Specialty Box Office: 'Hitchcock' and 'Silver Linings' Underperform Against Mammoth Studio Competition

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• DE | November 26, 2012 10:00 AMReply

  How did A Late Quartet do?

• Pat | November 25, 2012 2:33 PMReply

  No way can Silver Linings' grosses be seen as under-performance. Based on what?
  
  It will end with 15K-16K a screen for the 5-day, which on 360+ screens is a huge success!
  
  Please check yourself before you post these nonsensical stories!

• Peter Knegt | November 25, 2012 7:38 PM

  The numbers are by no means bad, but they are not a huge success either. They are simply not line with (rather great) expectations surrounding the film, though admittedly box office analysis can be a somewhat subjective task. And this report is cautiously optimistic... I think the Weinsteins are playing it very smart with the roll out of this film and that the coming weekends could see it truly develop into an over-performer. But for now, it has not and thats in large part due to the incredible competition it has.

• MDL | November 25, 2012 2:05 PMReply

  >The fact that "Lincoln" (which has been managing astoundingly impressive numbers considering its content....<
  
  Are you serious? You mean because the subject is about the passing of an amendment that freed slaves? Might want to consider rewording that sentence. I would say the film has a very authentic, word heavy script that might be difficult for some to follow. Hence big box office numbers might not be expected but it is Spielberg and it stars Daniel Day Lewis - two names that spell box office success.

• Peter Knegt | November 25, 2012 7:35 PM

  Because the content is a word heavy biopic about a President, up against a November slate that includes Twilight and James Bond. For it to see the weekend to weekend growth it saw this weekend (much higher than Twilight or Bond) is indeed astonishing. Spielberg and Day-Lewis are big names, but not necessarily in terms of box office success. By next weekend the film will -- after just 3 weeks of wide release - become the highest grossing DDL film ever (he's never had a $100 million grosser). It will also soon become only the second of Spielberg's historical dramas to gross $100 million (after "Private Ryan").