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Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart – Will THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Be The Next To Crack The Chart?

The Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart includes any film more than six weeks from release, registering at least 1% unaided awareness (UA). This metric is highly correlated to opening weekend gross. Early signs of UA more than six weeks out often translate to box office success upon release. Talk about a quiet week. There was almost […]

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A Movie We’re Rooting For: COMPANION

When Warner Bros. gave us the teaser for COMPANION back in early October, we were hooked. In one of the more brilliant bait-and-switches, the teaser opened with a card reading, “from the studio that brought you The NOTEBOOK.” What followed over the next 60 seconds was far from the timeless romance of that classic. Rather, […]

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What Happened To The January Expansion?

What do ZERO DARK THIRTY, AMERICAN SNIPER, THE REVENANT, HIDDEN FIGURES, THE POST, and 1917 have in common? Combined they have 39 Academy Award nominations. All six were nominated for Best Picture. But there’s a less obvious connection among these films. All six opened in limited release in late December before expanding wide the following […]

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Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart – SUPERMAN Arrives At 5%, The Largest First-Week Tally Since WICKED

The Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart includes any film more than six weeks from release, registering at least 1% unaided awareness (UA). This metric is highly correlated to opening weekend gross. Early signs of UA more than six weeks out often translate to box office success upon release. At The Quorum, we start tracking films six […]

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Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart – Should We Be Paying Closer Attention To A MINECRAFT MOVIE?

The Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart includes any film more than six weeks from release, registering at least 1% unaided awareness (UA). This metric is highly correlated to opening weekend gross. Early signs of UA more than six weeks out often translate to box office success upon release. Our apologies to THUNDERBOLTS*, which we dinged for […]

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Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart – That Was Fast. THUNDERBOLTS* Falls Off And SNOW WHITE Makes An Impressive Return

The Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart includes any film more than six weeks from release, registering at least 1% unaided awareness (UA). This metric is highly correlated to opening weekend gross. Early signs of UA more than six weeks out often translate to box office success upon release. Well, that was short. It took nearly three […]

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Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart – THUNDERBOLTS* (Finally) Makes Its Debut Along With MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE And LILO & STITCH

The Weekly Unaided Awareness Chart includes any film more than six weeks from release, registering at least 1% unaided awareness (UA). This metric is highly correlated to opening weekend gross. Early signs of UA more than six weeks out often translate to box office success upon release. A rising tide lifts all ships. The same […]

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