Monday, October 17, 2022

Box Office Flashback October 14, 2022

Is mid-October a terrible time to release a movie?  Not necessarily, but you wouldn't know it from this week's anniversary list, which largely consists of underachievers and disappointments.  

*Total is for full four-day weekend


Two Years Ago--October 9, 2020:

New Theatrical Releases:

The War With Grandpa--1/$3.6 million/$21.3 million/15/29%/34

Yellow Rose--9/$0.2 million/$0.4 million/121/87%/70

Time--NA/NA/98%/91

New Streaming Releases:

Charm City Kings--79%/62

New Re-Releases:

Coco--6/$0.6 million/NA/NA


Six Years Ago--October 7, 2016:

New Wide Releases:

The Girl on the Train--1/$24.5 million/$75.4 million/41/44%/48

The Birth of a Nation--6/$7 million/$15.9 million/116/73%/69

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life--7/$6.9 million/$20 million/108/64%/51

New Limited Releases:

Under the Shadow--$0.3 million/517/99%/83

13th--NA/NA/97%/83


Eleven Years Ago--October 14, 2011:

#1 Movie:

Real Steel--$16.3 million

New Wide Releases:

Footloose--2/$15.6 million/$51.8 million/67/68%/58

The Thing--3/$8.5 million/$16.9 million/124/34%/49

The Big Year--9/$3.3 million/$7.2 million/146/42%/53

New Limited Releases:

The Skin I Live In--$3.2 million/170/81%/70

Bombay Beach--NA/NA/77%/74


Sixteen Years Ago--October 13, 2006:

New Wide Releases:

The Grudge 2--1/$20.8 million/$39.1 million/79/12%/33

Man of the Year--3/$12.3 million/$37.3 million/85/21%/39

The Marine--6/$7.1 million/$18.8 million/120/17%/45

One Night With the King--9/$4.3 million/$13.4 million/139/19%/38

New Limited Releases:

Infamous--$1.2 million/235/74%/68

Sweet Land--$1.7 million/217/85%/75

Deliver Us From Evil--$0.2 million/329/100%/86


Twenty-One Years Ago--October 12, 2001:

#1 Movie:

Training Day--$13.4 million

New Wide Releases:

Bandits--2/$13.1 million/$41.6 million/58/64%/60

Corky Romano--3/$9 million/$24 million/94/7%/20

Iron Monkey--6/$6 million/$14.7 million/115/91%/79

New Limited Releases:

Mulholland Drive--$7.2 million/136/85%/85

The American Astronaut--NA/NA/63%/51


Twenty-One Years Ago--October 11, 1996:

New Wide Releases:

The Ghost and the Darkness--1/$9.2 million/$38.6 million/38/50%/46

The Long Kiss Goodnight--3/$9.1 million/$33.5 million/46/68%/44

The Chamber--4/$5.6 million/$14.6 million/103/15%/45

New Limited Releases:

Michael Collins--$11.1 million/120/78%/60

Trees Lounge--$0.8 million/212/81%/76

Looking for Richard--$1.4 million/189/82%/NA

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press--$0.003 million/305/NA/NA


Thirty-One Years Ago--October 11, 1991:

#1 Movie:

The Fisher King--$5 million*

New Wide Releases:

Frankie and Johnny--3/$4.8 million*/$22.8 million/58/66%/66

Ernest Scared Stupid--4/$4.5 million*/$14.1 million/85/17%/38

Shattered--6/$3.5 million*/$11.5 million/89/36%/NA

New Limited Releases:

Little Man Tate--$25 million/53/73%/71

Homicide--$3 million/136/92%/84

City of Hope--$1.4 million/161/94%/NA

Mindwalk--$0.8 million/183/78%/NA


Thirty-Six Years Ago--October 10, 1986:

#1 Movie:

"Crocodile" Dundee--$10.6 million*

New Wide Releases:

Peggy Sue Got Married--2/$6.9 million*/$41.4 million/19/86%/75

Jumpin' Jack Flash--3/$6 million*/$29.8 million/34/27%/52

Deadly Friend--4/$3.8 million*/$9 million/75/13%/44

New Limited Releases:

True Stories--$2.6 million/134/79%/67

Expanding:

That's Life!--9/$1.4 million*


Forty-One Years Ago--October 8, 1981:

New Wide Releases:

Rich and Famous--$14.3 million/52/60%/52

True Confessions--$12.9 million/69%/68

Expanding:

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Gallipoli


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