18 March 2025

Very disappointing that there was pretty much zero effort to promote Mickey17 in Australia (current box office as at 17 March is $2,295,523). I’ve been told it was similar in the US where their current box office is $33,212,062.

Production companies (I’m looking at you Warner Bros) wonder why movies don’t make much at the box office, (and there may be some truth with the cost of living worldwide being sky high and people are watching their spending) but I’m more inclined to believe that having such a limited cinema release before being released digitally does not give people incentive to rush to the movies. I know it was the 1970s, but Star Wars was at the cinema for 2+ years (mainly because only one cinema was screening) but also due to the fact that it was the only place you could watch it. Anyway, according to World of Reel:

“Warner Bros. has had enough. They’ve decided to ship ‘Mickey 17’ to digital on March 25 — that’s only 18 days after its theatrical debut. The film is expected to have a 60% drop and earn $7.5M in its second weekend. ‘Mickey’ is destined to cause a $100M loss for Warner Bros.Mickey 17 is being digitally released on 25 March 2025.”

Meanwhile according to Box Office Report Mickey 17 grossed an estimated $10.2M from global IMAX screens through Sunday (Domestic – $5.2M | International – $5.0M).

In other news, Mickey 17 is going great guns in South Korea where it’s the highest grossing film so far this year and according to The Numbers has grossed $17.9 million. It has also remained no. 1 leading the box office in the UK and Ireland reaching

Mickey 17 has remained no 1 in UK/Ireland, with Screen Daily reporting “‘Mickey 17’ retains UK-Ireland box office lead, reaching $5,800,000.

According to The Numbers, the current international total is $57.2 million and the current worldwide cumulative box office is $90,412,062.

7 April 2023

Deadline released an article today about it’s :most valuable blockbustre tournament of 2022 and gives some solid figures about what Rob’s The Batman grossed both at cinema and streaming:

“When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament for 2022, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources.

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Warner Bros made a controversial move to shift its 2021 theatrical slate to a day-and-date strategy with HBO Max. After great ire around town, Warners returned to a theatrical release window strategy with The Batman, and moviegoers promptly flocked back to the cinema to see it. The film became the fifth-biggest domestic opening ever in March with $134 million, and a $225M global debut. Newly installed Warner Bros motion picture bosses Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy soon signed Reeves to a multi-year first-look deal; he is spinning off his Batman universe into an HBO Max series centering around Farrell’s Penguin. Despite James Gunn and Peter Safran taking over DC from former head Walter Hamada and planning their own Batman movie, Brave & Bold, Reeves’ Batman 2, which is currently in script stage, remains on track. The sequel is billed as an else-world part of Safran and Gunn’s DC universe and has set a theatrical release of October 3, 2025.

Robert Pattinson #Tenet Box Office Updaes

UPDATED: 9 November 2020 – Global hits $350 million

9 November 2020

From Deadline:

… after its late-August release, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is approaching $300M internationally ($295.6M estimated through Sunday). Solid market drops were seen in Brazil (-27% in the sophomore session), Russia (-20%), Netherlands (-28%) and Japan (-33%). A further 16 markets have yet to go, including Argentina, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The worldwide total is now $350.8M ($40.3M from IMAX).

Previous international box office after the cut

Christopher Nolan Talks “TENET” Release with Los Angeles Times

The LA Times spoke with Christopher Nolan and Tom Shone in relation to Shone’s new retrospective book on Nolan “The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan”. Here’s what Christopher Nolan had to say about the current release of Tenet:

It is, though, an argument for taking movies seriously. And it’s out in a moment when the film business is facing existential challenges because of COVID-19. How do you see the outlook for movies?

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Nolan: Well, it’s a difficult question to speak to. If you’re talking about the acceleration of existing trends, that’s something I started reading right at the beginning of the pandemic. And it ignores the reality that 2019 was the biggest year for theatrical films in history. They’d made the most money. The admissions were huge. So to me, it’s much more about: What’s the new reality we’re living in?

Warner Bros. released “Tenet,” and I’m thrilled that it has made almost $350 million. But I am worried that the studios are drawing the wrong conclusions from our release — that rather than looking at where the film has worked well and how that can provide them with much needed revenue, they’re looking at where it hasn’t lived up to pre-COVID expectations and will start using that as an excuse to make exhibition take all the losses from the pandemic instead of getting in the game and adapting — or rebuilding our business, in other words.

Long term, moviegoing is a part of life, like restaurants and everything else. But right now, everybody has to adapt to a new reality.

Although some are saying that the US release may be considered a failure, Box Office Pro reports the following:

“Warner Bros.’ TENET registered its first domestic weekend under $1 million, earning $885k from 1,601 locations. The Christopher Nolan thriller is the top-grossing new release in North America since the pandemic with $53.8 million. … Internationally TENET earned $3.3 million from 62 markets over the weekend, including a $277k debut in Brazil (1,000 screens). Top global markets for the title include China ($66.5M), North America ($53.8M), Japan ($24.1M), UK ($22.7M), and France ($22.5M).”

Tenet’s international box office is USD293 million giving it a total of USD346.8 million. To check out previous box office head to our roundup HERE.

To read the full LA Times article click on the link above.

 

I used to do this a lot with Robert’s films, but then I realised that sometimes box office doesn’t really matter – I know it does to those involved trying to make a profit, but the reality is – how can some films make any money when they are slated at ridiculous times at the cinema and last a nanosecond.  Anyway, I’m not making excuses, it’s just how I personally feel.  But I know people, like Carmel, like this kind of information, so here I am.  So far in Australia, Queen of the Desert has made AUD105,772 in 71 cinemas over a period of 4 days – that is, 2 to 5 June 2016.

From UrbanCinefile:

In relation to worldwide box office, Box Office Mojo records the following (including Australian figures based on 4 days) – USD1,368,710:

According to The Numbers (figures below are also in USD -also the Australian figures are based on 3 days):

 

 

Current Estimates

So according to Indiewire:

“Not doing quite so well (though it was released day-and-date on VOD) in its third weekend was “Maps To The Stars,” which Focus Features took from 61 down to 17 theaters this weekend after an Oscar qualifying release in late 2014 (which did result in a Golden Globe nomination for Julianne Moore, but not much else). The result was a 71% drop from last weekend, with “Maps” taking in just $19,000 for a $1,118 per-theater-average. It has now grossed $313,700.”

Again, the above figures are estimates from Box Office Mojo, who still haven’t corrected their foreign totals figure.  I’m trying to get figures for Spain – fingers crossed.