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Annual US BOX OFFICE
2019 (Year I and Cineworld themselves refer to)
$11.3bn
2018 $11.9bn
2017 $11.1bn
2016 $11.4bn
2015 $11.1bn

2016/2017/2018/2019

April: $780m/$811m/$1,027m/$1,035m
May: $936m//$836m/$1,040m/$1,078m
June: $1,088m/$1,058m/$1,280m/$1,149m
July: $1,371m/$1,205m/$1,208m/$1,288

Marvel brought their massive blockbuster to may those most recent couple years and some other shifts.
Tradition was Christmas.

Year on year some differences but many similarities and overall we can see 2019 wasn't unusual $11bn + year!!

It's the last full year pre pandemic AND importantly the year the company KEEP REFERRING TO in all its number comparisons.

2019 was pretty much same as those other years for total revenues in US so why not use it.

Any decent company will look to grow or at very least sustain previous levels.

$11bn+ per year for years has been the benchmark so we want to be getting towards $1bn per month in rough terms.

Why get upset by this??

Check company figures or Bix office mojo.
UK is NOT where we need place our concerns.

Appeal and USA box office is!!

April so far looking far better there, however we will suffer last week as 2019 had end game and we have to wait a further week for Dr Strange this year's comparative.

You can choose to believe everything you read in the media Cruis, I don't.
Many of the films that have "failed" have done so for a number of reasons and being weak films in many cases is not the least of them.
As someone that goes to the cinema probably more than the vast majority I will go with what I observe, rather than what a few hacks write.

Again we have essentially same article as a year ago urging us to rage against our CEO and other board members because of a pay and bonuses package (couldn't possibly be down to some media owners having their own financial motives now could it ;-)

Again UK ain't the issue, nor are ages here.
However all welcome.
Just out The Northman and that had c. 40 people in one of the smaller screens and of mixed ages.

Reppyrr that is correct as I and others have stated individual hits won't turn us around
While their income is VERY welcome one here and there does nothing to the bigger picture.
However IF we start now getting a couple truly big movies each and every month with hopefully at some stage a growing number of other .ovies at various levels then even with appeal in background I feel we could/can see SP progress.

It will take good quarter after good quarter though and not one blockbuster smash every few months with little or nothing else.

Retired we already have very good idea of Q1 and it was awful.
It's Q2 onwards now.

If it gives us a £1 share price I will be delighted to hear your told me so Hussartbr :-)

https://screenrant.com/moon-knight-phase-4-magic-tech-war-future/

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1596005/Doctor-Strange-2-Multiverse-of-Madness-spoilers-Infinity-War-Endgame-No-Way-Home

https://thedirect.com/article/spider-man-no-way-home-guinness-world-record-watching

Previously covered tedz and the buildings were not actually damaged nor effectively stopping them from being useable.

Don't see that part of judgement changing.

"Still gets us second highest Friday box office in US so far this year.
As we say it's not individual films or the "big" films ultimately it's the package of all releases."

For anyone wishing to read what factually correct statement was actually posted :-)

I think you will find it worth reading again what I said.
Total box office for the Friday, NOT the box office of a single release.

That's the danger of being blinkered to particular posters.

Still gets us second highest Friday box office in US so far this year.
As we say it's not individual films or the "big" films ultimately it's the package of all releases.

Seems to be about within the forecast range, even if nearer the lower end so I wont lose sleep over it.

April looking reasonable to compare v 2019 (until it's last week where we will fall unbelievably short )
Endgame was last week April.
Conversely May should get a flying start with Dr Strange the first week.

Even with what looks a pretty strong line up this quarter we will do well to even get near to that base case for USA as Q2 in 2019 was very strong c. $3.25bn.
So long as we see sustained growth, strong performance from the big movies that we can reasonably expect to perform well and hopefully some additional support films flowing through on .ore regular basis.

Rather like the look of The Northman even if it's not forecast for strong box office numbers

https://www.slashfilm.com/831284/paramounts-hot-streak-confirms-it-should-not-abandon-the-box-office-for-streaming/

As the rumours build the predictions also start to climb a bit for Dr Strange.
This is far from "only" about this movie the whole new Multiverse stuff to follow will get real exciting depending on how well this does and just how many characters they link in.
Hopefully very exciting Marvel next phase

,https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-box-office-forecast-firestarter-first-look-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-tracking-climbs/

Hope it's a knockout success.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxing/news/tyson-fury-dilliian-whyte-boxing-silver-screen/oumzrx0wv76d3rzebtfmnj8e

shal, those smaller films give audience choice and put something in the other screens.
Nobody wants to go to a c. 12 screen cinema with the choice of 1 or 2 films on all screens.

The staff are already there and while the smaller films alone would not cover all overheads they do assist greatly in backing up those 1 or 2 per months massive releases.
Whether you are going to see the latest Marvel blockbuster or the little independent few million budget film you are likely still buying the same massive profits coffee/popcorn/sweets/coke etc.

At a wild estimate I would have said top 20 films bring in c. 50% of the total box office.

Have had a look now at 2019.
Total for US box office and roughly in line with previous 5 years at 11bn+

$11,320,878,436

Top 10 total= $4,375,185,846
Top 20 total = $5,971,643,437

So, YES big movies FANTASTIC and YES big movies bring in large chunk of box office total.

However they are not in themselves enough (not by a long way).
We need hundreds and thousands of other movies annually and released on a regular basis.

So far in year since re-opening we are seeing probably half or less movies week in week out as we would have previously.

This either improves soon, or we get double or more of the massive movies and they ALL need to do as well as they would have pre pandemic or better.
The budgets and scale of these movies plus time to make them makes that a very unlikely option.

So it's back to requiring more, much more movies.

Volume of movies also gives paying public choice and reason to visit more often.
If we only have a handful releases per month then realistically that really closes down on audience visits and numbers overall.

Many of us felt there were a lot of movies to be released and 2021 - 2023 would be unusual with its numbers of big movies.

However taking 2019 as first example I don't think we really do have such an extraordinary level of big movies this year.

2019 had:
Avenger Endgame
Lion King
Toy Story 4
Frozen II
Captain America
Star Wars
Spiderman
Aladdin
Joker
It 11

With the exception of It these all did $300m + in US alone.

We then had 11 - 20 doing between $136m and $192m in US.