It is a slower weekend at the box office than last weekend. Even so, Interstellar opened in first place dominating the rest of the market. Overall, the box office fell 52% from last weekend to $78 million. More... Interstellar was the top new release and the top selling DVD. On a serious note, while my job is all about movies and I love watching movies, I love paying attention to box office numbers, I even love Awards Season. Directed by Christopher Nolan. This week on the home market is another week that is good on top, but shallow in terms of depth. Hopefully that won't be the case, but I don't see how 2014 comes out ahead on the year-over-year comparison. Overseas box-office takings of $82.9m (£52.3m) looks like an ample makeweight, containing the expected array of No 1 openings, including a beefy $14.1m in South Korea that puts it … More than half the of the films opening this month could hit $200 million. Christopher Nolan's ode to tesseracts, wormholes and … Then again, its reviews were awful, so even fans of the franchise might not be interested in spending extra to get the high definition version. More... As expected, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 earned first place with ease pulling in more than the rest of the box office combined. That said, the good outweighed the bad and overall the box office was quite strong. International | Overall, the box office rose 65% from last weekend reaching $157 million. The film would need a per theater average of more than $10,000 to reach the top five, which is nearly impossible at this stage. ‘Interstellar’ Global Box Office: Nolan Film Nabs $300 , Chinese audiences propelled "Interstellar" past the $300 million mark at the global box office this weekend. As per usual, here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions / wishes. Daily | With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy. This weekend last year, Thor: The Dark World led the way with $36.59 million while The Best Man Holiday opened in second place with $30.11 million. Box Office: Chris Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ Tops $140M In China. It seems strange that an opening of $121.90 million is considered disappointing. Big Hero 6 earned an average of $14,947, while Interstellar was right behind with an average of $13,342. This weekend last year was similarly top-heavy with Thor: The Dark World earning $85.74 million, which was more than the rest of the box office combined. There's no way we will catch up by the end of the year. The BAFTA nominations were announced yesterday and unlike most other Awards Season voters, the BAFTA voters gave us some real surprises. Worse still, this was 22% lower than the same weekend last year. Neither managed to top their three-day prediction over the five-day long weekend. More... Next weekend, Interstellar and Big Hero 6 open wide. Granted, this is a film that relies heavily on its special effects to draw in the audience, but that is still a shockingly high percentage. Interstellar remained in first place with 120,000 units / $2.46 million for the week and 839,000 units / $16.68 million after two. A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. This weekend last year, Catching Fire led the way with $158.07 million, which could be more than the entire box office earns this year. [28] Het vestigde een record voor beste openingsweekend in IMAX-bioscopen met een wereldwijde opbrengst van $20,5 miljoen, waarmee het vorige record van $17,1 miljoen van The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) … It barely reached the top 20. When compared to last year it was even worse down 66% in terms of both units and revenue. When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. Also posting an impressive hold from a big opening weekend is Interstellar, with $29.1 million—39% below its opening frame. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Warner Bros. After a weekend in second place behind 1917, Chris Nolan’s Interstellar was again the number one movie in China on Monday and Tuesday. On the other hand, the two new releases, Penguins of Madagascar and Horrible Bosses 2, both really struggled. Its worldwide total rose to $480.3 million. Because of this, Big Hero 6 is the target film for this week's box office prediction contest. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue Box Office: As ‘Interstellar’ Nears $700 Million, China Could Push ‘Harry Potter’ Past $1 Billion Scott Mendelson Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Worse still, none of the other films in the top five topped predictions, so they couldn't help mitigate Mockingjay, Part 1's softer than anticipated opening. Interstellar was expected to win by a sizable margin, but its Wednesday IMAX opening was not quite as strong as expected, so it could be a closer than expected weekend. Box Office: As ‘Interstellar’ Nears $700 Million, China Could Push ‘Harry Potter’ Past $1 Billion. 2014 is now behind 2013 by a margin of $370 million or 3.9% at $9.20 billion to $9.58 billion. There was some good news and bad news over the weekend. That is, of course, a fantastic weekend by most measures: it’s the 15th-best weekend of all time, and easily the biggest opening weekend in 2014. The film also topped $10 million in Mexico ($12 million) and Australia ($10.3 million). On the high end, they could both clear $60 million. This weekend the film opened in first place in China with $42.67 million during its five-day opening. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 opened in first place on the international chart with $154.3 million in 85 markets for a worldwide opening of $276.2 million. Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. More... Thanksgiving weekend was... well, it wasn't good. Sci-Fi. As far as holdovers are concerned, both Big Hero 6 and Interstellar will continue to be big factors at the box office, but only these four films have a shot at $10 million or more at the box office. As you may or may not know, we introduced a new comprehensive look at the international numbers, so there's little more than needs to be said here. Interstellar was de tiende meest populaire bioscoopfilm van 2014. Adventure This new coverage will include detailed breakdowns of the international performance of leading films, including weekend-by-weekend coverage in each territory, with updates as soon as we receive numbers from sources worldwide. On the downside, it was well below the optimistic expectations at just $121.90 million. The Blu-ray sales chart was mixed when compared to last week up 13% in terms of units, but down 9.7% in terms of revenue. Weekend Predictions: Does it Pay to be Dumb? Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. The film remained in first place in Australia with $7.52 million on 574 screens over the weekend for a total of $22.69 million after two weeks of release. It sold an estimated 22 million tickets domestically. After calculating all expenses, Deadline Hollywood estimated the film made a profit of $47.2 million. Unfortunately, this was still 6.5% lower than the same weekend last year. This means the top of the Blu-ray sales chart is mostly the same as it was last week. (The last weekend will be terrible, but that's because of Halloween.) Plus a … More... November begins with a powerful one-two punch. For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary. On the other hand, predictable means less work for me. Weekend Predictions: Will we have Stellar New Releases? Weekend | But that’s exactly what we had this weekend, and, although both studios will rightly claim to be very happy with the outcome, execs at Disney will have the slightly bigger grins this Sunday. It was pushed into second place in the U.K., but still pulled in $7.69 million in 569 theaters for a two-week total of $33.32 million. 'Interstellar' vliegt hoog in NL Box Office Nieuwsbron:FilmNieuws / cultuur (13-11-2014 18:47 ) Na een dipje vorige week, was het weer een betere week voor de Nederlandse box office. Blu-rays were just a little stronger this week than DVD were and the overall Blu-ray rose a tiny bit to 45%. Allereerst merkt hij op dat Neil en Barbara de zoon en dochter van Cobb uit Inception zouden kunnen zijn. 1st UPDATE, Saturday, 11:38 AM: More international grosses are coming from Warner Bros. this AM for Interstellar's Friday night estimates. This was 5% and 9% higher than the previous film's debut in those two markets. There's actually only supposed to be one code as a prize and one is supposed to be going to me, but I already own the move on Blu-ray, so I thought I would give away both codes as prizes. Aan top staat Interstellar (4,5 ster), van Christopher Nolan. As far as holdovers are concerned, both Big Hero 6 and Interstellar will continue to be big factors at the box office, but only these four films have a shot at $10 million or more at the box office. “Big Hero 6” and “Interstellar” are hitting out-of-this-world figures in their opening weekends. We were able to close the gap somewhat in the year-over-year comparison, at least by a little bit. De rerelease van Christopher Nolans Interstellar heeft in China op 2 augustus de beste openingsdag gescoord sinds de heropening van de bioscopen in veilige regio’s op 20 juli. There were four films in the $10,000 club, including The Theory of Everything, which led the way with an average of $41,753 in five theaters. All Time | The only problem is when book franchises split the final installment into two parts, the first part tends to be weaker at the box office. More... Last week, the home market was boosted by Easter, but this week, the home market returned to Earth. Hopefully it will have better legs than Thor: The Dark World did, or this weekend could be another loss. The home market was good, for the most part, thanks in large part to Interstellar. and Is this film as good as his past record? The Oscar ceremony is tonight and we will be live-blogging the winners... assuming I don't get bored and wander away. Let's dispell the myth that Interstellar hasn't performed well at the box office. De opbrengst steeg met 40,9 procent ten opzichte van vorige week, van 2,4 naar 3,4 miljoen euro. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com. This might be enough to cover the film's production budget, but probably not. Starting to notice a pattern here? However, there was a new film in top spot, or to be more accurate, a returning film in top spot. Interstellar-rerelease geeft Chinese box-office boost, The Rental blijft scoren in de VS. door Vertigo. With no new releases in the top ten on the Blu-ray chart, while Interstellar had no legs on top. Combined the two movies earned more than $100 million over the weekend, which is reason to celebrate, even if the rest of the box office barely registered. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies reclaimed first place with 109,000 units / $1.63 million for the week, giving it totals of 1.06 million units / $15.82 million after three weeks of release. International Box Office: Interstellar Reaches for the Stars, Per Theater Chart: Everything Above All Others, Introducing Comprehensive International Tracking, Weekend Estimates: Big Hero Tops Interstellar. Having a trio of $100 million hits, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Into the Woods, and Unbroken, enter the home market helps. But this will now be the first year since 2010 without a $150m+ weekend, and the debate about the waning influence of theater-going on the industry will undoubtedly be re-opened. It was much stronger when compared to last year with 21% more units sold and 16% higher revenue. Additionally, Mockingjay, Part 1 very likely won't match Catching Fire by a significant margin, so November will end the month on a down note. 1 at the North American box office Wednesday with $1.4 million from 250 theaters across the country still equipped to play film. A weekend of $150 million plus seemed a very good bet, and something bigger still couldn’t be ruled out. It didn't hold up quite as well in the U.K., but still remained in first place with $5.91 million on 576 screens over the weekend for a total of $19.11 million. Leading the way will be The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, which could hit $400 million. Het was een iets betere week voor de Nederlandse box office. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 remained in first place with $67.0 million in 86 markets for a two-week total of $254.6 million. All rights reserved. On the other hand, there was only one other movie to make more than $100 million, Thor: The Dark World, so perhaps the depth this year will help 2014 come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. China Box Office: Interstellar Posts Highest Daily Gross for a Film Since Cinemas Returned Overseas • Jesse Rifkin • August 03 2020 This past weekend saw three different films lead the Chinese daily box office on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. He's also never directed a film that earned bad reviews. Additionally, its opening week Blu-ray share was just 37%, which is lower than most action films. More... With studios cutting down on tentpole releases, and ever-more careful grooming of release schedules, it’s getting rarer to have a genuine head-to-head battle for top spot at the box office. Intertstellar is 8th Highest grossing Hollywood Movie. DVDs were even stronger, on the other hand, so the overall Blu-ray share slipped to 42%. It was a bad week on the home market and none of the new releases sold more than 100,000 units on the Blu-ray sales chart. Box Office International The Race Heat Vision Behind the Screen South Korea Box Office: 'Interstellar' Stays on Top, Becomes Year's No. If you could sum up 2014 at the box office in one sentence, this weekend’s headline probably comes close. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 fell more than 60%, while no film in the top ten fell less than 40%. It was Easter the week the March 31st new releases came out and this had an effect with several, mostly family friendly films earning a boost on the Blu-ray sales chart. Perhaps more impressively, the film grew by 6% in South Korea helping it remain in first place with $13.13 million on 1,410 screens over the weekend for a total of $35.24 million after two weeks of release. International Box Office: Century Weekend for Interstellar, Weekend Wrap-Up: Dumb Leaves the Competition Smarting. It is not going to close that margin over the next four weeks, but it should still top $10 billion before the year is over. 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Cast information Crew information Company information News Box office. company. Not so expected: Chris Nolan’s saga Interstellar fell short of $50M. On the low end, it could make just over $100 million, while on the high end, just over $300 million is within reach. There is very little chance Mockingjay, Part 1 will match that, so 2014 will lose yet again in the year-over-year comparison. As for the rest of the box office, there's not a lot to look forward to. Every other film has at least a reasonable shot at $100 million. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 reached a couple of milestones hitting $500 million worldwide before the weekend and $300 million internationally during the weekend. Its biggest opening came in Germany where it pulled in $20.5 million on 1,442 screens. New releases were not terrible, which makes this week on the Blu-ray sales chart better than the past couple of weeks. News | Mockingjay, Part 1 opened 19% higher in Russia with $11.9 million. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Both Interstellar and Big Hero 6 are expected to open with more than $50 million. Dumb and Dumber To will likely take a serious hit, while Big Hero 6 should overtake it over the weekend. Dumb and Dumber To is earning terrible reviews, but it is expecting to earn first place at the box office. Debut 7:30 AM PST 11/4/2014 by Pamela McClintock Box Office Prediction: 'Interstellar' vs. 'Big Hero 6' Our box office predictions for the weekend of November 7 - 9, where 'Interstellar' will face off against 'Big Hero 6'. Latest Updates: That's a wide range of expectations. in its first weekend. I think Interstellar will be the bigger film; however, it is opening on IMAX on Wednesday and I'm not sure if the studio will lump those figures into the weekend numbers and that's an added complication I don't want to deal with. There is only one wide release coming out this weekend, but it is the biggest release of the year. The number one film of the week is Interstellar which is worth checking out, but not Pick of the Week material. The Blu-ray sales chart nearly bounced back entirely up 51% in terms of units and 75% in terms of revenue when compared to last week. That’s $2 million more than Big Hero 6 will post in its second weekend in release. Likewise, this weekend last year, Frozen led the way with more than $30 million. Seventeen films earned two or more nods, led by Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, both of which picked up nine nominations, while The Imitation Game was right behind with eight.