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THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 10/22/11

Posted October 23, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline has early numbers for Saturday and the weekend, and there aren’t any major surprises. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 is overwhelming everything else in the market even after its expected big drop from Friday (which included $8M from Thursday midnight shows).  If the preliminary $18M Saturday number bears true, the movie will have a better […]

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THE BIJOU @ SUNDANCE: Let The (Show)Buzz Commence

Posted December 1, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The Sundance Film Festival, like Toronto, issues its announcements about the films that will be screening in several stages.  (Sundance’s sadism about actually obtaining tickets, however, is all its own.)  Today came the first release for the January 2012 Festival, covering the US and international competition slates in Dramatic and Documentary films.  These are […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY 2011 IN REVIEW: The Year’s Worst Movies

Posted January 1, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> The problem with 2011 on screen was more the pervasive mediocrity than an overload of terrible movies, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some awful films to be found–and, if possible, avoided.  Here are 10 or so: 10.  ONE DAY:  Admittedly, a cheat:  One Day wasn’t a complete disaster–it was far less painful to […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/29/12

Posted January 29, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Beware the round-number weekend estimate. OPENINGS:  THE GREY (Open Road) is claiming an even $20M gross for the weekend, which would make tomorrow’s adjusted number starting with “19” no surprise at all.  In any case, it’s a bit lower than Liam Neeson’s other starts in his new career as an action star, but Grey […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 3/10/12

Posted March 11, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> It’s too little to make any meaningful difference for JOHN CARTER (Disney), but according to Deadline, the giant-budgeted spectacle didn’t have a bad Saturday.  Preliminary numbers have Carter rising by around 30% over its Friday total, which could mean a weekend over $30M.  A nice weekend multiple, though, still won’t touch the mountain of […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/14/12

Posted April 15, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) continues to overperform.  Based on preliminary Saturday numbers at Deadline, it’s headed for a $21.7M weekend and a total so far of $335.7M, a spectacular 35% decline for a blockbuster in its 4th weekend (and even better than it sounds, because last weekend included the Good Friday holiday).  If it […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Road to Nowhere”

Posted June 19, 2011 by Mitch Salem

 Not At Any Price:  “Art” More Than Art   The name Monte Hellman doesn’t mean much to the vast majority of moviegoers, but Hellman is among the cultiest of American cult directors.  He came up the Roger Corman path in the 1960s with Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper (his films from that era include The […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Real Steel”

Posted October 6, 2011 by Mitch Salem

REAL STEEL:  Watch It At Home – The Word is “Clunky”   REAL STEEL wants to be loved so much, it practically walks the audience members to their cars and offers to give them all a lift home.  And yet, the packed house I saw it with could only offer the movie a smattering of […]

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