Solid $12.2M Start Boxoffice Staff • Jun 29th In what turned out to be a very tight race for first place this weekend, Universal’s Jurassic World was able to hold off Disney’s Inside Out with a weekend take of $54.53 million. The two films were separated by only...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: ‘Jurassic World’ Remains #1 With $54.2M; ‘Inside Out’ A Close Second With $52.1M; ‘Ted 2’ Underwhelms With $33.0M Debut; ‘Max’ Off To Solid $12.2M Start Boxoffice Staff • Jun 27th Sunday Update: In what turned out to be a very tight race for first place this weekend, Universal’s Jurassic World was able to hold off Disney’s Inside Out with an estimated weekend take of $54.22 million. The two films were...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Inside Out’ Moves Into First Place On Thursday With $9.48M; ‘Jurassic World’ A Close Second With $8.90M Marine Suttle • Jun 26th Inside Out moved into first place on Thursday with $9.48 million. Yesterday represented the second timeInside Out has led the daily box office (last Friday being the first). The critically acclaimed 3D computer animated film from Disney and Pixar was...
News & Analysis Fandango: ‘Ted 2’ Outselling Predecessor; June 2015 On Pace To Become Biggest Ticket Sales Month In Company’s History Boxoffice Staff • Jun 25th LOS ANGELES – June 25, 2015 – According to Fandango, the nation’s leading digital destination for moviegoers and fans with more than 36 million unique visitors per month*, “Jurassic World,” “Ted 2” (in its opening weekend) and “Inside Out” are...
News & Analysis The Walt Disney Studios Crosses $1 Billion Domestic In Record Time Marine Suttle • Jun 25th The official release from Disney: “On the heels of the biggest opening ever for an original movie by Disney•Pixar’s Inside Out ($90.4M), The Walt Disney Studios has crossed the $1B mark at the domestic box office in studio record time...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Jurassic World’ Passes ‘E.T.’ At #10 All-Time On Wednesday; ‘Inside Out’ Tops $123M In Six Days Marine Suttle • Jun 25th Universal reports that Jurassic World held onto first place again on Wednesday with $9.44 million, down 52.5 percent from the same day last week. The mega blockbuster’s 13-day domestic haul is now a whopping $436.94 million, putting it more than...
News & Analysis Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ First Tracking Points To $55M+ Domestic Launch; Amy Schumer’s ‘Trainwreck’ Shows Early Promise Shawn Robbins • Jun 25th The 12th chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe popped up on official tracking today with the July 17 release pacing for a debut around $55-60 million. That would easily make it Paul Rudd’s top opening weekend as a leading man....
News & Analysis BoxOffice Interview: ‘Ted 2’ Producer Jason Clark Daniel Loria • Jun 24th You’ve worked with Seth MacFarlane long enough to be able to consider both of you frequent collaborators. How did your working relationship start with the first Ted film? This will be our third film and we’ve also worked on a...
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Jurassic World’ Leads Extremely Close Daily Race On Tuesday With $13.13M; ‘Inside Out’ Takes Second With A Strong $13.04M Boxoffice Staff • Jun 24th Jurassic World held off Inside Out in a very close race on Tuesday to remain in first place at the daily box office. The Chris Pratt led 3D blockbuster sequel from Universal and Legendary took in $13.13 million on Tuesday,...