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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Moonrise Kingdom”

Posted May 24, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  MOONRISE KINGDOM:  Worth A Ticket – The Kingdom is Wes Anderson’s     Wes Anderson seemed to find the perfect vehicle for his particular form of brilliance with 2009’s stop-motion animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, a spectacularly designed, witty and surprisingly moving piece of jewel-like aritificiality.  Unfortunately, Mr. Fox wasn’t a success at the boxoffice […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through April 22

Posted April 22, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The Hunger Games has moved up to $216 million overseas (up from $194 million last week).  The film is probably headed for a worldwide total of $650 million, including the $388 million forecast domestic total.  Click “read more” to see the updated weekly worldwide table.      Titanic 3D is doing even better internationally, now […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through December 4

Posted December 5, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Click “read more” to see the latest international box office chart for recent releases.  Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is now over $600 million projected worldwide, while The Adventures of Tintin is closing in on $400 million, assuming it doesn’t tank stateside. With the downward adjustment in domestic box office and very limited overseas […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through JUNE 19

Posted June 20, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Green Lantern debuts on the Worldwide Ranking at #15, while Mr Popper’s Penguins appears outside the Top 20.  Pirates of the Caribbean closes in on $1 billion worldwide. Green Lantern debuts at #15 on the Top 20 Worldwide list with a very limited overseas release so far, while Mr Popper’s Penguins finds itself way […]

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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: June 6 Update

Posted June 6, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Well, through Sunday the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft is a flat-footed tie.  But Team Salem has one movie (the highly anticipated Super 8) opening before Team Metcalf’s next movie.  It should go back and forth throughout the summer.

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“Transformers” Early Boxoffice

Posted June 29, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>The monolith that is TRANSFORMERS:  DARK OF THE MOON has started its weekend.  With a combination of 9PM shows (that were supposedly all in 3D) and midnights, reports are that the picture made $13.5M last night.  This is considerably less than the $16M for midnight Transformers 2 shows, although more than the original Transformers ($8.8M […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through May 27

Posted May 27, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Marvel’s The Avengers (distributed by Disney) increased again to $782 million to date overseas (up from $723 million last week), although the growth rate continues to slow down.  (Click “read more” to see the updated weekly chart.)   We are now projecting The Avengers will finish around $1.46 billion worldwide.                   […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 30-October 2

Posted September 30, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Hey, go see this movie. A fairly strong weekend is in store in terms of overall box office volume, up about 9% from the same weekend last year.  Most of the business will go to returning films Dolphin Tale, Moneyball and Lion King in 3D, however.  The four films opening this weekend do not have […]

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