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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 17

Posted June 17, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted had a good week around the world, now $157 million overseas to date (up from $76 million last week).  Madagascar is headed for $600+ million worldwide ($215 million domestic according to our ShowbuzzDaily projection and the overseas total to date should approach $400 million).  For comparison: Madagascar 2, November 2008, $604 million worldwide […]

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Holiday Box Office Volume: through December 29

Posted December 30, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The 2014 holiday box office continues to be better than average but now falling behind last year’s pace. The top 10 films on Monday December 29, 2014 totaled $34.9 million, somewhat below the average $39.8 million for the days since 2002 when December 29 landed on a weekday.  The last time December 29 fell on […]

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THE SKED’S MOVIE PROMO WATCH: Super Bowl Edition

Posted February 6, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> In these heady moments after the NY Giants’ triumphant victory over the New England Patriots (I’d say “Sorry, New England fans,” but I wouldn’t mean it), let’s take a moment to look at the other major event of the evening:  the ads for upcoming movies.  (Mitch Metcalf will offer a separate take on NBC’s […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.1.2016

Posted May 1, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +2% above last year and now +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.948 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $8.1 billion worldwide […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 10.4.2015

Posted October 4, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +6% above last year and now +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.438 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $19.9 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]

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FRIDAY BOX OFFICE RESULTS COMING

Posted September 3, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>The full Friday Box Office Results post is coming.  First a few headlines.  The Help remains at #1 with over $14 million (a scant 2% decline from last weekend).  The Debt does fairly well and looks like almost $10 million for Friday-Sunday.  Apollo 18 and Shark Night 3D struggle with around $8 million each for […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Thing”

Posted October 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

    THE THING:  Watch It At Home – Not Interesting Enough To Be Scary   The third movie iteration of THE THING is as impersonal as the creature it’s about.  This version, the first feature directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr and with a script credited to Eric Heisserer (he wrote the remake of […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 5/19/12

Posted May 20, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  The news didn’t get any better for BATTLESHIP (Universal) on Saturday.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the aquatic disaster couldn’t even manage a 10% increase on its 2d day of release (in comparison, John Carter had a 25% bump on its first Saturday), and is headed for a horrible $25M opening weekend, $5M […]

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