Posts Tagged ‘30 minutes’
 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY FIRST ANNUAL SUMMER MOVIE BLOCKBUSTER DRAFT!

> Here at ShowbuzzDaily, we like to think that we’re smarter than anyone else.  But more importantly, we like to think we’re smarter than each other.  So the two of us here (Mitch Metcalf and your humble n...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/13/11

> Let’s take a look at just how remarkably THE HELP is performing so far.   The most obvious points of comparison are the literary-sourced, female-skewing hits of the last 2 Augusts:  Julie & Julia in 2...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Early Weekend Numbers – 8/14/11

> Deadline has preliminary numbers for Saturday and the weekend, and any worries that THE HELP would suffer from front-loading are out the window.  Rather amazingly, the picture seems to have climbed more than 25% from Fri...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/14/11

> Now that THE HELP has opened about as well as Dreamworks/Disney could have hoped, the next goal is a 2d weekend decline of around 40%.  That would match the hold of Julie & Julia, and would make a $100M gross for Hel...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Mid-Week Update

> With Monday and Tuesday numbers in, here are some notes about how the new arrivals are holding up: THE HELP continues its impressive run:  its $8.3M on Monday-Tuesday represents a very robust 32% of its weekend total.&nb...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY AUGUST 19 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

>The Help sits at the top of the heap thanks to a terrific 19% drop in its second weekend and especially thanks to the very weak crop of openers that make up that heap.  Spy Kids 4, Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night all...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: SMASH PREMIERE Minute by Minute Ratings

>The chart below displays the minute by minute Nielsen ratings for the series debut of Smash Monday at 10 pm on NBC.  The news is awful for the first 20 minutes or so, but then the premiere episode stabilized in the rating...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “30 Minutes Or Less”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “30 Minutes Or Less”

  30 MINUTES OR LESS – Watch It At Home:  Doesn’t Deliver   The frustration of 30 MINUTES OR LESS is that of all the R-rated comedies this summer, it was the one with the most original premise and promisi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 8/6/11

> 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 audi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: UPDATED: Not-Yet-Final Friday Numbers

> Fuller numbers are in, and they show a surprising near-tie on Friday between RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE HELP and FINAL DESTINATION 5, all at $7.3-7.8M for the day.  The Apes have the presumptive advantage over t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY AUGUST 12 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

>Rise of the Planet of the Apes will remain #1, followed closely by The Help, which is running well above its ShowBuzzDaily weekend forecast.  Final Destination 5 should be in third place with a decent number but stil...
by Mitch Metcalf