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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT

Posted May 12, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  THE AVENGERS, having trampled over the opening weekend record, will easily take its second weekend in a row.  According to Deadline, it’s heading for a $29M Friday, the highest 2d Friday ever, and it should easily eclipse the Weekend 2 record currently held by Avatar with $75.6M.  Disney is estimating a $100M weekend, which […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Dark Shadows”

Posted May 11, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  DARK SHADOWS:  Watch it At Home – Loving Detail Isn’t Enough   DARK SHADOWS is one of the most confounding big-budget movies of recent years.  When Tim Burton (and his muse, Johnny Depp, one of the film’s producers as well as its star) announced that their next project would be a revisit to the […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 11-13

Posted May 9, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #19 of 2012 looks like it will be about $163 million for the top 12 films, up 26% from last year’s comparable weekend and up the same amount from the four-year average for this weekend.  Only one movie dares to open against the second weekend of The Avengers phenomenon.  Dark Shadows should actually have […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Conquers Monday

Posted May 8, 2012 by Mitch Salem

      Continuing to wield a mighty hammer at the boxoffice, THE AVENGERS on Monday had the highest non-holiday, non-summer Monday of all time with $18.9M.  That handily beat the previous record holder Avatar, which had $16.4M on December 21, 2009.  Avengers has already grossed $700M worldwide, with much more to come.

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2012 Summer Movie Draft: The Race Is On

Posted May 7, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

And the race begins.  Team Metcalf is off to an early lead in the second annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft, thanks to a big head start from Marvel’s The Avengers (Metcalf’s top pick and the #2 pick overall).  The Avengers came in officially at a resounding $207.4 million for its record-setting domestic opening weekend.  Keep […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE April 30-May 6

Posted May 7, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Now 18 full weeks into 2012 (entering the middle third of the year, the all-important May-August period), year-to-date domestic box office is now running 20% ahead of last year’s pace and now 15% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several years.   Marvel’s The Avengers ended up with an even stronger weekend than the studio forecast Sunday morning: an […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “Avengers” Even More Super

Posted May 7, 2012 by Mitch Salem

      Mitch Metcalf will have a full report on boxoffice actuals later today, but the morning’s news is that THE AVENGERS continues to fly high over all expectations.  On the Monday after weekend boxoffice numbers are estimated, studios often find that they had “accidentally” pushed their estimates just enough to get over the […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through May 6

Posted May 6, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Marvel’s The Avengers (distributed by Disney) has jumped to $441.5 million to date overseas (up from $178.4 million last week, when it opened ahead of Friday’s North American debut).  United Kingdom ($25.7 million so far) and Australia ($20.2 million) lead the international charge so far, although there are also impressive results from Mexico ($17.4 million), South Korea […]

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