Monday, November 21, 2022

Pre-Thanksgiving box office weekend down 47% from 2017 peak


Source:  Box Office Mojo

Variety, 11/20/2022
“Wakanda Forever,” which opened to $181 million and has generated $288 million in North America and $546.3 million globally to date. The film’s 63% drop was steeper than expected. Industry sources had expected a sophomore weekend of more than $70 million in ticket sales.

11/14/2022 update, ""Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" lifts movie box office to best weekend since July", starts here.

Up 170% from last year's tally and beating the last 3 pre-Covid comparables.

Source:  Box Office Mojo

Variety, 11/13/2022
As it stands, “Wakanda Forever” has the second biggest domestic debut of the year, behind the $187.4 million launch of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” It also commands the third best pandemic era bow, behind the aforementioned Doctor Strange adventure and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which got started with $260 million.

Original 11/7/2022 post starts here

Source:  Box Office Mojo

Variety, 11/6/2022
Overall, the box office brought in a sluggish $59.4 million over the weekend, according to Comscore. Even with the surprise success of “Smile” and better-than-expected turnouts for “Black Adam” and “Ticket to Paradise,” movie theater owners are needing a blockbuster (or two) to carry them through the winter. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the sequel to the billion-dollar smash, should deliver on the goods, with box office experts predicting an opening weekend between $175 million and $200 million. 
“Next weekend,” Franchise Entertainment Research’s Gross says, “business returns to world-class form with the opening of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.'”

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