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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES February 3-5

Posted February 5, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in somewhat stronger than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume for the top 12 films is now looking like $96 million for the weekend, up a very strong 31% from last […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT

Posted February 5, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Based on the preliminary numbers at Deadline, the race between CHRONICLE (20th) and THE WOMAN IN BLACK (CBS) is still too close to call at $21-22M each.  No matter who claims victory on Sunday morning, the final weekend result will depend on how the films are each treated by Super Bowl Sunday, and may […]

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Posted February 4, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

> The fifth weekend of 2012 is much better than the same weekend last year, but it’s still somewhat below an “average” weekend for this time of year, looking at the past four years.  Chronicle and The Woman in Black are battling for #1, with each trying to make it to a $20 million opening […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 2/3/12

Posted February 4, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> According to Deadline‘s preliminary numbers, it’s going to be a stronger than expected weekend for both CHRONICLE (20th) and THE WOMAN IN BLACK (CBS).  Keeping in mind that Sunday will be a very slow day at the boxoffice due to the Super Bowl (especially for movies aimed at a male audience), it seems as […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Woman In Black”

Posted February 3, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    THE WOMAN IN BLACK:  Watch It At Home – Fun, But Creaky As Its Doors   THE WOMAN IN BLACK is so aggressively old-fashioned it sometimes feels like the horror movie version of The Artist.  A haunted house story in the grand style, it may be in color and wide-screen, but its heart […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Chronicle”

Posted February 3, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  CHRONICLE – Worth A Ticket –  “Found Footage” That Deserves to Be Found   Over the past decade, audience hunger for “reality”–the word very much in quotation marks–has engulfed much of popular cultture, from YouTube videos to self-produced songs, from tweets to television series and even cable networks built around people playing manipulated versions […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS February 3-5

Posted February 2, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The fifth weekend of the year should generate about $84 million for the top 12 films — up 15% from last year’s comparable weekend but down a similar percentage from a “normal” weekend this time of year.  Three new films open this weekend to positive reviews, but none of the three should gross more than […]

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE January 23-29

Posted January 30, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>Four full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run well ahead of last year’s anemic pace but about even with the comparable period’s average for the last several years.        The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between January 23 and January 29 grossed $172 million, […]

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