2018 At The Boxoffice (3 Viewers)

[Tino]

Oldtimers here will remember we used to have annual boxoffice threads where we discussed all things boxoffice with very lively debates and discussions. Terry RL was a great contributor but has not been seen around these parts in many a Moon.

So with Ron’s blessing, here for your enjoyment and amusement, is the official 2018 Boxoffice Thread.

A link to upcoming 2018 films courtesy of boxoffice mojo.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=bydate&release=theatrical&yr=2018

 

[Tino]

And here’s a recap of 2017 courtesy of Deadline

2017 Domestic Box Office Share Postmortem: What Went Right & Wrong Among The Majors In $11B+ Year

http://deadline.com/2017/12/disney-fox-2017-domestic-box-office-major-studios-year-end-1202233892/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

It's early, but at the moment, I think "Avengers: Infinity War" is the likely box office champ for 2018 unless something really surprising happens.

 

[Tino]

Top 25 2017 Films

Star Wars: The Last Jedi BV $517,144,228 4,232 $220,009,584 4,232 12/15 -
2 Beauty and the Beast (2017) BV $504,014,165 4,210 $174,750,616 4,210 3/17 7/13
3 Wonder Woman WB $412,563,408 4,165 $103,251,471 4,165 6/2 11/9
4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 BV $389,813,101 4,347 $146,510,104 4,347 5/5 9/21
5 Spider-Man: Homecoming Sony $334,201,140 4,348 $117,027,503 4,348 7/7 11/30
6 It WB (NL) $327,481,748 4,148 $123,403,419 4,103 9/8 12/14
7 Thor: Ragnarok BV $311,370,239 4,080 $122,744,989 4,080 11/3 -
8 Despicable Me 3 Uni. $264,624,300 4,535 $72,434,025 4,529 6/30 12/21
9 Logan Fox $226,277,068 4,071 $88,411,916 4,071 3/3 7/13
10 The Fate of the Furious Uni. $225,764,765 4,329 $98,786,705 4,310 4/14 7/13
11 Justice League WB $225,627,455 4,051 $93,842,239 4,051 11/17 -
12 Dunkirk WB $188,045,546 4,014 $50,513,488 3,720 7/21 11/23
13 Coco BV $178,944,459 3,987 $50,802,605 3,987 11/22 -
14 The LEGO Batman Movie WB $175,750,384 4,088 $53,003,468 4,088 2/10 6/8
15 Get Out Uni. $175,484,140 3,143 $33,377,060 2,781 2/24 6/11
16 The Boss Baby Fox $175,003,033 3,829 $50,198,902 3,773 3/31 11/2
17 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales BV $172,558,876 4,276 $62,983,253 4,276 5/26 9/21
18 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Sony $169,825,967 3,765 $36,400,000 3,765 12/20 -
19 Kong: Skull Island WB $168,052,812 3,846 $61,025,472 3,846 3/10 6/15
20 Cars 3 BV $152,901,115 4,256 $53,688,680 4,256 6/16 11/2
21 War for the Planet of the Apes Fox $146,880,162 4,100 $56,262,929 4,022 7/14 11/30
22 Split Uni. $138,141,585 3,373 $40,010,975 3,038 1/20 5/4
23 Transformers: The Last Knight Par. $130,168,683 4,132 $44,680,073 4,069 6/21 8/24
24 Wonder LGF $121,558,865 3,519 $27,547,866 3,096 11/17 -
25 Girls Trip Uni. $115,108,515 2,648 $31,201,920 2,591 7/21 10/12

 

[Tino]

It's early, but at the moment, I think "Avengers: Infinity War" is the likely box office champ for 2018 unless something really surprising happens.

Yeah I gotta agree with that one. It’s gonna be a monster.

 

[Tino]

Yearly boxoffice since 1980. Boxoffice mojo.

Related Chart: The Past 365 Days

Year Total
Gross* Change Tickets
Sold Change # of
Movies Total
Screens Avg.
Ticket
Price Avg.
Cost^ #1 Movie
2017 $11,064.4 -2.8% 1,239.0 -5.8% 721 - $8.93 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2016 $11,377.5 +2.2% 1,315.3 -0.4% 736 - $8.65 - Rogue One
2015 $11,129.4 +7.4% 1,320.2 +4.1% 705 - $8.43 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2014 $10,361.2 -5.2% 1,268.2 -5.6% 706 - $8.17 - American Sniper
2013 $10,924.6 +0.8% 1,343.7 -1.3% 689 - $8.13 - Catching Fire
2012 $10,837.4 +6.5% 1,361.5 +6.1% 668 - $7.96 - The Avengers
2011 $10,174.3 -3.7% 1,283.0 -4.2% 602 - $7.93 - Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2)
2010 $10,565.6 -0.3% 1,339.1 -5.2% 536 - $7.89 - Toy Story 3
2009 $10,595.5 +10.0% 1,412.7 +5.3% 521 - $7.50 - Avatar
2008 $9,630.7 -0.3% 1,341.3 -4.5% 607 - $7.18 - The Dark Knight
2007 $9,663.8 +4.9% 1,404.6 -0.1% 631 - $6.88 - Spider-Man 3
2006 $9,209.5 +4.2% 1,406.0 +2.0% 608 - $6.55 - Dead Man's Chest
2005 $8,840.5 -5.8% 1,379.2 -8.7% 547 - $6.41 - Revenge of the Sith
2004 $9,380.5 +1.5% 1,510.5 -1.4% 551 - $6.21 - Shrek 2
2003 $9,239.7 +0.9% 1,532.3 -2.8% 506 - $6.03 $63.8 Return of the King
2002 $9,155.1 +8.8% 1,575.7 +6.0% 480 35,592 $5.81 $58.8 Spider-Man
2001 $8,412.5 +9.8% 1,487.3 +4.7% 482 36,764 $5.66 $47.7 Harry Potter / Sorcerer's Stone
2000 $7,661.0 +2.9% 1,420.8 -3.0% 478 37,396 $5.39 $54.8 The Grinch
1999 $7,448.0 +7.2% 1,465.2 -1.1% 461 37,185 $5.08 $51.5 The Phantom Menace
1998 $6,949.0 +9.2% 1,480.7 +6.7% 509 34,186 $4.69 $52.7 Saving Private Ryan
1997 $6,365.9 +7.7% 1,387.7 +3.7% 510 31,640 $4.59 $53.4 Titanic
1996 $5,911.5 +7.6% 1,338.6 +6.0% 471 29,690 $4.42 $39.8 Independence Day
1995 $5,493.5 +1.8% 1,262.6 -2.3% 411 27,805 $4.35 $36.4 Toy Story
1994 $5,396.2 +4.7% 1,291.7 +3.8% 453 26,586 $4.18 $34.3 Forrest Gump
1993 $5,154.2 +5.8% 1,244.0 +6.0% 462 25,737 $4.14 $29.9 Jurassic Park
1992 $4,871.0 +1.4% 1,173.2 +2.9% 480 25,105 $4.15 $28.9 Aladdin
1991 $4,803.2 -4.4% 1,140.6 -4.0% 458 24,570 $4.21 $26.1 Terminator 2
1990 $5,021.8 -0.2% 1,188.6 -5.9% 410 23,689 $4.23 $26.8 Home Alone
1989 $5,033.4 +12.9% 1,262.8 +16.4% 502 23,132 $3.97 $23.5 Batman
1988 $4,458.4 +4.8% 1,084.8 -0.3% 510 23,234 $4.11 $18.1 Rain Man
1987 $4,252.9 +12.6% 1,088.5 +7.0% 509 23,555 $3.91 $20.1 Three Men and a Baby
1986 $3,778.0 +0.8% 1,017.2 -3.7% 451 22,765 $3.71 $17.5 Top Gun
1985 $3,749.2 -7.0% 1,056.1 -11.9% 470 21,147 $3.55 $16.8 Back to the Future
1984 $4,031.0 +7.0% 1,199.0 +0.2% 536 20,200 $3.36 $14.4 Beverly Hills Cop
1983 $3,766.0 +9.1% 1,197.0 +1.9% 495 18,884 $3.15 $11.9 Return of the Jedi
1982 $3,453.0 +16.4% 1,175.0 +10.1% 428 18,020 $2.94 $11.8 E.T.
1981 $2,966.0 +7.9% 1,067.0 +4.4% 173 18,040 $2.78 $11.3 Raiders / Lost Ark
1980 $2,749.0 - 1,022.0 - 161 17,590 $2.69 $9.4 The Empire Strikes Back
* In millions. Total Gross is the calendar gross for that year, meaning actual revenues during the time period, including holdovers from previous year. For a full discussion of calendar grosses, see our page: About Box Office Tracking.
^ Production cost only.
Number of Movies for 1980 and 1981 indicate only the number of major releases that year.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Yeah I gotta agree with that one. It’s gonna be a monster.

Yeah... I think it'll sit comfortably in the $200 million opening range that the original Avengers did, I think Avengers: Age Of Ultron came in closer to $190, and based on the star power (not to mention how much more expensive tickets are in 2018 vs 2015), I expect this one will rebound.

Not sure that it'll break Star Wars: The Force Awakens which was something like $248 million. The IMAX numbers should be a smash - it was filmed entirely with the digital IMAX camera (1.90:1 ratio exclusive to IMAX screens) which should boost business for that format. Probably not to the extent that Dunkirk boosted its IMAX business, but it'll be huge.

I think Fantastic Beasts 2 can grow on what the first one did.

 

[Vic Pardo]

I only count six films in the top 25 that weren't sequels, franchise entries, or remakes. And one of those is animated. I've only seen three films in the top 25 and only liked one (WONDER WOMAN). The other two were among the five non-animated, non-franchise, non-remakes/sequels.

 

[Tino]

I also think a little film titled SOLO might do well.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Yeah, but there's almost no way that's coming out on the date that it's currently occupying on the schedule.

I think Solo will be the first Star Wars movie to open to good rather than extraordinary business. I think they're overestimating the appeal of that character without Harrison Ford.

 

[TravisR]

Yeah, but there's almost no way that's coming out on the date that it's currently occupying on the schedule.

I think Solo will be the first Star Wars movie to open to good rather than extraordinary business. I think they're overestimating the appeal of that character without Harrison Ford.

Plus, it'll be coming out at a more competitive time than the other recent SW movies. Not just movies but also summer activities.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I really would not be shocked if it gets moved to December, and Disney saves a little face in the move by saying something like, "After the overwhelming success of TFA, R1 and TLJ in December, we are proud to continue the holiday tradition with Han Solo - coming this December."

 

[TravisR]

I really would not be shocked if it gets moved to December, and Disney saves a little face in the move by saying something like, "After the overwhelming success of TFA, R1 and TLJ in December, we are proud to continue the holiday tradition with Han Solo - coming this December."

I won't be surprised either but I think I said it in the Solo thread but the press releases are coming out for the LEGO toys with the May 25 date so I think they still want to make that. Opie's on Twitter talking about seeing The Shape Of Water twice so if he's got time to see movies multiple times, editing must be on schedule.

 

[Tino]

Yeah I think they’re sticking to that date. Perhaps also testing summer waters for Star Wars box office potential.

 

[Richard M S]

Wow, I used to see everything and in 2018 I saw just 2 films on the top 25 list this year - Get Out and Dunkirk.

 

[Wayne_j]

I saw 19 from the top 25.

 

[Tino]

I saw 18 out of 25

 

[Richard V]

13/25

 

[TravisR]

I saw 17 of the 25.

 

[Malcolm R]

I've seen 9/25, but only two of those in the theater (Fate of the Furious, Kong).