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THE BIJOU: UPDATED–Rise of the Planet of the Very Early Boxoffice Results

Posted August 6, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> UPDATE:  The Reporter now has fuller numbers, and even better news for Fox.  RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES looks to be headed for an $18M Friday, which should mean a $45M+ weekend, meeting and even exceeding expectations.  The picture is skewing older than the usual tentpole, which combined with good word-of-mouth could […]

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 Box Office Report

Posted March 1, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #9 of 2014 looks like $109 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, somewhat better than we forecast Wednesday ($100 million) but still 17% below the average for this weekend. Opening at 3,090 theaters Friday, Non-Stop from Universal grossed $10.0 million Friday, putting the film on track for a $30.0 million opening weekend […]

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Record Low Weekend

Posted September 8, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The 36th weekend of 2012 is looking like $50 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, near recent record lows for box office volume.  Equally weak weekends were last seen in 2003 and 2008.  The Possession is holding on to the top spot this weekend (with less than $10 million for the #1 film, yikes), […]

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BOX OFFICE FOOTNOTES – 3/26/11

Posted March 26, 2011 by Mitch Salem

Warners is claiming that Sucker Punch cost around $80M, which given the scale of the film suggests either admirable cost-effectiveness or a lowball number–in any case, word of mouth is likely to be terrible (see my review, not to mention that its overall Rotten Tomatoes number is at 20%), so it’s doubtful to get past […]

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THE BIJOU’S THEATRE ON FILM: “Company”

Posted June 16, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> One of the most heartening developments of the past couple of years has been the spreading popularity in theaters of cultural events presented in HD video.  Operas and ballets have become monthly features in many cities, and stage shows are now joining in:  Britain’s National Theatre has been presenting several productions on screen for […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through June 2

Posted June 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated weekly international box office chart.

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WEEKEND BOXOFFICE BULLETIN

Posted June 27, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Mitch Metcalf will doubtless have more to say about this later today, but the weekend’s actual boxoffice totals have just been announced, and the surprise is that CARS 2 ended up almost $2M below the number Disney predicted yesterday, $66.1M rather than $68M.  This translates into a Sunday drop that was far heavier than […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 12.11.2016

Posted December 11, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +3% above last year and still +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.259 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $24.3 billion worldwide when […]

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