Bryan Rothman

Endgame Returns Thursday and the Box Office Charts Have Already Made Room for It
Endgame Returns Thursday and the Box Office Charts Have Already Made Room for It
Box Office Mojo has already built the row. Every dollar Avengers: Endgame takes from Thursday's re-release will be added to its lifetime total — and the $124.3 million gap to Avatar was never a like-for-like comparison anyway.
IMAX Set a Global Record Without China, Then Broke an All-Time Record It Never Named
IMAX Set a Global Record Without China, Then Broke an All-Time Record It Never Named
IMAX has announced three different records for The Odyssey this summer. One excludes China, Japan and Korea, one never names the record it broke, and the number everyone is still quoting was superseded two weeks ago.
Resident Evil Broke a 16-Year Record About 36 Hours After Everyone Said It Had
Resident Evil Broke a 16-Year Record About 36 Hours After Everyone Said It Had
Resident Evil was reported as beating the franchise's all-time domestic gross on Sunday, when the estimate was $128,566 short. It cleared it on Monday's revision by $71,434 — on one tracker, while the other still shows the estimate.
The Odyssey Is Universal’s Biggest Film Ever, and Still $50 Million Behind Jurassic World at Home
The Odyssey Is Universal’s Biggest Film Ever, and Still $50 Million Behind Jurassic World at Home
The Odyssey is Universal's highest-grossing film ever by $23 million worldwide. In North America it is $50 million behind the film it just dethroned, and only one Universal release has ever beaten it there.
The Box Office Is About to Hit $10 Billion Again With 26 Percent Fewer People in the Seats
The Box Office Is About to Hit $10 Billion Again With 26 Percent Fewer People in the Seats
The domestic box office is on course for $10 billion for the first time since 2019. It will get there with roughly a quarter fewer people in the seats, and the most-shared article about it contradicts its own headline.
Resident Evil Opens on an $80 Million Global Forecast That Leaves Out Japan and China
Resident Evil Opens on an $80 Million Global Forecast That Leaves Out Japan and China
Resident Evil opens today on an $80 million global forecast that is not a result, is not global, and is being measured against a franchise record set in 2010 dollars with a 3D surcharge attached.
Spider-Man Took the All-Time Domestic Record by $110,909 and the Coverage Rounded It Away
Spider-Man Took the All-Time Domestic Record by $110,909 and the Coverage Rounded It Away
Spider-Man: Brand New Day took the all-time domestic box office record on Tuesday. The margin was $110,909 — about an eighth of that day's business — and almost nobody printed a number small enough to show it.
Paramount Starts Paying $7 Million a Day for a Deal It Cannot Close Until 2027
Paramount Starts Paying $7 Million a Day for a Deal It Cannot Close Until 2027
Paramount starts paying roughly seven million dollars a day next month for a deal it cannot close until 2027. And the headline price everyone quotes is not what shareholders are getting.
Akira Did Not Earn Five Times Its History. It Earned About Twice.
Akira Did Not Earn Five Times Its History. It Earned About Twice.
Akira's 4K re-release is said to have earned five times what every previous North American release made combined. The multiple is real, the baseline is incomplete, and in tickets it is closer to two.
Spider-Man Is $1.5 Million From the Record. Two Outlets Already Called It.
Spider-Man Is $1.5 Million From the Record. Two Outlets Already Called It.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is $1.5 million from the all-time North American record. One outlet has already declared it crossed, and another named the wrong film as the record holder.
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