SATURDAY UPDATE: On Friday, Disney's The Lion King added another 10 offshore markets including the UK, Spain and Mexico. Through yesterday, the big cat has now lapped up $192M at the international box office, including $111M from all of this week’s new markets and the play through from China. The film looks primed to…
Saturday AM Update: While it’s clear that The Lion Kingis bound to be the king of July, overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($169.1M), the pic, after clocking an estimated $78.5M yesterday, is now headed to $192M-$200M for the weekend, which, for the second half of the calendar year, is the…
NBC topped Tuesday’s primetime ratings with America’s Got Talent winning the night with a 1.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 9.39 million viewers, which is a tenth up from last week. Meanwhile, the network’s new reality comedy competition series Bring the Funny (1.0, 4.99M) dipped two tenths as it settled…
There really aren’t any sober domestic projections on Disney’s The Lion King: Many see the Jon Favreau-directed remake heading for a record July opening, feasibly toppling 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($169.1M).
Even though Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home exceeded estimates with a $185M…
With the plug pulled on its Saturday night, Broadway got zinged with a 10% tumble at the box office last week. While other factors entered the equation – there were three fewer shows on the boards than the previous week – the cancellation of 26 individual performances due to the Manhattan blackout no doubt took a…
This afternoon’s weekly Broadway box office report should shine a light on at least one aspect of Saturday night’s Manhattan blackout, but for some New Yorkers and out-of-towners the impact was more immediate: Comedy club-goers got Dave Chappelle, Times Square visitors got impromptu performances from the likes of Hades…
UPDATE, writethru: The arachnomania continues as Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home captured another $100M from the international box office this weekend, lifting the offshore cume to $572.5M. That sends the Tom Holland-starrer sailing past 2007’s Spider-Man 3 to become the top overseas grosser of the franchise…
SATURDAY UPDATE:Disney's The Lion King had a majestic Saturday in China, adding an estimated $21M for a 50% increase over Friday. That lifts the two-day cume to about $35M. These are early estimates that point to an FSS launch in the low $50Ms, a nice start for the Jon Favreau-directed title, and falling within the…
Disney's The Lion King will take pride of place this weekend in China where it’s bowing ahead of the rest of the world. With anticipation and a clear runway for the opening, the CGI/live-action adaptation of the 1994 classic is poised for a $50 million-$60 million three-day bow, per industry projections. The Middle…
With less than three weeks left until the premiere of Disney’s The Lion King, the studio has released character posters for its live-action remake. The portraits include stars of the film paired with their photorealistic character counterparts. such as Donald Glover with Simba, Beyonce Carter-Knowles with Nala and…
Disney’s The Lion King popped on tracking this morning, and even at a conservative level, there’s a chance this live-action remake of the 1994 pic beats the $169.1M opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 for the July opening record. Another leading tracking firm has The Lion King at a $150M…
