4TH UPDATE, MONDAY, 4:02 PM: Final grosses are now in for all films. There’s a little less than expected for Lionsgate’s Insurgent, but the sequel still is on its way to grossing $250M worldwide this week. Also, grosses are in for Woman In Gold as it took its international bow in three more markets.
3RD UPDATE, MONDAY…
As it enters its 3rd overseas frame, Lionsgate’s Insurgent has risen to $100.1M at the international box office. It crossed the $100M mark on Tuesday and has notably bested the lifetime of Divergent on a dollar basis in Brazil, Russia, Venezuela and the Philippines.
Insurgent is tracking well above in local…
UPDATE, 8:15 PM Monday: DreamWorks Animation’s Home and Disney’sCinderellaboth pulled in better than projected grosses from their overseas markets this past weekend, with Home tipping its worldwide take just past $100M. Despite better-than-expected numbers on its domestic frame, Wall Street continues to be wary of en…
UPDATE Monday, 5:51 PM: Actuals are in and Lionsgate’s second in the franchise Insurgent took a higher than expected $1.3M overall, bringing it tally to $48.3M (up from the estimated $47M). So worldwide, it just tips the $100M mark, according to Lionsgate. The final numbers also revealed that Disney’s Cinderella…
MONDAY UPDATE 3PM: Lionsgate’s Insurgent came in with a weekend actual of $52.26M which is 3% off of the studio-reported weekend estimate yesterday and 4% off Divergent‘s $54.6M bow last March. Industry estimates were projecting $53.3M.  Insurgent‘s updated opening figure is fine, however, we’re use to seeing ticket…
2ND UPDATE, WRITETHRU, SUNDAY, 9:32 AM PT: Coming in shy of what was an industry-projected $50M+ international weekend, Lionsgate’s Insurgent posted an estimated $47M in 76 markets in its overseas debut. Currency fluctuations that are proving problematic for Hollywood abroad will have contributed to the slightly…
Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders is proving a stellar hit in France, where the BBC show notched up 1.1 million viewers after its launch on Arte on Thursday. Arte claimed it was one of the few series to break through the 1 million-viewer ceiling. The news follows Peaky Blinders‘ successful launch in the U.S. on Netflix…
UPDATE, 2:17 PM: Slightly more kids are off for spring break this weekend than last, with a third of all colleges off per Rentrak (vs. 27% last Friday) and 19% K-12 schools out (vs. 17%). As such, that young demo flocks to movies at night and hourlies for Lionsgate’s Insurgentare bound to improve. But currently, Insur…
Sort of a poor cousin to their The Hunger Games series, Summit is hoping Insurgent, the second in the Divergent Series, ratchets up the game a bit. Aimed directly at female fans of Veronica Roth’s books, this edition lays on the special effects and action to such a degree that, as I say in my video review above, it’s…
Similar to last weekend with the $131.6M global bow of Disney’s Cinderella, women are the prime target again this frame with the opening of Lionsgate’s Divergent sequel Insurgent, based on the second title in the popular Veronica Roth young adult book trilogy. Industry estimates peg the global bow between $105M-$120M…
Tickets just went on sale yesterday at Fandango and MovieTickets.com for Lionsgate’s sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent, however, sources tell Deadline that the film is heading for a $57M three-day box office opening during its March 20-22 weekend. The estimate does not take into account advance ticket sales, but…
“You are a living proof that the Divergent problem has grown beyond all control,” says Ansel Elgort in the final trailer for The Divergent Series: Insurgent which dropped today from Summit Entertainment. Directed by Robert Schwentke, the film stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Octavia Spencer, Suki…
