THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Lorax”
THE LORAX: Not Even For Free – A Seussian Mess It may not be pretty, but surely it’s true–Credit must go where credit is due. In this case, that means the Universal Pictures Marketing ...
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
> The seventh weekend of 2012 is another good one, running ahead of last year and the multi-year average for this weekend. The Vow should hold on to the top spot, with Safe House a close #2, and Ghost Rider Spirit of Veng...
FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE February 6-12
>Six full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run well ahead of last year’s anemic pace and now has moved slightly ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several years. The Vow off...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through February 12
>Four new movies join the worldwide box office chart this weekend, with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island being the early standout. Released overseas a week before this weekend’s North American opening, Journey 2 alr...
WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES February 10-12
>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in significantly stronger than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only). The box office...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D”
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D, to give it its fully identifying title, has the distinction of being the most successful movie ever made that is generally agreed to be terrible. Over $900M in ticke...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS February 10-12
>The sixth weekend of the year should generate about $142 million for the top 12 films — up 5% from last year’s comparable weekend but down a similar percentage from a “normal” weekend this time of year....
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Adventures of Tintin”
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: Worth A Ticket – The Return of Steven Spielberg Remember how lousy the last Indiana Jones movie was? Remember watching it and wondering sadly what had become of Steven Spielberg...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Hugo”
HUGO: Worth A Ticket – If Only For the Visual Splendors Paramount doesn’t have much choice but to market Martin Scorsese’s HUGO as a family movie: it’s got a PG rating, a young boy and ...