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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cars 2”

Posted June 24, 2011 by Mitch Salem

  CARS 2 – Watch It At Home:  Pixar Shifts Into Second Gear CARS 2 is preceded by a short subject, the first in what’s intended as a series called Toy Story Toons.  Entitled Hawaiian Vacation, it features all the familiar characters and voices, runs about 10 minutes, and effortlessly recaptures the joy, wit and […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 12.3.2017

Posted December 3, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now down -1% from last year and now +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.163 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”

Posted August 29, 2011 by Mitch Salem

  DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK – Not Even For Free:  No, Really–Don’t Be Afraid     FilmDistrict has gone out of its way to identify co-writer/co-producer Guillermo del Toro with DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, to the extent that from the marketing, one could easily fail to realize that the movie is […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through JULY 10

Posted July 11, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> The overseas gross for Transformers: Dark of the Moon has now reached the level of the forecast total domestic gross (as measured by the ShowBuzzDaily Domestic Final estimate).  The overseas number will continue to grow, pushing Transformers 3 up toward the worldwide total of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.  As expected, Kung […]

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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 8/6/11

Posted August 6, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES has a slew of positives going for it commercially:  the reportedly fairly low $93M production cost, the month of August ahead with its limited competition, strong support from an older audience that doesn’t flock to theatres on opening weekend, a genre and emphasis on visuals that should […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates MAY 16-18

Posted May 18, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #20 of 2014 now looks like $171 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, somewhat less than the $177 million estimate yesterday but still up 17% from the norm for this weekend.   Opening at 3,952 theaters, Godzilla from Warner Brothers grossed $38.5 million late Thursday/Friday and a slightly cooler $32.2 […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted November 10, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

With the release of Thor: The Dark World Disney has reclaimed second place in the worldwide box office race, pushing Universal to third and moving to within $100 million of Warner Brothers.  Still a lot of overseas upside for the second installment of Thor so Disney should be back at #1 in the next week or two.   TOTAL […]

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Posted December 10, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Well, another disaster weekend for the Hollywood studios.  $70 million in business for the top 12 films, down 17% from the same weekend last year (which was a fairly typical second weekend in December).  New Year’s Eve from Garry Marshall will badly miss a forecast that was already down over 50% from the opening […]

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