Latest in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

With $41.66B worldwide, movie theater turnstiles spun to another record in 2018. Largely boosted by domestic receipts, the total includes a preliminary comScore estimate of $29.8B from the international box office. That's also a record, though just a 1% increase on 2017 with some offshore markets stung by exchange…

As 2018 draws to a close, comScore is estimating that worldwide box office will hit a record $41.7B. That would rep a 2.7% upwards shift from last year's $40.6B and mark only the second time ever that it's cracked $40B. This year's growth is largely driven by domestic which is eyeing a benchmark $11.9B, a 7% increase…

Television was suppose to kill it. Then VHS. And, ultimately, streaming. But this summer, moviegoing was very much alive and kicking, with a projected near-record domestic box office haul of $4.8 billion, nearly toppling 2013’s banner $4.87 billion, per ComScore and Deadline calculations. That’s when we started the…

FX Networks continues to stock up on the biggest movie titles on the market. The cable network’s latest purchases are current box-office champion Mission Impossible: Fallout, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Deadpool 2, A Quiet Place, Hotel Transylvania 3, The Equilizer 2, as well as Skyscraper, Blockers, Pacific Rim Up…

Whetting the appetite for today’s second-quarter earnings announcement, AMC Entertainment on Tuesday night touted strong uptake for its nascent frequent moviegoer program, AMC Stubs A-List. This morning, the world’s largest exhibitor reported a 20% Q2 increase in revenues across all categories to a record $1,442.5M…

Even though Universal’s original ABBA sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was unexpectedly beat by Sony’s Equalizer 2 for the No. 1 spot at the North American’s weekend box office, $35.8 million to $34.4 million, the Universal City studio can celebrate that its clicked past the $1 billion mark at the domestic box…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: After starting early offshore rollout Down Under two weeks ago, Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation checked into another 42 markets this frame, and topped the studio charts with $46.4M in 44 total hubs. The overseas tally is now $54.8M for a global total of $100.12M. The…

TUESDAY AM UPDATE, writethru with actuals: Disney/Marvel's Ant-Man And The Wasp took flight in 41 offshore markets over the weekend session, supersizing to $85.9M for its international box office bow. The Paul Rudd/Evangeline Lilly sequel buzzed in about 45% ahead of the first film and landed above Sunday estimates as…

The dinosaurs of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom have stomped across the $1 billion mark worldwide, making it the seventh film to achieve the milestone for Universal. The breakdown on the Universal/Amblin Entertainment sequel is $304.8M domestic and $700.7M at the international box office through Thursday. The global…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Make it four in a row for Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and its dino-might atop the international box office. In 68 markets, the JA Bayona-helmed sequel grossed $56.1M this weekend to take the overseas cume to $667.6M. That lifts the global gobble to $932.4M…

5th Update Sunday AM writethru with updated chart: Anyone who ever thought moviegoers completely abandoned the theaters for their couches, think again. Summer is truly roaring, and it’s not just because of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which is topping the B.O. in its second weekend with $60M, -59%, with a 10-day…