On average, analysts set the movie's debut at $ 25 million,
with studio estimates in the low 20s.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theatres Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theatre locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Rentrak
with studio estimates and actuals where available:
Not exact matches
However, if it fails to meet analyst's
estimates, and teeters close to DreamWorks Animation's Thanksgiving debut, the
studio could have a larger problem on its hands
with only one other film — about a racing snail — out later this year.
Compared to major
studio projects like the forthcoming Aaron Sorkin adaption of Walter Isaacson's popular biography of Jobs, this film was made on a shoestring,
with an
estimated budget of just $ 8.5 million.
His team
estimates that P - VOD could bolster
studio revenues by $ 2 billion annually —
with minimal incremental costs.
The East Hampton Town Board approved a management and stewardship plan for properties acquired
with the community preservation fund at its meeting last Thursday, a plan that includes an
estimated $ 850,000 for the restoration of
studios on Neck Path...
«Maze Runner: The Death Cure» is the highest grossing film of the weekend, but according to
studio estimates Sunday, many moviegoers also chose the first weekend after Oscar nominations to catch up
with some awards contenders like «The Shape of Water» which had its highest grossing frame
with $ 5.7 million.
Star Trek: Beyond arrives
with less hype than
studio bosses who signed off an
estimated $ 185m production budget might have hoped.
Ghostbusters opened on Thursday night
with $ 3.4 million, and now Variety is reporting that while the
studio estimates it'll bring in up to $ 40 million opening weekend, «box office trackers» are convinced it will fall somewhere within the $ 45 - 50 million dollar range.
Although «Thor» hung on to the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend, the big story was a stellar opening for «The Best Man Holiday,» which trounced all expectations to debut
with a
studio -
estimated $ 30.6 - million.
«Coco» again easily led all films
with $ 26.1 million in the U.S. and Canada, according to
studio estimates Sunday.
Black Panther took the No. 1 spot at the North American box office
with $ 41.1 million according to
studio estimates Sunday, leaving another newcomer in its wake.
«Fantastic Four», 20th Century Fox's attempt to reboot the superhero team - up franchise, debuted
with just $ 26.2 million at North American theaters over the weekend, according to
studio estimates Sunday.
The reviews were mixed, but the lure of destructive spectacle and the sheer mountain of charisma that is Dwayne Johnson swayed American moviegoers this weekend as earthquake thriller San Andreas rumbled straight to the top of the charts
with $ 53.2 million, according to
studio estimates.
The weekend's other new nationwide release, STX Entertainment's «A Bad Moms Christmas,» opened
with $ 17 million over the weekend and $ 21.6 million since opening Wednesday, according to
studio estimates Sunday.
It took over the top spot from the Weinstein Co. comedy «Scary Movie 4,» which slipped to No. 2
with $ 17 million in its second weekend, according to
studio estimates Sunday.
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.
Costing an
estimated $ 2.5 million, the transformation spanned six months and focused on the resort's self - contained accommodation,
with all
studios, one and two bedroom apartments and three bedroom villas receiving significant upgrades to their interiors.
And
with four
studios worldwide, and as per the presentation, hosting 363 people; in addition to the 75 or more at the other third - party
studios, the
estimated and rumored $ 3 million per month burn rate is the elephant in the room.
Days before the auction, he began posting to Instagram images of his
studio littered
with freshly printed copies of a 2005 work that was in the auction and
estimated to sell in the millions, threatening to sabotage his own sales simply through the acknowledgement of the infinitely reproducible nature of his work.
(The next day, at Christie's, Murillo sold a color - block painting dirtied
with studio detritus for $ 197,000, also well above its high
estimate.)
The
studio collaborated
with top engineers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the project, which is now saving the
studio an
estimated 2.6 million kWh in energy per year — a cost savings of more than $ 1,000 a day.