Sony News Stories Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: Scream VI, 65, and Champions Take On Creed III‘s Second Frame Shawn Robbins • Mar 8th Following Creed III's breakout debut last week, the box office is well on its way into a long-expected March boom of consecutive theatrical hits as Scream VI next leads the charge. Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast (Updated w/ Preview Analysis): Don’t Worry Darling Aims to Leverage Social Media Gossip as Avatar‘s Re-Issue Hopes to Revive 3D Appeal Shawn Robbins • Sep 21st After months of gossip and online speculation, Warner Bros.' Don't Worry Darling will hit theaters this weekend in a bid to continue the gradual fall box office comeback. Interviews An Invitation to the Cinema: Jessica M. Thompson Brings Horror to End-of-Summer Screens Rebecca Pahle • Aug 24th In theaters this weekend, director/producer Jessica M. Thompson’s The Invitation brings capital-G Gothic storytelling to theaters with the story of a struggling, orphaned woman (Nathalie Emmanuel) who discovers an entire branch of her family she was never aware of. They’re... Exhibition Features There Will Be Blood: MORBIUS Director Daniel Espinosa on Green Screen and Gratitude Jesse Rifkin • Mar 29th Since the character’s 1971 introduction (in comic The Amazing Spider-Man #101), the vampire Morbius has been a Spider-Man universe staple, appearing in numerous comics, animated television series, and video games. Yet he’s never made the leap to film, until now.... Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: Uncharted, Death on the Nile, Jackass Forever, and Q1 Prospects through Presidents’ Day Frame Shawn Robbins • Jan 21st This week's return of the Long Range report looks four weeks out with an eye on major releases through Presidents' Day weekend. Based on early January trends and projections for the next month, it should be around that time frame... News & Analysis 2022 Box Office Preview: Sony Daniel Loria • Jan 7th 2022 Preview Sony will begin to build off the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home in February with another Tom Holland vehicle targeting young male audiences: the video game adaptation Uncharted. After spending years in development, the action-adventure franchise will... Exhibition Features The Top 10 Movies of 2021 at the Domestic Box Office Boxoffice Staff • Dec 31st 2021 was a tumultuous year for the domestic box office that began with serious doubts over the cinema sector’s commercial viability and ended with the second biggest opening weekend of all-time. Studios took the reset provided by the Covid-19 pandemic... Exhibition News Spider-Man: No Way Home Becomes Highest-Grossing Film in Sony Pictures’ History Rebecca Pahle • Dec 29th Days after becoming the first film of the pandemic era to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office, Spider-Man: No Way Home has broken yet another record, becoming the highest-grossing film in Sony Pictures’ history. Said record was... Exhibition News Spider-Man: No Way Home Opening Night Sets Box Office Records for AMC, Cinemark, and Fandango Daniel Loria • Dec 17th The $50 million head start from Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s preview screenings on Thursday has helped set new ticket sales records for leading exhibition companies across the United States. Fandango, the leading online ticketing platform for cinemas in the United... Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home Shawn Robbins • Nov 19th Throughout this pandemic recovery era, a number of tentpoles have returned to movie theaters. The biggest of 2021 has been saved for last, though, with Spider-Man: No Way Home set to make its highly anticipated debut exclusively in cinemas on... CinemaCon CinemaCon 2021: Sony Showcases Spider-Man, Ghostbusters, and Commitment to Theatrical Exclusivity Daniel Loria • Aug 24th In today’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast’s Daily CinemaCon Edition, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle go over a busy first day at CinemaCon 2021 that included an executive roundtable with industry leaders and the event’s first studio presentation. Listen... Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: What to Expect from The Suicide Squad and Summer’s Remaining Slate Shawn Robbins • Jul 23rd With films like Jungle Cruise, The Suicide Squad, Free Guy and others on deck, here's how the remainder of this unusual summer is shaping up before the movie industry heads into the next phase of a protracted recovery period. Load more stories
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: Scream VI, 65, and Champions Take On Creed III‘s Second Frame Shawn Robbins • Mar 8th Following Creed III's breakout debut last week, the box office is well on its way into a long-expected March boom of consecutive theatrical hits as Scream VI next leads the charge.
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast (Updated w/ Preview Analysis): Don’t Worry Darling Aims to Leverage Social Media Gossip as Avatar‘s Re-Issue Hopes to Revive 3D Appeal Shawn Robbins • Sep 21st After months of gossip and online speculation, Warner Bros.' Don't Worry Darling will hit theaters this weekend in a bid to continue the gradual fall box office comeback.
Interviews An Invitation to the Cinema: Jessica M. Thompson Brings Horror to End-of-Summer Screens Rebecca Pahle • Aug 24th In theaters this weekend, director/producer Jessica M. Thompson’s The Invitation brings capital-G Gothic storytelling to theaters with the story of a struggling, orphaned woman (Nathalie Emmanuel) who discovers an entire branch of her family she was never aware of. They’re...
Exhibition Features There Will Be Blood: MORBIUS Director Daniel Espinosa on Green Screen and Gratitude Jesse Rifkin • Mar 29th Since the character’s 1971 introduction (in comic The Amazing Spider-Man #101), the vampire Morbius has been a Spider-Man universe staple, appearing in numerous comics, animated television series, and video games. Yet he’s never made the leap to film, until now....
Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: Uncharted, Death on the Nile, Jackass Forever, and Q1 Prospects through Presidents’ Day Frame Shawn Robbins • Jan 21st This week's return of the Long Range report looks four weeks out with an eye on major releases through Presidents' Day weekend. Based on early January trends and projections for the next month, it should be around that time frame...
News & Analysis 2022 Box Office Preview: Sony Daniel Loria • Jan 7th 2022 Preview Sony will begin to build off the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home in February with another Tom Holland vehicle targeting young male audiences: the video game adaptation Uncharted. After spending years in development, the action-adventure franchise will...
Exhibition Features The Top 10 Movies of 2021 at the Domestic Box Office Boxoffice Staff • Dec 31st 2021 was a tumultuous year for the domestic box office that began with serious doubts over the cinema sector’s commercial viability and ended with the second biggest opening weekend of all-time. Studios took the reset provided by the Covid-19 pandemic...
Exhibition News Spider-Man: No Way Home Becomes Highest-Grossing Film in Sony Pictures’ History Rebecca Pahle • Dec 29th Days after becoming the first film of the pandemic era to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office, Spider-Man: No Way Home has broken yet another record, becoming the highest-grossing film in Sony Pictures’ history. Said record was...
Exhibition News Spider-Man: No Way Home Opening Night Sets Box Office Records for AMC, Cinemark, and Fandango Daniel Loria • Dec 17th The $50 million head start from Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s preview screenings on Thursday has helped set new ticket sales records for leading exhibition companies across the United States. Fandango, the leading online ticketing platform for cinemas in the United...
Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home Shawn Robbins • Nov 19th Throughout this pandemic recovery era, a number of tentpoles have returned to movie theaters. The biggest of 2021 has been saved for last, though, with Spider-Man: No Way Home set to make its highly anticipated debut exclusively in cinemas on...
CinemaCon CinemaCon 2021: Sony Showcases Spider-Man, Ghostbusters, and Commitment to Theatrical Exclusivity Daniel Loria • Aug 24th In today’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast’s Daily CinemaCon Edition, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle go over a busy first day at CinemaCon 2021 that included an executive roundtable with industry leaders and the event’s first studio presentation. Listen...
Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: What to Expect from The Suicide Squad and Summer’s Remaining Slate Shawn Robbins • Jul 23rd With films like Jungle Cruise, The Suicide Squad, Free Guy and others on deck, here's how the remainder of this unusual summer is shaping up before the movie industry heads into the next phase of a protracted recovery period.