October 31st, 2014
October was a better than expected month with the overall box office keeping pace with October of 2013, for the most part. (The last weekend will be terrible, but that's because of Halloween.) We were able to close the gap somewhat in the year-over-year comparison, at least by a little bit. So how will November do compared to October. Let's put it this way. There are only seven films opening wide this month. Of those, Beyond the Lights will likely not make an impact at the box office. Every other film has at least a reasonable shot at $100 million. More than half the of the films opening this month could hit $200 million. Leading the way will be The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, which could hit $400 million. The only problem is when book franchises split the final installment into two parts, the first part tends to be weaker at the box office. Interstellar is a big question mark. On the low end, it could make just over $100 million, while on the high end, just over $300 million is within reach. That's a wide range of expectations. On the downside, last November, there were two movies to reach $400 million: Catching Fire and Frozen. On the other hand, there was only one other movie to make more than $100 million, Thor: The Dark World, so perhaps the depth this year will help 2014 come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison.
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June 1st, 2014
It is too soon to tell how May will end, as this story will be published before the weekend estimates came out. (Maleficent had an excellent start on Friday, unlike A Million Ways to Die in the West.) Overall, it was a good month with at least three movies that are on track to hit $200 million, but there was no really big winner for the month. It was nice and balanced. Unfortunately, last May there was a monster hit, Iron Man 3, and 2014 could not compete with that, so it lost ground to 2013. June hopes to turn things around and there are some reasons to be optimistic. All four weeks there is at least one film opening that at least has a shot at $100 million. There are even two films that at least have a shot at $300 million. Transformers: Age of Extinction should win the monthly box office race while How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a long shot to win, but I wouldn't be completely surprised if it did. Additionally, 22 Jump Street, Edge of Tomorrow, The Fault in Our Stars, and Think Like a Man 2 are all contenders for the century club. Not all of them will get to that milestone, but all of them at least have a short. Last June, there were three films that reached $200 million, including Man of Steel, which nearly reached $300 million. It looks like June of 2014 will be about as strong as June of 2013, more or less. If all films reach their potential, it could win the year-over-year comparison. Unless there are some shocking bombs, it shouldn't struggle so much that 2014 loses its lead over 2013 entirely.
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Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|
| Top Grossing Dialogue Editor at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) |
336 |
$93,231,060 |
| Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) |
190 |
$471,980,448 |
| Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) |
1,847 |
$72,853,774 |
| Top Grossing Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) |
1,261 |
$89,314,146 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) |
377 |
$342,853,270 |
| Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) |
1,863 |
$20,133,326 |
| Top Grossing Dialogue Editor at the International Box Office (Rank 401-500) |
449 |
$33,282,126 |
| Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200) |
127 |
$890,337,965 |
| Top Grossing Executive Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) |
1,512 |
$110,674,153 |
| Top Grossing Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100) |
2,086 |
$37,291,418 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 301-400) |
373 |
$484,610,992 |
| Top Grossing Dialogue Editor at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) |
403 |
$126,513,186 |
| Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200) |
141 |
$1,362,318,413 |
| Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) |
1,644 |
$183,527,927 |
| Top Grossing Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) |
1,627 |
$126,605,564 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 301-400) |
354 |
$827,464,262 |
| Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200) |
2,161 |
$20,133,326 |
