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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Friends With Benefits”

Posted July 21, 2011 by Mitch Salem

    FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS – Worth A Ticket:  Almost Great   For about an hour, as you watch his new FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, you could be forgiven for thinking that writer-director Will Gluck is the future of Hollywood romantic comedy.  Gluck came out of TV with the very underrated Fired Up, about a pair […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Three Musketeers”

Posted October 21, 2011 by Mitch Salem

    THE THREE MUSKETEERS:  Not At Any Price – All For None and None For All   If the last couple of Pirates of the Caribbean movies and the current Sherlock Holmes franchise had a really nasty, dirty weekend together in Atlantic City, and 9 months later one of them (I’m not saying which) […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “2 Days In New York”

Posted January 28, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  In 2007, Julie Delpy wrote, directed and co-starred in 2 Days In Paris, a romantic comedy-drama featuring Adam Goldberg and herself as a couple who lived in NY and visited the title city for a tumultuous visit with her character Marie’s family.  Paris was only a moderate art-house success in the US ($4.4M), but […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 8-10

Posted June 8, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #23 of 2012 looks like it will total about $174 million for the top 12 films, up 32% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 19% from the four-year average for the weekend.  A pair of decently-reviewed openers aimed at very different audiences should both put some life back in the box office after […]

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FRIDAY JULY 13 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Ice Age 4 Has Weekend to Itself and Is Just Okay At Best

Posted July 14, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The 28th weekend of 2012 is looking like a very weak $149 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 29% from this weekend last year and down 42% from the multi-year average for this weekend.            Ice Age: Continental Drift from 20th Century Fox (the fourth Ice Age film) opened with […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 12

Posted August 12, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The big gainer overseas this week was The Dark Knight Rises again, up $67 million to an overseas total of $445 million.  A billion dollars worldwide is still possible, but $950 million could be more realistic.   Ice Age 4 continues to pound away, up another $37 million overseas this week to $621 million to date. Brave, […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 21-23

Posted September 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The weekend now looks like $77 million for the top 12 films, up a bit from the estimate yesterday.  End of Watch, House at the End of the Street and Trouble with the Curve are all within a few thousand dollars, according to the studio estimates for the weekend.  The rank order could easily change […]

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE Oct 29-Nov 4

Posted November 5, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between October 29 and November 4 grossed a solid $163 million, up 6% from the four-year average for the week and up 18% from the same week last year.    The past six weeks are now 9% above the four-year average box […]

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