2022 At The Box Office (1 Viewer)

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	Nope	Universal	$44,000,000		3,785		$11,625	$44,000,000	1
2	(1)	Thor: Love and Thunder	Walt Disney	$22,100,000	-53%	4,370	-5	$5,057	$276,220,698	3
3	(2)	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Universal	$17,710,000	-34%	3,816	-295	$4,641	$297,856,590	4
4	(3)	Where the Crawdads Sing	Sony Pictures	$10,330,000	-40%	3,650	n/c	$2,830	$38,330,784	2
5	(4)	Top Gun: Maverick	Paramount Pi…	$10,000,113	-19%	3,160	-132	$3,165	$635,566,000	9
6	(5)	Elvis	Warner Bros.	$6,300,000	-21%	3,105	-200	$2,029	$118,376,273	5
7	(6)	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Paramount Pi…	$3,875,351	-39%	3,481	+6	$1,113	$13,758,000	2
8	(7)	The Black Phone	Universal	$3,450,000	-36%	2,055	-216	$1,679	$78,554,900	5
9	(8)	Jurassic World: Dominion	Universal	$2,960,000	-43%	2,165	-482	$1,367	$365,511,635	7
10	(9)	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Focus Features	$1,350,000	-31%	1,001	+21	$1,349	$4,654,985	2
11	(11)	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	A24	$846,950	+49%	590	+437	$1,436	$2,874,424	5
12	(10)	Lightyear	Walt Disney	$687,000	-51%	830	-520	$828	$117,122,528	6
-	(-)	Fire of Love	Neon	$131,174	+102%	99	+85	$1,325	$281,198	3
-	(-)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$92,940	-37%	170	n/c	$547	$68,117,521	18
-	N	My Donkey, My Lover & I	Greenwich	$30,000		51		$588	$30,000	1
-	(-)	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Walt Disney	$22,000	-73%	65	-15	$338	$411,267,151	12
-	(-)	The Bad Guys	Universal	$19,000	-79%	268	-4	$71	$96,647,745	14
-	(-)	The Bob’s Burgers Movie	20th Century…	$17,000	-75%	35	-145	$486	$31,916,056	9
-	(-)	The Killer	Wide Lens Pi…	$13,000	-74%	24	-32	$542	$123,137	2
		19		$123,934,528

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	DC League of Super Pets	Warner Bros.	$23,000,000		4,314		$5,331	$23,000,000	1
2	(1)	Nope	Universal	$18,550,000	-58%	3,807	+22	$4,873	$80,583,425	2
3	(2)	Thor: Love and Thunder	Walt Disney	$13,075,000	-42%	3,650	-720	$3,582	$301,522,269	4
4	(3)	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Universal	$10,880,000	-40%	3,579	-237	$3,040	$320,410,625	5
5	(5)	Top Gun: Maverick	Paramount Pi…	$8,200,300	-20%	3,008	-152	$2,726	$650,104,000	10
6	(4)	Where the Crawdads Sing	Sony Pictures	$7,525,000	-27%	3,526	-124	$2,134	$53,526,201	3
7	(6)	Elvis	Warner Bros.	$5,830,000	-11%	2,901	-204	$2,010	$129,000,707	6
8	(8)	The Black Phone	Universal	$2,500,000	-29%	1,638	-417	$1,526	$83,119,245	6
9	(9)	Jurassic World: Dominion	Universal	$2,080,000	-33%	1,747	-418	$1,191	$369,492,845	8
10	N	Vengeance	Focus Features	$1,750,000		998		$1,754	$1,750,000	1
11	(10)	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Focus Features	$930,000	-34%	871	-130	$1,068	$6,754,690	3
12	(7)	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Paramount Pi…	$750,169	-81%	2,167	-1,314	$346	$16,832,000	3
13	(-)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$650,000	+589%	1,490	+1,320	$436	$68,848,470	19
14	(11)	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	A24	$602,300	-31%	821	+231	$734	$4,101,245	6
-	(12)	Lightyear	Walt Disney	$239,000	-67%	470	-360	$509	$117,829,710	7
-	(-)	Fire of Love	Neon	$151,262	+14%	191	+92	$792	$525,590	4
-	N	Resurrection	IFC Films	$92,700		97		$956	$92,700	1
-	(-)	The Bad Guys	Universal	$28,000	+24%	173	-95	$162	$96,699,280	15
-	N	A Love Song	Bleecker Street	$18,702		4		$4,676	$18,702	1
-	N	Sharp Stick	Utopia	$18,317		2		$9,159	$18,317	1
-	(-)	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Walt Disney	$13,000	-48%	50	-15	$260	$411,303,883	13
-	N	Medusa	Music Box Films	$2,181		3		$727	$2,181	1
-	(-)	The Bob’s Burgers Movie	20th Century…	$1,000	-95%	15	-20	$67	$31,931,857	10
		23		$96,886,931

 

[Malcolm R]

Universal is having a nice year with over $1.1 Billion domestic. They have six films over $80 million domestic, led by Jurassic World: Dominion and Minions: The Rise of Gru which are both over $300 million. Others are The Bad Guys, The Black Phone, and Nope (which is likely to go over $100 million). Sing 2 is another, which was released at Christmas 2021, but has earned nearly $90 million of its total in 2022.

Paramount is also over $1.1 Billion domestic, largely due to Top Gun: Maverick at $650 million and counting. They also have Sonic the Hedgehog 2 just short of $200 million and The Lost City over $100 million. January's Scream is also over $80 million.

Each is controlling over 20% of the domestic box office for 2022. The usual leaders, Disney and Warner Bros, have become more interested in streaming and have dropped to third and fourth place. Disney has only had three major releases for the year to date: Doctor Strange 2, Thor 4, and Pixar's Lightyear. Warner has only released four, led by The Batman and anchored by the disappointing Fantastic Beasts 3 (others are Elvis and this weekend's Super Pets).

 

[Lord Dalek]

I'd rather be Disney than Warner Discovery right now though.

 

[Jake Lipson]

The usual leaders, Disney and Warner Bros, have become more interested in streaming and have dropped to third and fourth place. Disney has only had three major releases for the year to date: Doctor Strange 2, Thor 4, and Pixar's Lightyear.

Technically, Disney has released four movies this year including Death On the Nile in February, which was inherited via their purchase of 20th Century Fox. But your larger point stands.

I think your first point is because of your second point. Disney has less market share because they have released fewer movies. They waited until May to put out their first tentpole of the year, which is extremely unusual for them. Although Lightyear is my favorite of the three by a wide margin, there is no question that it severely underperformed relative to expectations. Nile made $45 million domestically, which isn't great but the results could have been worse considering the Armie Hammer shadow over that movie. So the only two really big theatrical successes they've had this year have been with Marvel.

Disney's slice of the pie will only get bigger with Black Panther and Avatar sequels in November and December respectively, both of which are likely to be huge. They also have a new Disney Animation film Strange World for Thanksgiving and the theatrical re-release of the original Avatar in September. And I'm pretty sure there are some additional releases from 20th Century Not Fox and Searchlight upcoming too, although I can't think of them off the top of my head.

 

[Malcolm R]

Technically, Disney has released four movies this year including Death On the Nile in February, which was inherited via their purchase of 20th Century Fox. But your larger point stands.

Aware of that, but the 20th Century releases seem to be tracked as a separate distributor. Combining grosses of Disney and 20th Century would still leave Disney in third place.

chart from the-numbers.com

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	Bullet Train	Sony Pictures	$30,125,000		4,357		$6,914	$30,125,000	1
2	(1)	DC League of Super Pets	Warner Bros.	$11,200,000	-51%	4,332	+18	$2,585	$45,101,882	2
3	(2)	Nope	Universal	$8,500,000	-54%	3,016	-791	$2,818	$97,969,055	3
4	(3)	Thor: Love and Thunder	Walt Disney	$7,600,000	-42%	3,400	-250	$2,235	$316,064,051	5
5	(4)	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Universal	$7,110,000	-35%	3,188	-391	$2,230	$334,577,685	6
6	(5)	Top Gun: Maverick	Paramount Pi…	$7,030,000	-16%	2,760	-248	$2,547	$662,510,244	11
7	(6)	Where the Crawdads Sing	Sony Pictures	$5,650,000	-25%	3,164	-362	$1,786	$64,623,404	4
8	N	Easter Sunday	Universal	$5,250,000		3,175		$1,654	$5,250,000	1
9	(7)	Elvis	Warner Bros.	$4,000,000	-30%	2,411	-490	$1,659	$136,516,741	7
10	(8)	The Black Phone	Universal	$1,460,000	-42%	1,197	-441	$1,220	$85,897,535	7
11	(9)	Jurassic World: Dominion	Universal	$1,140,000	-47%	1,232	-515	$925	$371,812,030	9
12	(10)	Vengeance	Focus Features	$710,000	-60%	1,003	+5	$708	$3,268,025	2
13	(11)	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Focus Features	$560,000	-40%	669	-202	$837	$8,047,285	4
-	(14)	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	A24	$318,150	-50%	498	-323	$639	$4,913,344	7
-	N	Bodies Bodies Bodies	A24	$226,526		6		$37,754	$226,526	1
-	(12)	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Paramount Pi…	$148,000	-80%	497	-1,670	$298	$17,563,512	4
-	(13)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$129,350	-81%	347	-1,143	$373	$69,493,657	20
-	(-)	Lightyear	Walt Disney	$87,000	-68%	280	-190	$311	$118,102,152	8
-	(-)	Sharp Stick	Utopia	$20,195	+11%	54	+52	$374	$42,968	2
-	(-)	A Love Song	Bleecker Street	$19,075	+19%	18	+14	$1,060	$40,375	2
-	(-)	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Walt Disney	$10,000	-43%	45	-5	$222	$411,327,714	14
		21		$91,293,296

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[Alex...]

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	(1)	Bullet Train	Sony Pictures	$13,400,000	-55%	4,357	n/c	$3,076	$54,482,703	2
2	(2)	DC League of Super Pets	Warner Bros.	$7,170,000	-35%	3,803	-529	$1,885	$58,346,852	3
3	(6)	Top Gun: Maverick	Paramount Pi…	$7,150,455	+2%	3,181	+421	$2,248	$673,822,000	12
4	(4)	Thor: Love and Thunder	Walt Disney	$5,311,000	-31%	3,175	-225	$1,673	$325,395,211	6
5	(3)	Nope	Universal	$5,300,000	-38%	2,760	-256	$1,920	$107,515,570	4
6	(5)	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Universal	$4,900,000	-31%	3,068	-120	$1,597	$343,710,295	7
7	(7)	Where the Crawdads Sing	Sony Pictures	$4,000,000	-30%	2,916	-248	$1,372	$72,149,439	5
8	(15)	Bodies Bodies Bodies	A24	$3,251,067	+1,334%	1,285	+1,279	$2,530	$3,576,795	2
9	(9)	Elvis	Warner Bros.	$2,585,000	-34%	2,211	-200	$1,169	$141,290,645	8
11	(8)	Easter Sunday	Universal	$2,400,000	-56%	3,176	+1	$756	$9,959,570	2
12	N	Laal Singh Chaddha	Paramount Pi…	$1,470,103		516		$2,849	$1,785,000	1
13	N	Mack & Rita	Gravitas Ven…	$1,095,000		1,930		$567	$1,095,000	1
14	(-)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	$1,070,000		389		$2,751	$436,180,554	2,097
15	(10)	The Black Phone	Universal	$1,030,000	-32%	926	-271	$1,112	$87,748,440	8
-	(11)	Jurassic World: Dominion	Universal	$660,000	-45%	880	-352	$750	$373,103,750	10
-	(13)	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Focus Features	$324,000	-44%	573	-96	$565	$8,815,680	5
-	(12)	Vengeance	Focus Features	$217,000	-70%	431	-572	$503	$3,887,020	3
-	N	Inu-Oh	GKIDS	$190,524		350		$544	$190,524	1
-	(14)	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	A24	$163,645	-53%	276	-222	$593	$5,353,815	8
-	(-)	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Paramount Pi…	$71,586	-54%	226	-271	$317	$17,770,000	5
-	(-)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$54,149	-61%	111	-236	$488	$69,669,104	21
-	(-)	Lightyear	Walt Disney	$54,000	-45%	110	-170	$491	$118,219,429	9
-	(-)	Fire of Love	Neon	$36,130	-56%	54	-89	$669	$815,116	6
-	N	Summering	Bleecker Street	$31,317		260		$120	$31,317	1
-	(-)	A Love Song	Bleecker Street	$23,701	+18%	34	+16	$697	$77,383	3
-	N	Free Chol Soo Lee	MUBI	$10,140		1		$10,140	$10,140	1
		26		$61,968,817

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero	Crunchyroll	$20,107,010		3,018		$6,662	$20,107,010	1
2	N	Beast	Universal	$11,570,000		3,743		$3,091	$11,570,000	1
3	(1)	Bullet Train	Sony Pictures	$8,000,000	-40%	3,781	-576	$2,116	$68,984,786	3
4	(2)	Top Gun: Maverick	Paramount Pi…	$5,850,000	-17%	2,969	-212	$1,970	$683,374,834	13
5	(3)	DC League of Super Pets	Warner Bros.	$5,775,000	-18%	3,537	-266	$1,633	$67,484,872	4
6	(4)	Thor: Love and Thunder	Walt Disney	$4,031,000	-25%	2,755	-420	$1,463	$332,112,624	7
7	(5)	Nope	Universal	$3,550,000	-34%	2,381	-379	$1,491	$113,761,220	5
8	(6)	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Universal	$3,520,000	-30%	2,654	-414	$1,326	$350,036,990	8
9	(7)	Where the Crawdads Sing	Sony Pictures	$3,150,000	-21%	2,608	-308	$1,208	$77,725,308	6
10	(8)	Bodies Bodies Bodies	A24	$2,412,208	-23%	2,541	+1,251	$949	$7,439,343	3
11	(9)	Elvis	Warner Bros.	$1,950,000	-24%	1,741	-470	$1,120	$144,820,965	9
12	N	Orphan: First Kill	Paramount Pi…	$1,675,000		498		$3,363	$1,675,000	1
13	(10)	Fall	Lionsgate	$1,330,000	-47%	1,548	n/c	$859	$4,944,367	2
14	(11)	Easter Sunday	Universal	$910,000	-62%	1,574	-1,602	$578	$11,858,610	3
15	(15)	The Black Phone	Universal	$540,000	-47%	649	-277	$832	$88,703,485	9
16	(12)	Laal Singh Chaddha	Paramount Pi…	$530,000	-64%	517	+1	$1,025	$2,959,912	2
17	(-)	Jurassic World: Dominion	Universal	$500,000	-25%	742	-138	$674	$373,873,495	11
-	(13)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	$310,000	-71%	793	+404	$391	$438,988,864	2,098
-	(-)	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Focus Features	$215,000	-36%	367	-206	$586	$9,298,720	6
-	(-)	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	A24	$139,625	-26%	202	-74	$691	$5,655,161	9
-	(-)	Vengeance	Focus Features	$100,000	-54%	167	-264	$599	$4,093,010	4
-	(-)	A Love Song	Bleecker Street	$54,890	+116%	107	+73	$513	$145,917	4
-	(-)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$37,099	-43%	72	-39	$515	$69,768,936	22
-	(-)	Fire of Love	Neon	$37,000	+2%	67	+13	$552	$878,234	7
-	(-)	Lightyear	Walt Disney	$29,000	-49%	55	-55	$527	$118,269,575	10
		25		$76,322,832

 

[Jake Lipson]

My $10 admission is included in the $54,890 that A Love Song made near the bottom of that chart. If the film is playing near you and you like quiet character-driven dramas, I recommend it. It was really well-acted and beautifully shot.

 

[Joe Wong]

Aware of that, but the 20th Century releases seem to be tracked as a separate distributor. Combining grosses of Disney and 20th Century would still leave Disney in third place.

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chart from the-numbers.com

While I enjoy the franchises that Disney has acquired over the years, it's good to see some variety in terms of studio success. As we know, competition is good for the industry, and I was afraid that Disney would become too dominant, especially after they purchased Fox.

 

[Patrick Sun]

TopGub2 is gonna sniff the domestic $700million mark something fierce.

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	The Invitation	Sony Pictures	$7,000,000		3,114		$2,248	$7,000,000	1
2	(3)	Bullet Train	Sony Pictures	$5,600,000	-30%	3,513	-268	$1,594	$78,206,593	4
3	(2)	Beast	Universal	$4,900,000	-58%	3,754	+11	$1,305	$20,090,985	2
4	(4)	Top Gun: Maverick	Paramount Pi…	$4,750,143	-20%	2,962	-7	$1,604	$691,213,000	14
5	(1)	Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero	Crunchyroll	$4,565,668	-78%	2,979	-39	$1,533	$30,761,982	2
6	(5)	DC League of Super Pets	Warner Bros.	$4,225,000	-26%	3,284	-253	$1,287	$74,088,809	5
7	N	Three Thousand Years of Longing	United Artists	$2,876,000		2,436		$1,181	$2,876,000	1
8	(7)	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Universal	$2,740,000	-26%	2,494	-160	$1,099	$354,780,635	9
9	(6)	Thor: Love and Thunder	Walt Disney	$2,700,000	-34%	2,450	-305	$1,102	$336,570,158	8
10	(9)	Where the Crawdads Sing	Sony Pictures	$2,325,000	-27%	2,216	-392	$1,049	$81,888,348	7
11	(8)	Nope	Universal	$2,210,000	-38%	1,909	-472	$1,158	$117,632,175	6
12	(11)	Elvis	Warner Bros.	$1,465,000	-26%	1,843	+102	$795	$147,334,755	10
13	(-)	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Walt Disney	$1,100,000		255		$4,314	$533,277,454	298
14	(10)	Bodies Bodies Bodies	A24	$1,069,143	-55%	2,041	-500	$524	$9,726,142	4
15	N	Breaking	Bleecker Street	$1,022,798		902		$1,134	$1,022,798	1
-	(12)	Orphan: First Kill	Paramount Pi…	$915,043	-47%	557	+59	$1,643	$3,324,000	2
-	(-)	Jurassic World: Dominion	Universal	$680,000	+27%	1,521	+779	$447	$374,763,690	12
-	(14)	Easter Sunday	Universal	$326,000	-65%	553	-1,021	$590	$12,551,220	4
-	(15)	The Black Phone	Universal	$270,000	-51%	391	-258	$691	$89,201,295	10
-	(-)	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Focus Features	$165,000	-30%	299	-68	$552	$9,647,055	7
-	(-)	Laal Singh Chaddha	Paramount Pi…	$159,740	-70%	159	-358	$1,005	$3,336,000	3
-	(-)	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	A24	$103,825	-32%	169	-33	$614	$5,869,609	10
-	(-)	Vengeance	Focus Features	$69,000	-31%	106	-61	$651	$4,203,545	5
-	(-)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	$35,000	-89%	94	-699	$372	$439,230,994	2,099
-	(-)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$24,639	-39%	39	-33	$632	$69,818,729	23
-	(-)	Fire of Love	Neon	$24,051	-44%	53	-14	$454	$981,102	8
-	(-)	A Love Song	Bleecker Street	$18,974	-69%	69	-38	$275	$211,546	5
-	(-)	Lightyear	Walt Disney	$12,000	-61%	45	-10	$267	$118,292,134	11
		28		$51,352,024

 

[Wayne_j]

I have to LOL at the Rogue One and E.T. weekends in release.

 

[Malcolm R]

Rogue One with the biggest per-screen average by far. Disney should have gone wide. They might have won the weekend.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Disney should have gone wide.

The problem is that there aren't enough IMAX screens to do a wide release. I'm not sure if IMAX had something contractually making this an exclusive run, but it is one. In order to go wide, they would have had to put it on regular screens as well, which they don't seem to want to do. But I agree with your point that they could have made more money with a wide release if they wanted to include regular screens as well.

I also find it interesting that Rogue One is still currently available to stream on Disney+. They quietly removed Avatar last week specifically so that it won't be available on the service during its upcoming theatrical re-release, which is going wide. But they don't seem to think that having Rogue One on there is going to dent its IMAX box office. So they are handling these two reissues differently.

Universal also treated two its recent re-releases differently. E.T. went out in a limited number of theaters, primarily in IMAX locations. The only location near me that played it was our AMC with terrible wheelchair seating options which has IMAX. I will not support AMC no matter what for any film, so I didn't go. My local Cinemark, which I frequent, did not get E.T. at all. If Universal had gone wide with E.T. and it had played at Cinemark, I would have almost certainly gone to it, but they chose not to do that. In comparison, Universal is taking Jaws wide next weekend and that one is going to be showing at my Cinemark. I would be interested in hearing the internal studio rationale behind the different strategy for those two movies as well.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Different goals - they’re using the Rogue One reissue to promote the upcoming show, so it’s really about drumming up extra interest among people who might not necessarily be Disney+ subscribers. Plus IMAX usually does repertory for a few weeks this time of year rather than playing new films that don’t attract audiences to that format. If you’re already a D+ subscriber planning on watching the new show, they’ve already gotten what they wanted from you.

For Avatar, the goal is more towards reminding people about the theatrical 3D experience and what a vital component it was towards that particular film - so I think their preference is towards getting people excited again to see a 3D movie on a big screen, and making it slightly harder for people to go “Oh, I see Avatar is at the theater, that reminds me I should see it again, let me watch it on TV”. They want to encourage people to remember the experience of seeing the film, not simply the plot of the film, if that makes any sense.

 

[Jake Lipson]

On another note, the $1,022,798 that Breaking earned in 15th place includes the price of one ticket from me. I really think this is a tremendous film, albeit one that is often very difficult to watch. The whole cast is really good, but John Boyega is especially outstanding in a role that demonstrates a completely different side of his talent than Finn did. I highly recommend it for anyone interested.

 

[Wayne_j]

On another note, the $1,022,798 that Breaking earned in 15th place includes the price of one ticket from me. I really think this is a tremendous film, albeit one that is often very difficult to watch. The whole cast is really good, but John Boyega is especially outstanding in a role that demonstrates a completely different side of his talent than Finn did. I highly recommend it for anyone interested.

I'm seeing that tomorrow.