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Latest News, Movie Box Office	 October 24, 2016 October 25, 2016
Tyler Perry's Madea Scares Away Box Office Competition
Tyler Perry's latest movie, Boo! A Madea Halloween, easily won the weekend box office with $28.5MM (adjusted up from $27.6MM). Not only did it beat Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back by $5.6MM but doubled it on a per screen count, $12,611 vs. $6,051. Rounding out the top five were Ouija: Origin of Evil (which also premiered this weekend) at $14.1MM, Ben Affleck's The Accountant and the third week for The Girl on the Train.
Rank Title Wknd B.O. (In millions) Release Week Theater Count $ / Theater
1 Boo! A Madea Halloween $28.5 1 2,260 $12,611
2 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back $22.9 1 3,780 $6,051
3 Ouija: Origin of Evil $14.1 1 3,167 $4,441
4 The Accountant $13.6 2 3,332 $4,095
5 The Girl on the Train $7.2 3 3,091 $2,318
Source: Box Office Mojo
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Filed under: a madea christmas, Ben Affleck, boo! madea halloween, jack reacher: never go back, madea big happy family, madea family reunion, madea goes to jail, madea's witness protection, Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Accountant, The Girl on the Train, tyler perry
Even Though The Accountant was #1 at B.O, WB Accountants May Still See Red
Ben Affleck's The Accountant was the number one movie at the US box office this past weekend. It brought in $24.7MM on a budget of only $44MM. The WB, who distributed the title, should be ecstatic, right? Well, similar to our analysis on Star Trek and Ghostbusters, let's take a closer look and see:
Rank Title US Box Office Weekend (MM)
1 The Accountant $24.7
2 Kevin Hart: What Now? $12.0
3 The Girl on the Train $12.0
4 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children $8.9
5 Deepwater Horizon $6.4
Source: BoxOfficeMojo
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Filed under: Ben Affleck, Box office, BoxOffice Mojo, deepwater horizon, Jack Reacher, jason bourne, john wick, Kevin Hart, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, rotten tomatoes, Taken, Taken 2, Taken 3, The Accountant, The Girl on the Train, What Now
Latest News, Movie Box Office, US Television	 October 5, 2016 October 10, 2016
The Window is Closed: Netflix Signs Deal to Simultaneously Show Their Original Movies In Theaters Same Day on Service
Netflix just signed a 10 picture deal with luxury theater chain iPic Entertainment to screen their original movies in theaters, the same day they premiere on the SVOD service. What once took a 6-12 month 'window' for a theatrical movie to reach home viewing, is now instantaneous.
These movies will play in iPic's LA and NYC theaters, with a possible wider release to their other 13 locations. Financial terms have not been disclosed, but the usual split between a studio and a US theater chain is 55/45, with 55% of box office receipts going to the studio.
This Friday, The Siege of Jadotville will be the first movie to launch under the deal.
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Filed under: ipic entertainment, netflix, the siege of jadotville
Latest News, Movie Box Office	 July 23, 2016 July 28, 2016
Will Star Trek Box Office Go 'Beyond' Its Predecessors?
'Star Trek Beyond' blasts off this weekend and will no doubt be the top movie. But is it too early to make plans for another one?
In 2009, Paramount successfully relaunched the franchise with Star Trek. It garnered an impressive 95% Tomato Meter (Rotten Tomatoes), which resulted in a 1st place, 75MM opening weekend. The movie went on to gross $258MM in the US (giving it a 3.4 multiple, 75×3.4=258) and an additional $128MM internationally. The $386MM global take, on a $150MM production budget, was enough to launch two more movies.
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Filed under: benedict cumberbatch, Box office, idris elba, rotten tomatoes, star trek, star trek beyond, startrek
Movie Box Office	 July 16, 2016 July 28, 2016
Will It Be A Trick Or A Treat for Ghostbusters?
The two biggest questions this weekend in the entertainment industry are how much will Ghostbusters make and will it be profitable?
To figure out how much, we need to first figure out the target audience. Is it adult women looking for a girls' night out, is it people who like 3D horror movies or are parents going to bring their kids?
There was talk that this was a girl-power movie and there would be lots of young girls and their moms, and some dads, in the theater cheering on the screen. But with Finding Dory and The Secret Life of Pets still in the theaters, and Ice Age: Collision Course coming next week that seems unlikely. And since none of the marketing that I've seen is pushing the 3D angle or the scary factor, I'm going to rule out that demo as well. What we are left with is the obvious appeal to women who want to drag their dates to a non comic book movie.
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Filed under: Box office, China Box Office, Chris Hemsworth, Finding Dory, Ghostbusters, Ice Age, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Feig, Spy, The Heat, The Secret Life of Pets, Trainwreck
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