As the year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion in domestic
movie ticket sales for the first time ever.
Not exact matches
2016's
movie industry highlights include a monster year
for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House set a new yearly global box office record, becoming the first studio to ever top $ 7 billion in worldwide
ticket sales.
The
movie ticket sales site said on Wednesday that pre-sale
tickets for Black Panther outpaced the first - day advance
sales of 2016's Captain America: Civil War, which previously had the best first day of pre-
sales for a
movie from Walt Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Advanced
ticket sales for Star Wars: The Force Awakens have already exceeded a reported $ 50 million, four weeks from the opening of one of the most eagerly awaited
movies of all time.
The film, which hits theaters next month, set a record
for the best first - day advance
ticket sales for any Marvel
movie, according to the website Fandango.
But
for Paramount, the studio's success will largely be defined by
movie ticket sales as well as the number of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn out.
Then in 2016 it co-produced The Angry Birds
Movie for $ 100 million, bringing in nearly $ 350 million in
ticket sales.
When a
sales rep wins a gift certificate to their favorite store,
movie tickets or passes to an amusement park, they feel good about themselves, their profession and the business they work
for.
Logsdon says there should be no strict rule
for releasing a potential blockbuster: Quality
movies can be released at any time without hurting
ticket sales.
In recent years, there have been claims that
movie ticket sales would decline as more people opt
for watching at home via streaming.
Popular
movie ticket sales websites, including Fandango and Movietickets.com, crashed briefly Monday evening shortly after beginning
ticket sales for the upcoming Star Wars film, The Force Awakens.
Earlier on Monday, a British theater chain Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group said that it experienced record demand
for online
ticket sales for the
movie.
The Artist, which is set in the 1920s and tells the story of a silent era film actor, was actually mostly silent itself and employed subtitles — a fact that made the
movie quite unique
for its era, but may have also hurt
ticket sales.
What you might have missed: Revenue
for Disney's studio entertainment segment dipped 2 % in the quarter, to $ 1.9 billion, because of lower box - office numbers in what was a down year overall
for movie -
ticket sales.
I realize there are things called
SALES and opportunities here and there to get a «steal», but
for the most part, you are going to outlay the cost of a matinee
movie ticket each time you purchase a refill.
After the trailer launch
tickets will officially go on
sale for The Force Awakens, as well as
for a seven -
movie marathon event that will show every single Star Wars film at theaters around the country.
Tickets for the
movie will go on
sale following the trailer's premiere.
The
ticket sales for Avengers: Infinity War are outpacing the last seven
movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe combined.
Just a few weeks ago, we reported that Marvel's Black Panther had already broken the
ticket presale record
for a Marvel
movie, outpacing Captain America: Civil War in the first 24 hours that
tickets were on
sale.
A good chunk of the Marvel
movie's opening weekend audience opted not to follow up
for a second viewing this weekend since the
movie suffered a 56.4 % drop in
ticket sales from its first frame, but the massive turnout was still enough
for Avengers: Infinity War to top its nearest competitor by almost $ 100 million.
If beating advance
ticket sales for previous buzzed - about superhero films are like flipping over cars during a late - night road chase sequence in a
movie trailer, then Black Panther is like... Black Panther, leaping ahead of those vehicles while a Run The Jewels track plays behind it.
Headlining a big scifi film could certainly drive the
ticket sales for the
movie as well as allow them to really let loose.
Advance
ticket sales for «Black Panther» set a new record earlier this month
for Fandango as the top seller among Marvel Cinematic Universe
movies in the first 24 hours, topping «Captain America: Civil War.»
The
movie «10 Cloverfield Lane» performed fine, and worldwide theatrical revenue increased 6 % compared to the year earlier period, helped by
ticket sales for the Oscar - nominated film «The Big Short,» and Will Ferrell's «Daddy's Home,» which were released toward the end of last year.
The 4 - day
for Black Panther should be around $ 242.4 M.
Ticket sales for the Ryan Coogler - directed
movie were -34 % on Presidents Day Monday
for $ 40M - $ 40.1 M. With those figures, Black Panther could very well own the all - time Monday domestic record as well, beating Force Awakens» $ 40.1 M. Another big winner
for Disney, which now owns eight of the top 10 slots on the all - time domestic openers chart.
The aforementioned
ticket sales certainly seem promising, as Lupita Nyong «o, who is in the
movie, wasn't able to purchase a
ticket for opening night.
The
movie -
ticket site Fandango reported that advance
sales for it broke the record
for a superhero
movie two weeks before the
movie's opening.
It's doubtful that their efforts will have any impact on
ticket sales for a
movie with as much star power as X-Men: Days of Future Past, nor will it detract from what we're hoping will be an awesome
movie experience.
That wasn't off any 5 PM preview projections last night; rather, Fandango spotted advance
ticket sales for the
movie pacing with My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 ($ 17.8 M) and far ahead of older - skewing titles Last Vegas ($ 16.3 M) and Going in Style ($ 11.9 M).
As
tickets go on
sale for the North American theatrical release, Funimation has debuted a new teaser
for the two -
movie adaptation of the bestselling manga.
The online
ticket retailer didn't release any specifics, but said the Captain America sequel accounts
for 90 % of
ticket sales for this weekend and earned a perfect 100 score from its «Fanticipation»
movie buzz indicator.
Tickets for the movie are already available for sale and those who buy tickets early will be given a free metallic A3
Tickets for the
movie are already available
for sale and those who buy
tickets early will be given a free metallic A3
tickets early will be given a free metallic A3 poster.
Recent market data has already shown that the revenue obtained from game
sales in the United States is bigger than the revenue generated from
ticket sales for new
movie releases.
The value, he speculated, was in «de-risking» seeing a bad or small
movie — which also can increase
ticket sales for those films.
You can see that at 12 percent of total box office, it's the lowest percentage and absolute amount of
ticket sales for 3D
movies since 2009.
Judging by plummeting
movie ticket sales — 2011 was the worst year
for ticket sales since 1995, and 2010 wasn't much better — a lot of you feel the same way.
For example, it aims to make money from studios who want to target its customers with their marketing efforts, or access user data to learn about trends; it's taking a cut of
ticket sales and concessions at some theaters; it has begun to acquire
movies; and it hopes that eventually, users will slow down their
movie - going to their usual once per month (or less), after the initial rush of having an all - you - can - watch subscription wears off.
The same week Monetate released their findings, Fandango, a popular website
for movie goers, which also provides apps
for virtually every device, reported that mobile
ticket sales have increased 107 percent year over year.
We've settled on offering a percentage of the total
sale of the home, and
movie tickets for each open house (hoping to entice them that direction).