Its been a pretty solid hot streak. I really think theater going is back. People have finally remembered how fun it is to go out and see a movie ib a giant screen with amazing sounds. Not to mention the popcorn and other concessions available.
August update on the 2026 Box Office Predictor Game.
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Contest: ENTER - Box Office Predictor Game 2026
No worries. If you would like to follow along as discuss as the year progresses though, feel free I'll pop along and lurk from time to time
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2026 is shaping up to be one of Warner Bros.’ worst years at the box office, amid negotiations involving the sale of the company.
So far, the studio has released seven films, which have collectively grossed around $674.2M worldwide.
Meanwhile, Disney, Universal, and Sony are having incredible years:
• Disney: over $4B
• Universal: over $4B
• Sony: over $2B
Warner still has other releases coming this year:
• Practical Magic 2
• Clayface
• Digger
But the big release will be Dune: Part Three, which will have the mission of trying to save the disastrous year the studio has been facing.
Is it really an incredible year for Sony when their 2b scorecard is entirely due to 1 movie that was made by the MCU machine they're at best only partly responsible for and the rest of their slate has brought in less than 400m spread across 5 films?
Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' $36M+, 'Insidious 6' $23M+ Opening
Sony owns the top of the box office with 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' at $36M+ in its 4th frame and 'Insidious: Out of the Further' opening to $23M+.
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To me it's more about return on investment (ROI) than absolute dollars collected. Both Backrooms and Obsession killed their competition.
Part Three cost a lot to make, and they're spending a lot on marketing. Let's see how well it does as the story is a bit over the top compared to the first novel.
Bingo! IMO, the big story of the year has been the small budget movies that did much bigger business that anyone thought.
I can't help but think of the people who pushed back when I said Dwayne Johnson is no longer a draw. I wonder what they think now after another box office failure and the recent news that the guy is now going to try his hand at a music career?
Low budget horror is back in a big way. And it's been a long time coming. Blair Witch held the record for the longest time. It was only recently beat by Paranormal Activity made for only $15k. But both Obsession and Backrooms were made on low budgets.
Sony Pictures, excluding the movies distributed worldwide for Spider-Man and MGM, made $314.1 million worldwide in 2026. Really, there is nothing there besides Spider-Man. Can't understand why Sony hasn't sold Columbia Pictures and pulled out of the film industry. Then again, Sony Pictures' television division is doing well. Maybe the fact that Sony's parent company's technology division is in a much worse position than it was 30 years ago makes Sony's film and gaming divisions look more successful compared to the rest of the company.
I asked ChatGpt about Paramount's film box office and annual gross, and the answer was:
Paramount Pictures' worldwide box office revenue for films released so far in 2026:
Scream 7 — $207,999,405
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft — $26,721,893
Scary Movie — $231,886,052
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie — $83,116,494
Total: $549,723,844
Therefore, approximately 80% of Paramount's 2026 box office revenue comes from Scream 7 and Scary Movie.
This total represents Paramount's box office revenue as a distributor; for example, *Scary Movie* is distributed by Paramount but is associated with Miramax on the production side.
Also, since PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie is only in its second week, $83.1 million is not the final figure** and Paramount's total gross will continue to increase.
Paramount also has films yet to be released in 2026; these include By Any Means, Heart of the Beast, Street Fighter, Ebenezer, The Angry Birds Movie 3 and Mr. Irrelevant.
Paramount Pictures' worldwide box office revenue for films released so far in 2026:
Scream 7 — $207,999,405
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft — $26,721,893
Scary Movie — $231,886,052
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie — $83,116,494
Total: $549,723,844
Therefore, approximately 80% of Paramount's 2026 box office revenue comes from Scream 7 and Scary Movie.
This total represents Paramount's box office revenue as a distributor; for example, *Scary Movie* is distributed by Paramount but is associated with Miramax on the production side.
Also, since PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie is only in its second week, $83.1 million is not the final figure** and Paramount's total gross will continue to increase.
Paramount also has films yet to be released in 2026; these include By Any Means, Heart of the Beast, Street Fighter, Ebenezer, The Angry Birds Movie 3 and Mr. Irrelevant.
Box Office: Blumhouse Atomic Monster Crosses $1B YTD With 'Obsession', More
Blumhouse Atomic Monster for the third time in four years, crosses $1 billion at the global box office thanks to 'Obsession', 'Backrooms', 'Insidious: Out of the Further', More
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There's a new Hunger Games movie coming out in November. The 2023 film, starring Rachel Zegler, grossed $349 million with a budget of around $100 million. This time it seems to be an even higher-budget film. McKenna Grace and Elle Fanning are replacing Rachel Zegler. Jennifer Lawrence also has a cameo in scenes set in the future. I'm curious to see how well it will do at the box office.
In America, we have Pornhub.
People aren't going to find out that there's a low level of nudity in the film until after they've bought the ticket. The director saying they cut a bunch of it out on social media isn't a dial mover.
If folks haven't bought a ticket it's because either they haven't seen the marketing, they've seen the marketing and weren't interested, they might have been interested but went to see something else they were more interested in, didn't go to the cinema at that time, thought that looks like something to wait for streaming.
I only saw the trailer this last week and thought it was a bit of a mess and didn't do a great job of selling the concept or characters too well and so they're not getting my ticket anyway. Had the trailer teased more bums and nipples, my mind would have been the same.
Though, obviously I'm not a representative sample for the whole entire world.
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