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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS May 18-20

Posted May 20, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Marvel’s The Avengers (distributed by Disney) increased again to $723 million to date overseas (up from $629 million last week), although the growth rate is starting to slow.  United Kingdom continues to lead the way overseas ($64.7 million so far now — up from $48.2 million this time last week).  Mexico remains the second-biggest territory ($50.3 million […]

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THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/13/11

Posted August 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Let’s take a look at just how remarkably THE HELP is performing so far.   The most obvious points of comparison are the literary-sourced, female-skewing hits of the last 2 Augusts:  Julie & Julia in 2009, and last year’s Eat Pray Love.  Julia had a $20M opening that led to a $94M domestic gross; Eat […]

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Ten Year”

Posted September 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> TEN YEAR, which premiered tonight at the Toronto Film Festival, is one of the few festival movies that has the feel of a potential hit.  This is because, apart from its hugely engaging cast and, to be sure, some effective writing and directing, it’s really not a “film festival” movie at all, but a […]

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THE STATUETTE STAKES: The Contenders (Part I)

Posted October 14, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> While you weren’t looking, the Oscar race began. One could make the argument, of course, that it’s been on for months–since, at least, Woody Allen’s MIDNIGHT IN PARIS energized the indie/art-film audience and propelled him into mass consciousness for the first time in years.  (On the other hand, one could also argue that this […]

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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 11/18/11

Posted November 19, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> BREAKING DAWN PART 1:  Christmas comes but once a year, and for Summit that day is the 24 hours after a Twilight movie opens.  (A little credit to the studio, too, for not fudging the numbers, which would have been easy enough to do since they’re so close, in order to claim a franchise […]

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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Friday Numbers – 12/23/11

Posted December 24, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Well, now it’s all up to WAR HORSE. Cameron Crowe’s WE BOUGHT A ZOO (20th) joined the market on Friday, and it appears to be back to movie jail for Crowe, because according to the Hollywood Reporter, it only made around $3M, even on a day when almost everything else saw 40+% increases.  Although […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY OSCARS LIVE-BLOG

Posted February 27, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> This year SHOWBUZZDAILY live-blogged the ceremony.  We’ll have round-up pieces later tonight and tomorrow, but read below for the minute-by-minute feel of the experience as it happened– 8:35PM: But the fun couldn’t last, and with the suspense so thin you could cut it with a straw, THE ARTIST takes its prize. And the friggin […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY “HUNGER GAMES” WATCH – 3/28/12

Posted March 29, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> On its first Wednesday in release, THE HUNGER GAMES fell 22% to $8.1M, but just as Tuesday’s hold wasn’t quite as good as it looked, Wednesday’s wasn’t as bad.  For whatever reason, Wednesdays tend to be a down day in the dynamic of a typical week, particularly for the previous weekend’s new opening.  Last […]

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