Leading up to launch day, opening
weekend sales estimates ranged from 300,000 to 600,000 >>
Not exact matches
The effects - laden picture took in $ 41.2 million in U.S. and Canadian cinemas over the extended Easter
weekend, researcher ComScore Inc.
estimated Sunday in an email, easily topping last
weekend's leader, «Pacific Rim Uprising,» which collected $ 9.2 million in ticket
sales and fell to fifth place.
The National Retail Federation's
estimate that retail
sales fell 11 % over the key four - day Thanksgiving - Black Friday shopping
weekend was a disaster, but not just for the obvious reason.
«Metals used in construction and heavy manufacturing were hit after data released over the
weekend suggested slowing growth in China and figures Monday showing U.S. auto
sales last month fell short of analysts»
estimates».
Since markets are not open on
weekends, online dealers typically
estimate their
weekend sales and take an offsetting long position into the closing bell on Friday, with the hopes of selling exactly that much metal between closing Friday and opening Sunday evening.
«Black Panther» has scored one of the best second
weekends ever with an
estimated $ 108 million in ticket
sales.
[NOTE: These are only
weekend box office
estimates — based on Friday and Saturday ticket
sales coupled with adjusted expectations for Sunday.
Katniss Everdeen may have come out on top of the
weekend box office with an
estimated $ 101 million in domestic ticket
sales, but the new «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2» fell short of industry expectations and, unlike the «Twilight» and «Harry Potter» young - adult juggernauts, her «Hunger Games» finale fell far short of other films in the franchise.
Despite the presale hype,
estimates are still being a little more cautious when it comes to eventual opening -
weekend sales, with non-Disney sources predicting an $ 80 - 85 million opening
weekend (aided by the four - day President's Day holiday
weekend), well behind Civil War's $ 179 million haul.
Playing on 1,549 screens, its ticket
sales ended the
weekend with an
estimated $ 2.4 million.
The Chris Pine - starring picture came in above expectations, with an
estimated $ 10.3 million in ticket
sales, for a fourth - place finish behind «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» ($ 10.8 million in its seventh
weekend).
Black Panther scored one of the best second
weekends ever with an
estimated $ 108 million US in ticket
sales, putting it on track to rank among the highest - grossing blockbusters ever.
[NOTE: These are only
weekend box office
estimates - based on Friday and Saturday ticket
sales coupled with adjusted expectations for Sunday.
«Rogue One: A Star Wars Story» soared to the top of the
weekend box office as expected, scoring the second - best December opening ever with $ 155 million in
estimated ticket
sales.
The monsters vs. robots science - fiction sequel «Pacific Rim: Uprising» dethroned the superhero sensation with $ 28 million in ticket
sales over the
weekend, according to studio
estimates Sunday.
Several industry analysts
estimate that Apple's iPad 2, which became available online early this morning and will go on
sale in stores this evening, should handily beat the opening
weekend sales achieved last >>
A recent
estimate put the number of 3G enabled iPads that literally flew out of Apple stores at almost three hundred thousand units and this reflects the
sales figure of the device's just the first
weekend.
The iPad 2 saw a blockbuster initial first
weekend with a million
estimated sales but Apple quickly ran out of stock, causing a backorder wait of up to a month.