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THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/9/11

Posted October 9, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> REAL STEEL had a nice Saturday bump of 27%, but that’s far lower than the 40% it was initially claiming (and only 4% higher than the one for Ides of March, which is decidedly not a family matinee movie).  The picture could benefit, though, from some additional matinee business on Columbus Day tomorrow.  Also […]

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THE BIJOU: Early Friday Boxoffice – 11/18/11

Posted November 19, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline has preliminary numbers for Friday, and they suggest BREAKING DAWN PART 1 will continue to narrowly edge out the opening weekend of New Moon in 2009, with a $73.5M Friday (compared to $72.7M for New Moon).  If the number holds, and if Breaking Dawn 1 doesn’t turn out to be more front-loaded than […]

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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Thursday Numbers – 12/22/11

Posted December 23, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline has preliminary figures for Thursday’s boxoffice, and they appear to be fairly steady with Wednesday, consistent with last year’s pattern but below 2010’s totals.  MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Paramount) remains at the head of the pack with $6.2M, down about 10%.  This compares with $7.1M for last year’s #1 on the Thursday […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Lay the Favorite”

Posted January 23, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> The fundamental problem with LAY THE FAVORITE, Stephen Frears’ new film that premiered last night at Sundance, is that it’s made by people who seem to have little if any interest in gambling. And since this is a movie about the thrill and especially the business of gambling, that means they don’t have any […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 2/26/12

Posted February 26, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> As Hollywood prepares to honor its best (well, this year… maybe not so much), an undistinguished group of arrivals dominate the boxoffice. OPENINGS:  ACT OF VALOR (Relativity) is claiming the lowest Sunday decline for any adult-skewing picture in the Top 10, ignoring the usual Oscar Day decline (even though the film had the lowest […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY “HUNGER GAMES” WATCH

Posted March 28, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> THE HUNGER GAMES held fairly well on its first Tuesday, dropping around 4% to $10.3M.  This isn’t quite as good as it sounds, because Tuesday is generally an up day (except where Monday is part of a holiday weekend), and the other Top 10 movies rose by 9-24%.  However, it’s not unusual for new […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Informant!”

Posted March 22, 2011 by Mitch Salem

  Airing on Cinemax:  At Home In Your Home With the failure of THE INFORMANT! at the box-office in 2009 (it grossed around $41M worldwide), Steven Soderbergh seemed to reach a crossroads in his career. Informantfollowed the even bigger financial flop of his ambitious 2-part Che, and soon afterward he announced his intention to retire […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “One Day”

Posted August 19, 2011 by Mitch Salem

  ONE DAY – Watch It At Home:  An Off-Day   What went wrong with ONE DAY?  It’s been clear for a while that its studio, Focus Features, didn’t have great confidence in the film:  first  they postponed the opening from its original midsummer date to late August (which has turned out to be an […]

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