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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Friends With Kids”

Posted March 9, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    FRIENDS WITH KIDS:  Worth A Ticket – Sitcom, In A Good Way   We live in a pop culture where the recent Emmy Award nominees are so clearly superior to the films up for this past year’s Oscar that it’s not even worth arguing about. (Mad Men vs The Artist?  Game of Thrones […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 1

Posted July 1, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Madagascar 3 has ballooned to $244 million overseas to date (up from $157 million through last week).  The third Madagascar has now tied the overseas take for the first Madagascar ($244.2 million) and is now gunning for the $423.9 million overseas total for Madagascar 2. Meanwhile Snow White and the Huntsman had a nice weekly gain to $189 million overseas to date (from […]

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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide To Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part II: Distribution Fees and Back-End

Posted August 2, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Yesterday we looked at some of the ways that the costs of producing a feature film are higher and more complicated than they might seem.  Today, some additional obstacles that lie between any movie and profitability.   These may be the most important and least-understood part of profitability calculations.  Every entity that distributes a […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 7-9

Posted September 9, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The weekend now looks like $52 million for the top 12 films instead of the $50 million estimate yesterday.  But the basic rank order remains the same.  The Possession remains at #1 and is headed for a final domestic gross of over $50 million now, while Lawless has increased to a $40 million total.  The […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 26-28

Posted October 24, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

This weekend is on track to be the fifth weekend in a row to be up over the previous years.  None of the openers look like big hits — it’s just that Argo is hanging around very well in its third week and there are more films at or near $10 million this weekend than […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through December 2

Posted December 3, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Skyfall continues its incredibly impressive run, now over $900 million worldwide and approaching the overseas total for Dark Knight Rises. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is almost at $450 million overseas to date already and clearly will build up to and beyond $800 million worldwide.

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Holiday Movie Season: A Solid Finish for 2012

Posted January 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

New Year’s Day totaled $46.7 million for the top 10 films this holiday season, slightly below the $50.1 million average for this date but somewhat above the $44.2 million average for January 1 when it falls on a weekday. With New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day now in the books, the holiday season December […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES February 15-17

Posted February 17, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #7 of 2013 is looking a touch better than yesterday: now $126 million for the top 12 films during the traditional Friday-Sunday period of this holiday weekend (only 2% behind the pace for the same weekend the last few years).         A Good Day to Die Hard from […]

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