One slate had a significant gain this week: Team Weil was up $180 million over the last seven days to $734 million, vaulting into second place. The Dark Knight Rises accounted for most of that increase, although Ice Age 4 also remains a significant contributor. Team Salem had a small $22 million increase this week, hitting $709 million […]
Team Salem’s top pick (Pixar’s Brave) opened this weekend, helping increase the slate to $290 million, up almost $97 million from last week. Meanwhile, continued strong business from Madagascar 3 and a few others pushed Team Metcalf’s almost-fully-release slate up a similar amount over the last week (up $95 million) to $1.17 billion. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter pushed […]
> Well, through Sunday the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft is a flat-footed tie. But Team Salem has one movie (the highly anticipated Super 8) opening before Team Metcalf’s next movie. It should go back and forth throughout the summer.
>Through Thursday, Team Metcalf’s lead in the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft stands at almost $115 million. This weekend Team Salem opens Rise of the Planet of the Apes, while Team Metcalf has no movies left to open. Check back Monday for the update with the weekend’s numbers, and click “Read more” to see the updated chart. […]
Memorial Day weekend pushed Team Metcalf’s front-loaded slate to $682 million through Monday in the second annual ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Fantasy Draft, with only two significant films left to open on his slate: Prometheus (#8 pick overall) and Madagascar 3 (#11), both opening June 8. Team Weil totals $47 million so far (with Battleship his lone film to have opened). Weil’s […]
>1960 Kennedy/Nixon. 2000 Bush/Gore. 2011 Salem/Metcalf. Team Salem has moved back into the lead (by a $17.8 million margin) thanks to a strong second weekend for Rise of the Planet of the Apes and a great opening for The Help. With no new films opening for either Team, it is time for Metcalf to concede […]
The biggest gain of the week in the ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie belongs to Team Weil, up $229 million to $554 million to date. Still in third place, Team Weil will continue to benefit from The Dark Knight Rises and start to challenge Team Salem soon. Team Salem was up a modest $42 million to $686 million to […]
>Through Thursday, the gap between Team Salem and Metcalf has been reduced to about $172 million. Look for Transformers: Dark of the Moon to add another $100-105 million through Monday, while Larry Crowne should garner around $20 million. Now if only Zookeeper and Horrible Bosses were runaway hits, Team Metcalf might be able to withstand […]