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Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 6:56PM by Nathaniel R
| Weekend Box Office [ESTIMATES] Oct 18th-20th 🔺 = New or Expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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| W I D E |
PLATFORM / SPECIALTY TITLES |
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| 1 🔺 MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL $36 *new* |
1 🔺 PARASITE $1.2 on 33 screens (cum. $1.8) PODCAST ★ |
| 2 JOKER $29.2 (cum. $247.2) REVIEW |
2 🔺 PAIN AND GLORY $463k on 67 screens (cum. $1.1) REVIEW, PODCAST ★ |
Monday, October 14, 2019 at 9:08PM What did you see over the weekend? I went to Pain & Glory for a second time and as with all Pedro Almodóvar movies, the second viewing is richer than the first. But the big story of the weekend was Bong Joon-ho's Parasite. EVERY SCREENING in NYC was sold out by Friday morning. It must have also been crowded in Los Angeles because it achieved the highest per screen average of the entire year, and the best since La La Land (2016) and we all know what happened to La La Land. Not that Parasite is going to earn $151 million in US release alone and win 6 Oscars but, still, what a feat for its opening weekend.
| Weekend Box Office October 11-13 (ACTUALS) 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = recommended |
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| WIDE RELEASE (800+ screens) |
PLATFORM TITLES |
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| 1 JOKER $55.8 (CUM $193.5) REVIEW |
1 🔺 PARASITE $384k *new* PODCAST, BEST OF TIFF ★ |
Parasite, box office Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 1:00PM | Weekend Box Office [Actuals] Oct 4th -6th 🔺 = New or Expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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| W I D E |
PLATFORM / SPECIALTY TITLES |
 Joker |
 Pain & Glory |
| 1 🔺 Joker $96.2 *new* REVIEW |
1 🔺 War $1.6 on 305 screens *new* |
Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 6:28PM | Weekend Box Office Actuals September 27th-29th 🔺 = New or Expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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| W I D E |
PLATFORM / SPECIALTY TITLES |
 Abominable |
 Judy |
| 1 🔺 Abominable $20.6 *new* |
1 🔺 Judy $2.9 on 461 screens *new* QUICK TAKE |
| 2 Downton Abbey $14.3 (cum. $58.3) DAME MAGGIE |
2 🔺 Nothing to Lose 2 $606k on 97 screens *new* |
| 3 Hustlers $11.3 (cum. $80.5) REVIEW, PODCAST ★ |
3 🔺 Linda Ronstadt... $385k on 247 screens (cum. $2.2) REVIEW |
| 4 It Chapter Two $10.2 ($193.7) |
4 Official Secrets $149k on 260 screens (cum. $1.6) |
| 5 Ad Astra $10 (cum. $35.3) REVIEW ★ |
5 Chhichhore $136k on 78 screens (cum. $1.9) |
numbers on that chart are pulled from boxofficemojo
Judy and Abominable were the stories of the weekend, both opening well. Despite opening on 461 screens, Judy was the 7th highest grosser of the weekend with a promising $6313 per screen average. A good launch for Renée Zellweger's Oscar campaign which will expand to more cities/theaters next weekend and probably also a sign that adults are ready for the Oscar-aiming fare to arrive. Abominable benefitted from an opportune release date, despite being that rarity: a non-sequel. It's been over a month since the last animated feature with a wide release and that was the underperformer Angry Birds 2 so demand was high.
Abominable, Judy, box office Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 12:26PM [NOW UPDATED WITH ACTUALS] Box office pundits thought it would be a tight battle for the crown this weekend but it wasn't. Downton Abbey trampled all over its competition with its army of butlers, ladies & ladymaids, footmen, and visiting royals. The chart is after the jump...
| Weekend Box Office Sept 20th-22nd (ACTUALS) 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = recommended |
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| WIDE RELEASE (800+ screens) |
PLATFORM TITLES |
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| 1 🔺 DOWNTON ABBEY $31 *new* ★ |
1 🔺 LINDA RONSTADT: SOUND... [DOC] $427k on 218 screens (cum. $1.6) REVIEW |
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| 2 🔺 AD ASTRA $19 *new* REVIEW ★ |
2 🔺 OFFICIAL SECRETS $249k on 482 screens (cum. $1.3) REVIEW |
