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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES August 31-September 2

Like last week, Saturday was somewhat stronger than anticipated yesterday — the weekend now looks like $84 million instead of $81 million for the top 12 films.   The Possession and Lawless both look like they will be abo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY AUGUST 31 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 35th weekend of 2012 is looking like $81 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, about the same as the last few Labor Day weekends.  The Possession broke out of the pack to open at #1 with an okay $16 million for the t...
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 31-September 2

Weekend #35 of 2012 looks fairly similar to the Labor Day weekends over the past few years.  Only about $81 million for the top 12 films this weekend (defined as the three-day Friday-Sunday portion we always concentrate on), a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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ShowbuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: August 26 Update

In the battle for second place in the ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft, very little changed the past week.  Team Weil’s slate tacked on $41.6 million the past seven days, while Team Salem added $40.9 million.  Weil rema...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE August 20-26

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between August 20 and August 26 grossed a fairly typical $146 million, down 1% from the four-year average for the comparable week and up 6% from the same ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Broadcast Weekly & Summer Averages through August 26

CBS is looking like a 1.50 rating for the week of August 20-26, enough for a share of first place this week but down 10% from the same week last year.  The NFL preseason games last year were a 2.0 on Friday (GB at IND) and 1.8...
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 24

The big gainers overseas this week: Brave (up $33 million, finally over the $200 million milestone overseas), Dark Knight Rises (up $31 million this week overseas), Ted (up $25 million overseas this week), Total Recall (u...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES August 24-26

Saturday was generally stronger than anticipated yesterday — the weekend now looks like $83 million instead of $77 million for the top 12 films.   But the rank order is basically same, The Expendables 2 remains the only ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY AUGUST 24 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 34th weekend of 2012 is looking like $77 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 12% from the average for this reliably disappointing weekend.  Returning films fill the top six slots in the weekend rankings, with ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 24-26: Crappy Films Mark the Beginning of the 7-Week Box Office Drought

Weekend #34 of 2012 looks like a typically bad fourth weekend of August.  Three shitty new films open and a political documentary goes semi-wide, and each should be well under $10 million for the weekend.  The top 12 films th...
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The Sked: Tuesday Ratings — America’s Got Talent Sags

NBC held on to win another Tuesday last night, with a soft 2.1 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm (down from a 2.3 last week and the fairly routine 2.2-2.3 before the Olympics started).  America’s Got Talent remains the hi...
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The Sked: Cable Ratings August 14-20

HBO’s True Blood hit a 2.8 rating with Adults 18-49 Sunday, almost working its way back to the season high (the 2.9 rating for the premiere episode on June 10). And VH1’s Love and Hip Hop Atlanta ended its seaso...
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The Sked: Stars Earn Stripes an Even Bigger Bomb

NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes is showing all the appeal of host General Wesley Clark’s 2004 Presidential campaign: the show plummeted to a preliminary 1.1 Adult 18-49 rating at 9 pm last night, down from its already we...
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ShowbuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: August 19 Update

With all the movies in the ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft now open, it is fair to say Team Metcalf’s total of $1.346 billion will not change significantly. Team Weil, currently at $962 million, probably has about $55 mi...
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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE August 13-19

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between August 13 and August 19 grossed a decent $196 million, up 7% from the four-year average for the comparable week and up 3% from the same week in 20...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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