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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes 8/27/11 – Be Afraid of the Boxoffice

Posted August 27, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The full extent of theatre closings and other Hurricane Irene-related events isn’t yet known, so projections may be high at this point. That being said, this was never going to be a good weekend at the boxoffice:  in late August, the studios don’t open their heavy hitters.  What audiences there are continue to flock […]

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THE BIJOU’S AWARD BAIT REPORT: Warners’ Contenders

Posted August 4, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline reports that Warners has set the release schedule for its 2 Oscar contenders.  Clint Eastwood’s biography of FBI patriarch (and cross-dresser) J. EDGAR, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, is opening November 9 in a few big cities, with wide release on November 11; and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, the Stephen […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Cabin In the Woods”

Posted April 13, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  THE CABIN IN THE WOODS:  Watch it At Home – Clever and Culty   Seeing THE CABIN IN THE WOODS is sort of like being in Fight Club:  the first rule is not to talk about it.  Or, at least, not to reveal any of the wild, ingenious twists put into place by its […]

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International Box Office through July 14

Posted July 14, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Limitless”

Posted March 24, 2011 by Mitch Salem

    Worth a ticket.   In movies, as in life, when someone is offered an illicit miracle drug that seems too good to be true, it usually is. So the general narrative arc of LIMITLESS doesn’t come as a huge surprise. What is surprising is that Neil Burger’s film, predicted to be the highest […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Studio Summer Movie Guide: Warner Bros.

Posted April 29, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  In our week-long look at the box office prospects of the nearly-here summer movie season on a studio by studio basis, we’ve examined Sony and Universal.  Today our eye is on Warner Bros, typically one of the busiest of the studios. LAST SUMMER:  Overall a success, although not quite to the extent Warners was […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted December 8, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The year-to-date rankings are very similar to last week, with some studios showing small negative changes versus last week’s totals (as the final domestic estimates for some films have been adjusted downward).  For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually by worldwide performance click here. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North […]

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FRIDAY MARCH 16 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Posted March 17, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

> The 11th weekend of 2012 is looking to be very normal for the third weekend of March: $101 million for the Top 12 films, down 2% from the same weekend in 2011 and down the same amount from the weekend’s multi-year average.  21 Jump Street opened even better than expected and The Lorax continues […]

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