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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cars 2”

Posted June 24, 2011 by Mitch Salem

  CARS 2 – Watch It At Home:  Pixar Shifts Into Second Gear CARS 2 is preceded by a short subject, the first in what’s intended as a series called Toy Story Toons.  Entitled Hawaiian Vacation, it features all the familiar characters and voices, runs about 10 minutes, and effortlessly recaptures the joy, wit and […]

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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/21/11

Posted August 22, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> There’s not much to add about the weekend grosses that hasn’t been said (see Mitch Metcalf’s round-up report here), so let’s take a look at who, apart from the studios themselves, did and didn’t have a fun weekend: WINNERS Women of THE HELP:  Emma Stone isn’t likely to get Oscar consideration for her performance, […]

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Whit Stillman’s “Damsels In Distress”

Posted September 16, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Whit Stillman has one of the most distinctive voices in American film, and his 13-year absence from the screen barely shows in his new comedy DAMSELS IN DISTRESS; it feels as though, had it been made immediately after The Last Days of Disco in 1998, nothing about it would be the slightest bit different. […]

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THE BIJOU: UPDATE – Early Friday Boxoffice – 10/21/11

Posted October 22, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> 1:45AM UPDATE:  Deadline has updated its numbers, and the news keeps getting worse for THE THREE MUSKETEERS:  it now appears that the film won’t even get to $3M for Friday, meaning a dreadful $8M or so for this $90M budgeted bust.Most holdovers are doing very well, with FOOTLOOSE, DOLPHIN TALE, MONEYBALL, REAL STEEL, IDES […]

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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 11/27/11

Posted November 27, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> BREAKING DAWN PART 1: After a full week of running behind New Moon on a day-to-day basis, often by more than $1M per day, Summit’s estimates for the past 2 days suddenly have Breaking Dawn 1 ahead by a few thousand dollars. These are among several numbers that may change when Actuals are released […]

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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Friday Numbers – 12/30/11

Posted December 31, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline has initial boxoffice figures for Friday, and if the numbers hold, the results seem to be a healthy amount higher than last year’s Friday before New Year’s, allowing the holiday period–and the year–to end on an up note. (Note, however, that overall comparisons to 2010’s holidays are skewed by the fact that 2011 […]

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THE BIJOU: EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE

Posted January 28, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline has early figures for Friday, and they indicate that Open Road’s THE GREY will, as expected, win the day and weekend.  If the early estimate of $6.2M for Friday holds, it could gross around $15M for the weekend.  That’s less than previous Liam Neeson vehicles Taken ($25M) and Unknown ($22M), but still impressive […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 3/9/12

Posted March 10, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline‘s preliminary numbers for Friday have JOHN CARTER (Disney) at around $10M for the day, which depending on how much it plays as a family movie on Saturday, should mean a $25-30M weekend.  That’s not a horribly low number–it’s one of the half-dozen highest openings of the year so far–unless you’re trying to earn […]

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