The Toronto - based company announced Wednesday that the hit superhero film accounted for 22 per cent
of its box office revenue in the first quarter.
Not exact matches
Ongoing ticket - price inflation has kept
box office revenues climbing the past couple
of years, but the fact remains that the number
of people actually going to the movies each year has not shown the same growth.
Bakish is focused on turning around the business after years
of falling domestic ad
revenues and poor ratings as younger viewers increasingly watch content online, while Paramount has suffered from a lack
of box -
office hits.
Studio
revenue for the quarter increased 22 percent to $ 2.1 billion, powered by the
box -
office success
of «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» and animated movie «Zootopia.»
Heading into the weekend, Warner Bros. was in fifth place in domestic ticket sales among the major studios, with
revenue of $ 235 million, according to
Box Office Mojo, another researcher.
What's worthy
of note is Jurassic World set its record with
box office revenues with China included.
China's
box office revenue is still swelling at double - digit rates after years
of breakneck growth and, with Hollywood know - how and bigger budgets, Chinese movies are gaining momentum as they find ways to play on domestic themes and improve production quality.
The mission for companies like eOne and Alliance is to squeeze every cent
of revenue out
of each title they handle, starting at the
box office and ending at a Walmart DVD clearance bin.
Disney's «Star Wars: The Last Jedi» could mean hundreds
of millions in unanticipated
box office revenue for IMAX, according to JPMorgan.
Revenues should come in at around $ 290 million — $ 168 million in
box office dollars and $ 87 million in concession purchases (and $ 34 million
of «other»)-- which would be a 24.4 % increase over Q1 2013, he says.
The five films Murdoch's 20th Century Fox division put out this summer season (which runs from the first weekend in May through Labor Day in the entertainment industry) grossed $ 783 million as
of earlier this week, according to film
revenue - tracking website
Box Office Mojo.
During that time period,
box office revenue per patron increased to $ 10.54 compared with $ 10.23, though attendance during the quarter slipped 2.1 per cent to 17.6 million people compared with 17.9 million in the fourth quarter
of 2016.
As
of mid-way through 2015, Disney had generated
box -
office revenue of more than $ 8 billion from Marvel - related movies and TV shows, according to one estimate.
Black Panther is already the biggest movie
of 2018, and now the latest superhero blockbuster from Marvel and Walt Disney is on the precipice
of cracking $ 1 billion in worldwide
box -
office revenue.
Based on data from
Box Office Mojo, the blog reports that «China accounted for $ 500 million or just 7.7 percent
of the $ 6.5 billion worldwide net
revenue» from the thirty - two films that Hollywood got into China last year on a
revenue - sharing basis.
With just under eight percent
of global
revenues coming from China, there is still plenty
of upside for Hollywood, even factoring in the slowing growth
of the Chinese
box office.
If that all sounds pretty good, the real issue is how big a slice
of this pie is the US industry getting, and how important overall is China
box office revenue to the studios?
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.
Net income for the quarter rose to $ 1.3 billion from $ 754 million in the same quarter a year ago as the company saw its Home
Box Office revenue grow nine percent to $ 1.3 billion and the Lego Movie and 300: Rise of an Empire brought in $ 450 million and $ 330 million, respectively at the worldwide box offi
Box Office revenue grow nine percent to $ 1.3 billion and the Lego Movie and 300: Rise of an Empire brought in $ 450 million and $ 330 million, respectively at the worldwide box o
Office revenue grow nine percent to $ 1.3 billion and the Lego Movie and 300: Rise
of an Empire brought in $ 450 million and $ 330 million, respectively at the worldwide
box offi
box officeoffice.
Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder
of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable
box -
office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss
of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half
of last year.
In fact, the main complaint the rest
of the league had was that the awful Sixers were not bringing in their fair share
of revenue and were costing the other teams at the
box office.
SPC did see a 48 % increase in
box office revenues compared to 2014, however, thanks mainly to the strong performance
of 2014 holdover Still Alice.
Finally, The Theory
of Everything held up well enough for releasing company Focus Features, bringing in an estimated $ 2.5 million at the
box office over the weekend, enough to gain a marginal profit against a $ 15 million budget... and still ahead
of the critically acclaimed Wild, the Reese Witherspoon - starring film based on the memoir
of Cheryl Strayed, which picked up a few theaters and some
revenue in the form
of an estimated $ 1.6 million.
As expected, Warner Bros.» «The Lego Batman Movie» easily kept hold
of the top spot at the
box office after a Presidents Day weekend that produced the lowest
revenue since 2013.
The previous two Hulk films haven't exactly been runaway hits at the
box office, and the Thor movies had the weakest legs
of the bunch in terms
of revenue, so the pairing works.
Maze Runner
box office take was almost triple the
box office revenue of Liam Neeson's «A Walk Among the Tombstones.»
As
of early February, MoviePass had reported that its service accounted for nearly $ 130 million in
box office revenue for Best Picture nominees.
Expected high ratings for this year's Oscar telecast on Sunday are likely to take a bite out
of box -
office revenue on that day, some analysts are...
Of course, R - rated superhero movies won't always be more successful than the PG - 13 films - Deadpool is a special case, after all, and didn't manage to surpass the box office revenues of MCU heavy hitters like Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man 3, and both Avengers movie
Of course, R - rated superhero movies won't always be more successful than the PG - 13 films - Deadpool is a special case, after all, and didn't manage to surpass the
box office revenues of MCU heavy hitters like Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man 3, and both Avengers movie
of MCU heavy hitters like Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man 3, and both Avengers movies.
Nearly there: The four films in the series (not including the straight - to - DVD spin offs) stand at a combined $ 989million in
revenue - just $ 11million short
of making it a billion dollar
box office franchise.
The four films in the series (not including the straight - to - DVD spin offs) stand at a combined $ 989million in
revenue - just $ 11million short
of making it a billion dollar
box office franchise.
(When you see headlines bemoaning declining
box office and suggesting studios are headed for the poorhouse, they invariably ignore foreign BO, which is on the rise both as a percentage and in terms
of gross
revenue.)
U.S. («domestic»)
box office comprises a shrinking portion
of overall
revenue.
The film met with a moderate reception and under performed since the original Mortal Kombat movie raked in more
revenue at the
box office, which is one
of the reasons why the series has been in hibernation for so long.
The original 300 film, in all
of its vulgar American chauvinism, captured rather distinctly the bellicose and fascistic energies
of a collectively hallucinating nation at the tail end
of the Bush era — and it reaped in
box office revenue close to half a billion dollars for its success in playing to the national mood.
That 28 percent year - over-year increase means China is closing in on the U.S., the world's largest film market, which is expected to see approximately $ 11 billion
of box -
office revenue in 2016.
AMC Entertainment leads the industry in per - screen
revenue at its 232 theaters and 3,544 screens with an estimated 14 percent
of the North American
box office, says Krutick.