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THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/23/11

Posted October 23, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The Saturday drop for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 turned out to be very much in line with Paranormal 2‘s.  Paramount is estimating a better Sunday hold than the second installment had; if the result is instead the same as last time, the weekend gross will dip below $54M, but to a still-giant number.  Paranormal 3 […]

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STATUETTE STAKES: National Board of Review Has Its Day

Posted December 1, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The National Board of Review is an organization with a virtually unknown membership that exists in public consciousness for precisely one day per year, and this is their day:  the announcement of their film awards.  Their claim to fame, such as it was, came from being the first ones out of the awards gate–but […]

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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: EARLY SATURDAY NUMBERS – 12/31/11

Posted January 1, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> According to Deadline, most films were down 20-30% from Friday, which is par for the course on New Year’s Eve, due to early theater closings and non-movie plans for the night.  But there are a few oddities: Most notably, Deadline’s numbers have WAR HORSE suddenly jumping up more than 20% for the day.  If […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 3

Posted June 3, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Men in Black 3 increased to $275 million overseas to date (up sharply from $132 million last week).  Battleship has stalled overseas — the foreign total is now $235 million (up marginally from $233 million last week).  Dark Shadows moved up to $121 million (from $107 million last week), putting the Tim Burton film within sight of maybe $225 million […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/15/12

Posted April 15, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> The Games are barely slowing down. THE HUNGER GAMES:  We’ll find out soon enough whether any of the genuinely exciting rumors about possible sequel directors (Alfonso Cuaron, David Cronenberg) are true, because Lionsgate needs Catching Fire in the can by early 2013, when Jennifer Lawrence has to report for X-Men duty.  For now, THE […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “A Better Life”

Posted June 25, 2011 by Mitch Salem

    A BETTER LIFE – Watch It At Home:  Earnest Isn’t Enough   Impending disaster hangs over every early scene of Chris Weitz’s new film A BETTER LIFE.  As soon as we’re introduced to Carlos Galindo (Demian Bichir) and learn that he’s an illegal immigrant, eking out a life as a gardener in Los […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Ides of March”

Posted October 7, 2011 by Mitch Salem

    THE IDES OF MARCH:  Watch It At Home – An Excellent Play Becomes a Merely Good Movie   The Ides of March, one of the most eagerly awaited of this year’s festival crop, is more entertaining than it is good. Oddly both low-key and melodramatic, claptrap and high-minded drama, it represents a series […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Contraband”

Posted January 13, 2012 by Mitch Salem

      CONTRABAND:  Worth A Ticket – Working-Class Thriller   CONTRABAND is a B movie, but oddly enough, that’s one thing in short supply these days.  Action movies in modern Hollywood usually come with giant CG-laden budgets, or with a Drive-like overweening sense of self-importance.  A modest picture that simply wants to entertain for […]

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