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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.30.2018

Posted September 30, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +8% above last year and now +10% above the average for this point […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions MAY 30-JUNE 1

Posted May 28, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #22 of 2014 is looking like a solid $172 million for the top 12 films this weekend, 26% above the norm for this weekend and 7% above the same weekend last year.   Opening at over 3,800 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Maleficent from Disney should average […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Crazy Stupid Love”

Posted July 29, 2011 by Mitch Salem

      CRAZY STUPID LOVE – Worth A Ticket:  It All Works     Without further ado:  CRAZY STUPID LOVE is the comedy of the summer.  Also the drama.  There are certainly spectacles out there now providing fantastic visual thrills, and some of them (X-Men, Harry Potter) are quite good, too; but if you […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 2.25.2018

Posted February 25, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +17% above last year and now +24% above the average for this point the […]

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International Box Office through November 24

Posted November 24, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated worldwide box office chart for 2013 North American films.  Also, click here for a summary of worldwide performance by studio.

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Save the Date”

Posted January 23, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Michael Mohan’s SAVE THE DATE, which premiered this afternoon at Sundance, doesn’t earn its points from an original premise. It concerns 2 divergent sisters, Sarah (Lizzy Caplan) and Beth (Alison Brie), but mostly Sarah. While Beth, the control-freak, is relentlessly planning her upcoming wedding to musician Andrew (Martin Starr), the commitment-phobic Sarah is about […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates 5.22-24.2015

Posted May 24, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2015 now looks like $143 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, significantly below the norm for this weekend.  A definite clunker Memorial Day Weekend at the box office. Opening at 3,972 theaters Friday, Tomorrowland from Disney is on track for a $32.2 million opening three-day weekend (better than it looked yesterday […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates 6.12-14.2015

Posted June 14, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #24 of 2015 now looks like $264 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a touch lower than yesterday’s estimate ($269 million) but still well above the norm for this weekend into record territory.   Opening at 4,274 theaters Friday, Jurassic World from Universal is now on track for a $204.6 million opening […]

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