Hollywood Movies Record Box Office Year for 2012

Hollywood is on the cusp of a record box office year with $10.8 billion expected (up 6% over last year’s $10.215B) and beating the previous record of $10.6 billion in 2009). Attendance will wind up at 1.36 billion tix sold (also up 6% over 2011’s 1.288 billion tix), giving us the first attendance uptick since 2009. It was not just the fact that most of the movies delivered, it was the timing of their release dates and the marketing was obviously effective as well with social media continuing to provide an outlet for the movie-going peer group to talk about their favorite flicks.

The first sign of a potentially strong year was noticed way back in January when Mark Wahlberg’s action movie Contraband opened with $24.3 million (an unusually strong number for that time of year) and then was followed by both Safe House ($40.2M debut) and The Vow ($41.2M debut) which opened Valentine’s weekend along with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island ($27.3M) and the re-release of Star Wars; Episode One – The Phantom Menace ($22.5M), thus giving the Industry its first-ever non-holiday weekend to have four films open with over $20 million. Even Act of Valor provided a nice end of February boost unexpectedly opening at number one with $24.5 million. Of course when Hunger Games posted a $152.5 million March debut (and The Lorax and 21 Jump Street performed above expectations), we knew something even bigger was happening and then POW! The Avengers posted the biggest opening weekend of all-time with $207.4 million and we were off to the races.

Ted, The Dark Knight Rises, Men In Black, Snow White and the Huntsman, Then Amazing Spider-Man, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Magic Mike and Brave also were big summer hits, but the summer ended on kind of a slow note with The Campaign and The Expendables 2 somewhat underwhelming in August (though The Bourne Legacy managed a respectable August debut with $38.1M). The early Fall also showed signs of a slump, but then Hotel Transylvania got us back on track in late Sept., the brilliant Argohad its debut in mid Oct. and then the one-two punch of Skyfall and Twilight (bolstered by Wreck-It Ralph& Flight) in November set us on a nearly two month winning streak vs. the same period in 2011. Oscar was also well-represented in the fourth quarter with Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook, Hitchcock and of course Zero Dark Thirty. Then came along The Hobbit with the best December debut ever and now, after a rather slow pre-x-mas weekend, The Hobbit along with Oscar contenders Les Mis and Django Unchainedplus the family film favorite Parental Guidance and Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher just rocked it on Christmas Day and New Year’s weekend!

All this and 2013’s lineup already is looking like it could propel us to an even bigger year and perhaps the break elusive $11 billion mark for the first time!

What a way to end a record year!

James Bond Sky Fall Grossed Up with $1Billion - Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures announced today that Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond adventure, has surpassed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, it was jointly announced today by Jeff Blake, chairman of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures and Gary Barber, MGM's Chairman & CEO.

The film, from Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is the most successful Bond film of all time. It is the highest-grossing film of all time in the UK, the first film to pass £100 million at the UK box office. It is also the most successful film at the worldwide box office in Sony Pictures history.

Skyfall took in $4.6 million this weekend in North America for a cume to date of $289.6 million. Overseas, the film grossed $10.3 million for an international total to date of $710.6 million and a worldwide cume exceeding $1 billion and growing.

We hope that Oscar takes notice as well given the incredible performances by Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and the incomparable Judi Dench. Under the direction of Sam Mendes, this was one of the most rewarding Bond movie experiences to date...and one of the best movies of the year!

Hollywood Box office Gaint 'Hobbit' With $222.7m

The thrill of Bilbo Baggins' journey hasn't faded in the slightest. For the third weekend in a row, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey remained No. 1 and reached over a whopping $220M in the domestic box office. IMAX had another great Hobbit weekend $4.3 mil domestically and another $4.1 mil internationally, which is a solid hold. The IMAX global cumulative as of end of year will be approx $50 million! The Warner Bros. production is the 11th film to surpass $200M in 2012.

Not far behind for the weekend was Tarantino's brutal American Western, Django Unchained. The Weinstein Co. film, which opened Christmas Day, grabbed nearly $30.7M at the box office. For Broadway and Hathaway lovers alike, musical flick Les Miserables (also a Dec. 25 premiere) roped in slightly above $28M. Next up was Fox's Parental Guidance with a $14.8M weekend debut. Some additional information for Parental Guidance courtesy of Fox:

Budget: $25M

Demos:52% Female, 48% Male, 53% family, 47% non-family, 55% > 25, 45%< 25

Well above avg. EXCELLENT and DEFINITE RECOMMEND scores

Being the only PG rated original content film at Christmas and the only PG wide release for January will have families and non-families alike continuing to discover this very audience-friendly and crowd pleasing movie!

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What other films were golden with plenty of green this weekend? See the weekend's top five below!

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (3-D): $32.9 million; $222.7 million total

2. Django Unchained: $30.7 million; $64 million total

3. Les Miserables: $28 million; $67.5 million total

4. Parental Guidance: $14.8 million; $29.6 million total

5. Jack Reacher: $14 million; 44.6 million total

Vijay's Thuppakki Crossed 100 Crs in Box Office Collection

AR Murugadoss directorial Thuppakki has continued its dream run at Box Office. The movie, which was released on November 13, has not only made wonderful collection at Domestic Box Office but also in other parts of the world.

In the opening weekend, Thuppakki had earned Rs. 1.18 crores at the UK BoxOffice. The Tamil film has collected Rs 50 lacs in the second weekend on 11 screens. The total collection of the film in the UK and Ireland region is Rs 1.68 crore. The per screen average collection stands at Rs 2.11 lacs.

When it comes to the UK Box Office, Thuppakki has made Rs. 2.51 crores in 13days. In the opening weekend, the film had collected Rs 1.76 crore and in the second weekend, the film managed to add Rs 75 lacs to its total. However, the Telugu version of the film has got decent response, as it has earned Rs. 14.49 lacs.

 In the Australian Box Office, Thuppakki, which had earned Rs 37.99 lacs, has raked in Rs 8.74 lacs in the second weekend on five screens. Meanwhile, the movie starring Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal has the crossed 100-crore mark at the Tamil Box Office. It is the second Kollywood film to reach the feat after superstar Rajinikanth’s Endhir

Dabangg 2 1st Week Box Office Collection Crossed 100Crs

The presence of Salman Khan and the Dabangg brand value continued to draw audiences in cinema houses to a large extent, on its 7^th Day of Dabangg 2’s release. As per early estimates, Dabangg 2 made a business of about 6.50 Crores at the Domestic Box Office on Thursday.

With collections from various centres pouring in, Dabangg 2 has performed excellent in its 1^st Week and now stands at a domestic total of about 107.60 Crores at the Box Office.

Salman Khan has done it once again and has achieved this feat in spite of being a non-holiday release.

Here’s Dabangg 2′s 1st Week Detailed Report (Domestic Box Office):

Friday (1st Day): 21.10 Crores

Saturday (2nd Day): 18.50 Crores

Sunday (3rd Day): 24 Crores

Monday (4th Day): 13 Crores

Tuesday (5th Day): 16 Crores

Wednesday (6th Day): 8.5 Crores

Thursday (7th Day): 6.50 Crores

1st Week Grand Total: 107.60 Crores

Dabangg 2 Movie Box Office Collection Crossed 65 Crs in 3 Days

Salman Khan's Dabangg 2 movie released on friday and beacame  blockbuster hit , The movie Collected Around 65 Crores in the first Three days, That too movie is released in the week end time so collection rocked teh box office. Check out the breakup figure of Collections

Friday :  21.10 crores 

Saturday : 19.06 crores

Sunday 24 crores to 25 crores 

Total: Rs 64/65 Crores net

Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu 1st Day Box Office Collections

Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu 1st Day Boc Office Collections, Nani, Samantha Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu 1st Day Boc Office Collections, Gautham Vasudev Menon Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu 1st Day Boc Office Collections, Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu 1st Day Boc Office Collections, Telugu Movie Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu 1st Day Boc Office Collections, Tollywood Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu 1st Day Boc Office Collections

Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu 1st Day Collections are:

Nizam – 1.2 Crores

Ceded – 0.45 Crores

Guntur – 0.35Crores

Vizag – 0.32 Cores

East -0.23 Cores

West – 0.21 Cores

Nellore – 0.24 Cores

Krishna- 0.26 Cores

Total Ap 1st day 3.26 cores

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Tops Box Office World Wide

New Line and MGM‘s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey tops the box office with $84.8 million three day opening, the biggest opening ever in December.

 The Hobbit first series opens with $138.2 million overseas at 18,200 screens in 56 markets and a worldwide total of $223 million. The film stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis and directed by Peter Jackson The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey released on Dec. 14th, 2013 nationwide.

Bollywood Khiladi 786 Movie First Week End Collections

Khiladi 786 Movie  Collections

Khiladi 786 Movie 1st Day Collections: 15.55 Cr

Khiladi 786 Movie 2nd Day Collections: 11.15 Cr

Khiladi 786 Movie 3rd Day Collections: 12.75 Cr

Khiladi 786 Movie 4th Day Collections: 5.50 cr

Khiladi 786 Movie 5th Day Collections: 4.9 cr

Khiladi 786 Movie 6th Day Collections: 4.1 cr

Khiladi 786 Movie 7th Day Collections: 3.90cr

Total Of Khiladi 786 Movie  Collections:  57.85 Cr

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Director Reema Kagti's latest venture Talaash starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee in leads, has fetched fantastic collection figures at the global Box Office in the first week. The psychological suspense thriller has surpassed Rs 100 crore mark at the collection centres worldwide in seven days.

Talaash, which was released in 2,600 screens on November 30 after six months delay, started with a bang at the Indian Box Office on Friday and its business went upwards over weekend. The movie raked in Rs 47.1 crores nett in the first weekend. Its collection dropped considerably on weekdays with the film adding Rs 20.8 crores to its seven days total Rs 67.9 crores nett in the country.

Talaash was released in 520 screens in 43 countries in overseas markets, just a day before it hit the screens in India. The suspense thriller has got very good response in the countries like USA, UK, UAE, GCC, Australia and New Zealand. It collected Rs 27.57 crore nett at the international Box Office. And it raked in Rs 9.18 crores on weekdays, taking its first week overseas total to Rs 36.75 crores nett ($ 6.75 million).

However, Talaash, which has collected Rs 104.65 crores at worldwide Box Office, is now facing a big threat from Khiladi 786, which has hit 2,785 screens in India and 450+ screens in the foreign market on December 7. Trade experts feel that the Akshay Kumar and Asin starrer, which has received a fantastic opening, would send down the collection of Talaash in the second week.