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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Breaking Dawn Part I”

Posted November 18, 2011 by Mitch Salem

    THE TWILIGHT SAGA – BREAKING DAWN PART 1:  Watch It At Home – The Saga Sags In Slow Prelude To The End   The worldwide phenomenon that is Twilight often finds itself compared to Harry Potter, and for obvious reasons:  both are multi-film, multi-billion dollar franchises aimed at young audiences and telling a […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D”

Posted February 11, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    STAR WARS EPISODE I:  THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D, to give it its fully identifying title, has the distinction of being the most successful movie ever made that is generally agreed to be terrible.  Over $900M in tickets have been sold for Phantom Menace since its opening in 1999 (that number will go over […]

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FRIDAY JUNE 22 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Posted June 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Not the disaster we expected, the 25th weekend of 2012 is looking like $158 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 7% from this weekend last year and down 10% from a more normal third weekend in June.  Brave is on track to open solidly (about $7 million more than forecast for the weekend), […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: Galas and Special Presentations Announced

Posted July 24, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    The Toronto Film Festival is on its way, and SHOWBUZZDAILY will be there.  The Festival, which runs Sept 6-16, today announced the bulk of its highest-profile titles, those that will screen in the Gala and Special Presentation categories.  Here, at a first glance, are some of the most promising: GALAS ARGO:  Against the […]

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FRIDAY AUGUST 3 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Posted August 4, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The 31st weekend of 2012 is looking like a soft $115 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 27% from the same weekend last year.  Dark Knight Rises stays at #1 as two new films fail to impress.             Total Recall from Sony grossed $9.1 million Friday, on a pace […]

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE September 3-9

Posted September 10, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between September 3 and September 9 grossed a low $104 million, down 14% from both the four-year average for the week and the same week last year.  The past six weeks are now down 4% from the four-year average box office average […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES October 26-28

Posted October 28, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The weekend looks like a mediocre $82 million for the top 12 films, a little softer than it looked yesterday (now slightly lagging the multi-year average for this weekend).  Argo continues to do well, as we expected, but the four openers all did even worse than our conservative predictions in Wednesday’s ShowbuzzDaily Weekend Forecast. The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final estimates […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 7-9

Posted December 5, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Another lifeless weekend is in store this weekend, as the audience prepares for the holidays and puts of moviegoing until the week between Christmas and New Year’s, when there are seven weekend-volume days in a row.  Until then, we have a weekend which will add up to less than $80 million for the top dozen […]

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