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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: August 25 Update

Posted August 27, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Although the race is officially over (with Team Metcalf conceding to Team Salem in the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft), here’s the latest update.  Team Salem currently leads by $110 million ($1.775 billion to $1.665 billion in domestic summer gross through Thursday).  It was a close race the last several weeks, but Rise of […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted September 1, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD. The worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date remain the same as last week’s. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to include a look at all releases from each studio, divided into three buckets: worldwide grosses of over $300 million, grosses between $100 million and $299 million, and films under […]

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Holiday Box Office Volume: through January 2

Posted January 2, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

For the 18 days December 16-January 2, the top 10 films each day in North America have totaled $980 million, now -14% below last year’s record pace and +37% above the average since 2002. Holiday Box Office Volume — Top 10 Films North America $ millions by year $ millions (2002-2015) # days Period 2016 2015 2014 […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 21-23

Posted December 19, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The weekend before Christmas offers four wide releases and another fairly-wide release.  What a collection of underperformers.  The weekend should total a very uninspired $112 million for the top 12 films.  The 51st weekend of the year averages $172 million, and the last time this weekend started on December 21 (2007), the top 12 films […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Studio Summer Movie Guide: Paramount

Posted May 2, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  The summer movie season is officially underway, just in time for us to finish our look at the line-ups and prospects for each of the big studios.  That brings us to Paramount Pictures, the least busy but hardly the quietest of the group.  Our previous examinations: Sony Universal Warner Bros 20th Century Fox Disney […]

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Rampart”

Posted September 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Oren Moverman’s first film as a director, The Messenger, was a beautifully contained, emotionally detailed story about soldiers assigned to deliver tragic news to the families of the deceased.  In his new film RAMPART, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, Moverman is more ambitious and, unfortunately, a victim of the sophomore jinx. This […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions 4.29-5.1.2016

Posted April 27, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #18 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND April 29-May 1, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection Keanu WB R 19% 15.5 46 8 54 Mother’s Day OpenR PG13 n/a 10.5 27 23 50 Ratchet […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 1-3

Posted May 30, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #22 of 2012 looks like it will total about $122 million for the top 12 films, down 21% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 20% from the four-year average for the weekend.  That would make it three down weekends (way down) in a row.   Opening at an estimated 3,700 theaters, Snow White and […]

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