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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 4 Update

Posted June 4, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

With his second movie opening this past weekend, Team Salem has crossed the $100 million mark in the second annual ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Fantasy Draft.  Salem’s slate totals $107 million through Sunday, still trailing Team Metcalf’s $765 million tally (with half of his films already released). Team Weil has one film open (Battleship) and stands […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE: Mini-Reviews

Posted January 30, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Sundance is sometimes thrilling, but it can also be an ordeal.  Especially when the films are good, but not great.  And even more so if you arrive with limited tickets, and are left to the tender mercies of the Wait List lines (which, given Sundance’s idiosyncratic approach to Wait Lists, requires standing on each […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES June 15-17 — Yep, the Weekend Still Sucks

Posted June 17, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The weekend continues to look very close to the way it did yesterday morning.  Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted looks like $35.5 million, according to the studio estimate this morning (down a decent 41% from the opening weekend and hitting our forecast in Wednesday’s ShowbuzzDaily Weekend Predictions).  Prometheus is looking like more like a 60% […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIES: The Dark Knight Trilogy and the Art of the Long Con

Posted July 22, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Warning:  this piece will discuss details of the storyline of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES as well as the other Batman films.  GIANT SPOILERS WILL ABOUND; proceed at your own risk. Christopher Nolan is remarkable among the great directors of action films–Steven Spielberg, David Lean, James Cameron, John Ford, certainly Michael Bay–in that while working […]

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FRIDAY AUGUST 17 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Posted August 18, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The 33rd weekend of 2012 is looking like $129 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, not as strong as we forecast Wednesday (because Expendables 2 is not as big as we forecast) but still up well over 20% from comparable weekends the past several years.             The Expendables 2 from […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 5-7

Posted October 3, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

After a good weekend last week (up 18% from the comparable weekend average), this weekend is poised to be a very good first weekend of October (up over 40% and around $126 million for the top 12 films).   Opening at about 3,000 theaters Friday, Taken 2 from 20th Century Fox should average a very good $13,900 […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES November 16-18

Posted November 18, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The weekend looks like a terrific $242 million for the top 12 films, a little better than it looked yesterday (now 20% better than the multi-year average for this weekend).  Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 appears a little stronger than it did yesterday and is close to matching our predictions in Wednesday’s  ShowbuzzDaily Weekend Forecast.  Lincoln will definitely […]

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Holiday Movie Season: Daily Box Office Track

Posted December 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The three weeks around Christmas (December 16-January 5) and especially the nine days including both the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday (December 25-January 2) represent an enormous box office opportunity each year.  Over the last eight years, the December 16-January 5 period has averaged $717 million for the top 10 films, while the heart […]

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