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Each month before covid. every January 800-to a billion since 2008
Still two weekends to go, hopefully 600 million at least, unfortunately we need 800- 900 a month
The MLK Box Office Improves 49% From 2022 â But Itâs Still Well Below Pre-Pandemic Years
by JEREMY FUSTER | January 18, 2023 @ 6:15 AM
Variety has returned to movie theaters, but the market is still lacking a new blockbuster or Oscar contender to jolt early-year numbers
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Much of the COVID-19 recovery period for the box office has been a mixed bag, and Martin Luther King Jr. weekend was no different as overall grosses improved from last year but remain well below what the January holiday brought prior to the pandemic.
The estimated final overall total for the four-day weekend is $127 million, approximately 49% above the $85 million grossed last year. But itâs also 32% below the $205 million grossed on the holiday weekend in January 2020 less than two months before the pandemic closed theaters.
Sorry meant 600 million
Looking like a decent weekend, hopfully at least 500 million for this month maybe more
Why 40p ?
Superheroes Are Finally Losing Their Grasp on Moviegoers â and Thatâs Good for the Box Office
by SCOTT MENDELSON | January 9, 2023 @ 6:00 AM
For the first time in years, global ticket sales arenât dominated by Marvel or DC films and thatâs a positive sign for the movie industry
For the first time in years, DC and Marvel superhero movies failed to dominate the annual theatrical marketplace in 2022 as comic book flicks were overshadowed by big-budget franchises like âAvatar: The Way of Water,â âTop Gun: Maverickâ and âJurassic World Dominion,â which rose to the top of the box office heap instead.
With $1.5 billion for âAvatarâ and $1.49 billion for âTop Gun,â these sequels finally broke the chokehold that superheroes have held on the global box office since 2017, the last time that blockbuster movies unrelated to DC Studios or Marvel led the movie pipeline.
What mooky comments ?
https://deadline.com/2023/01/box-office-m3gan-avatar-the-way-of-water-1235212918/
Woke nonsense ?
2023 Box Office Preview: Is It Time for the Pandemic Grading Curve to End?
by JEREMY FUSTER | January 6, 2023 @ 5:20 PM
With more films set for release than in 2022, âthe gloves have to come off,â Paramount Domestic Distribution president Chris Aronson tells TheWrap
If you are a movie theater operator looking for some good news about the 2023 box office, hereâs a statistic that will bring you hope. If you are someone who bemoans Hollywoodâs lack of originality, turn away:
There are currently 38 franchise films â sequels, prequels, spinoffs, IP adaptations combined â that are currently set for release this year. This comes after a 2022 where there were only 18 films that grossed over $100 million at the domestic box office, and none of the top 10 were from original screenplays.
Even before COVID-19 was on the minds of an entire planet, big, familiar blockbusters reigned supreme at the box office, but in 2022 they seemed to rule at the expense of almost any other kind of film. The fact that more of those kinds of films are on the 2023 slate is a reason why multiple analysts and studio execs tell TheWrap that they expect the yearâs annual domestic total to reach $8.25-9 billion, up from the estimated $7.36 billion seen last year.
While thatâs an improvement, that is of course short of the $11 billion-plus totals that were seen between 2015 and 2019, and itâs completely possible that such levels of business for movie theaters might not ever come back, as turnout for awards contenders, festival darlings, and even some mainstream genres like comedy and middlebrow dramas have dried up since cinemas reopened.
âAvatar 2â Faces Its Next Challenge in Race to $2 Billion: the Post-Holiday Box Office
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In 2021 and the early months of 2022, those low numbers were judged on a curve, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to weigh down moviegoing and studios were very unsure about which kinds of films would work theatrically. But this year, with audiences showing via âAvatar: The Way of Waterâ and âTop Gun: Maverickâ that they can come back in droves like before, there wonât be any pandemic curves to soften the blow if a film flops in 2023.
âThe gloves have to come off,â said Chris Aronson, President of Domestic Distribution at Paramount. âWe canât judge the box office on the pandemic curve forever. We saw last year that people will come back for the right movies, so as more films get added to the slate, we need to seriously look at what the audience sees nowadays as a film they want to buy a ticket for; and both studios and theaters need to start looking at ways to attract audiences back to the films that they donât seem to think are worth seeing on the big screen.â
Those hard appraisals that Aronson mentioned begin now, as the year begins with a post-holiday period that ended up being a two-month slump last year. Thi
Retail I honestly donât know, i would hope, but i Wouldnât advise anyone to invest, itâs a massive massive gamble. I think SUPERDRY would be a safer bet
Donât worry hexam, I had no intension of investing at this moment In time. Thankyou retailer for your sarcastic comments, you are great edition to This Board, keep up the posting
Yes sorry hexam it was you that was average 30p & poor 16p as you stated on the 28th
Hexam did I or did I not put on this board a few ago congratulations to those in argo, &! You said it was Poorinvester,& not once did I **** him off ? He then comes back on this board acting like compete arrogant dick
I still remember Poorinvester when you said our government wouldnât let cineworld fail omg lollll
I was told your break even point was 30p Poorinvester, I also remember a few weeks ago when Argo doubled & you were giving out stupid figures, what it would climb to that day. Tbh I think you are full of crap
Poorinvester Iâm not whining, why do have to be a insulting dick, you disappear for months because Magnus took your glory, for Christ man grow up ??
Hexam I didnât exsplain very well I brought in just before the court case decision around 10p ish, it shot up & then they lost in court & it basically collapsed, Everyone said no way would the judge decide against the Ballot from thre customers. Changing the subject Poorinvester must gutted with Argo, is he selling up hooping for a rise l like us ?
Maid why would they want a sell of it from 20p to 9 - 2p ?