With his second movie opening this past weekend, Team Salem has crossed the $100 million mark in the second annual ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Fantasy Draft. Salem’s slate totals $107 million through Sunday, still trailing Team Metcalf’s $765 million tally (with half of his films already released). Team Weil has one film open (Battleship) and stands […]
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 Sunday, Team Metcalf is holding on to a $39 million lead over Team Salem in the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft. The terrific opening of Harry Potter was balanced somewhat by decent holds for Transformers 3, Horrible Bosses and to some extent Zookeeper. We expected Salem to pull ahead by Sunday, but that should happen sometime […]
The arrival of THE AVENGERS means that, whatever the calendar may say, as far as Hollywood is concerned, summer has begun. Which in turn means that for the next several months, would-be blockbusters will be launched into multiplexes on a weekly basis. And that signals the start of SHOWBUZZDAILY‘S 2d Annual Fantasy Summer Movie League. […]
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 […]
>Just a quick update to say that going into the weekend Team Metcalf’s lead is now down to $45 million in the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft. Next update after the weekend numbers are in. (A Request From Team Salem to All Readers: Please ignore my review of 30 Minutes Or Less and go […]
> 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.
> Team Salem has taken a commanding lead in the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft. Team Metcalf will get back in the game with his #3 pick at the end of June (Cars 2) and two movies July 1, including his #1 selection (Transformers: Dark of the Moon). Then Salem’s #1 pick (the final […]