FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE January 23-29

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Four full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run well ahead of last year's anemic pace but about even with the comparable period's average for the last several years.

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume

All films in wide release playing between January 23 and January 29 grossed $172 million, up 35% from the same horrific week in 2011 and up 8% from the average comparable week the past four years. Year to date, 2012 is now running 24% ahead of 2011 but about the same as the average for the same period the last four years.

All Wide-Release Films January 23-29
(millions)           4yr              vs      vs

             2011    Avg     2012    2011    Avg

Week #4 $128 $159 $172 +35% + 8%

Year to Date $592 $730 $736 +24% + 1%

Updated Estimates of Final Grosses

The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo $107 million (80 percentile)
War Horse $85 million (73 percentile)
Adventures of Tintin $79 million (71 percentile)
We Bought a Zoo $77 million (71 percentile)

Contraband $72 million (68 percentile)
Underworld Awakening $70 million (67 percentile)
The Grey $63 million (64 percentile)
Red Tails $57 million (59 percentile)
Beauty and the Beast 3D $54 million (58 percentile)
The Devil Inside $47 million (53 percentile)

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close $38 million (46 percentile)

The Artist $38 million (46 percentile)
Joyful Noise $32 million (38 million)
Haywire $27 million (30 percentile)

The Iron Lady $26 million (30 percentile)

One for the Money $26 million (28 percentile)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy $25 million (27 percentile)
Man on a Ledge $20 million (20 percentile)

Weekend Predictions for February 3-5 should be posted late Wednesday.

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