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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE Sep 30-Oct 2

Posted October 3, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>The past week (seven days ending Sunday) is up 11% versus last year’s comparable week, thanks to solid continued business for Dolphin Tale, Moneyball and The Lion King in 3D.  Year-to-date box office is now down 3.3% versus last year, the smallest year-to-year margin we’ve seen so far this year.        The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Snow White and the Huntsman”

Posted June 1, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN:  Worth A Ticket –  Not a Disneyland Ride   Just to be clear, the new SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN bears about as much resemblance to this spring’s Mirror Mirror as The Dark Knight did to the 1960s Batman TV series.  Sure, there are some familiar aspects–an evil queen […]

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Box Office Footnotes – 4/22/11

Posted April 30, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> This Week: Don’t Miss ShowbuzzDaily’s First Annual Summer Blockbuster Draft!   The last weekend of April is an odd one for Hollywood:  as Mitch Metcalf’s analysis shows,sometimes it begins the parade of summer franchises, and in other years it’s just the quiet end of Spring.  Fast Five, of course, puts 2011 firmly in the former […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through November 6

Posted November 6, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Surging to the top of the worldwide box office chart, The Adventures of Tintin from Steven Speilberg has racked up $125 million overseas in two weeks.  The animated film (with the unorthodox but highly successful pattern of opening overseas well before it does in North America) has a shot at well over $300 million worldwide […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS: Fast Fives Moves Into Strong Position

Posted May 3, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Fast Five enters the worldwide January-April box office chart in the #2 position, with plenty more upside in its overseas numbers.  When the final results are in, Fast Five will probably be the #1 movie worldwide for the first third of the year, followed by Rio and Rango.    The graphic below shows the […]

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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: June 13 Update

Posted June 13, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Team Salem has taken a commanding lead in the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft.  Team Metcalf will get back in the game with his #3 pick at the end of June (Cars 2) and two movies July 1, including his #1 selection (Transformers: Dark of the Moon).  Then Salem’s #1 pick (the final […]

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A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Paramount

Posted July 6, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>    With a summer movie season bracketed by the first weekend in May on one end, and Labor Day on the other, we’ve reached the midpoint of 2011’s array of blockbusters, and for the next week, here at SHOWBUZZDAILY, we’ll be providing our judgments on how the studios are doing.  US Grosses are as […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 9-11

Posted March 8, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The tenth weekend of the year should generate about $122 million for the top 12 films, a slightly better than normal weekend for the second weekend in March — up 4% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 10% from the four-year average for this weekend.  John Carter will be the top opener, but it […]

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