THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Hugo”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — Sony Saves the Day
After three tough weekends with 20-25% declines versus prior years, the 39th weekend of 2012 is looking like $101 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up 13% from the same weekend last year. Sony opened two films to tw...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Dredd”
DREDD, which kicked off the merrily disreputable Midnight Madness program at the Toronto Film Festival last night, isn’t much, but no one can say the director Pete Travis wasted his 3D budget. Things are constantly hoveri...
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...
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Gravity”
It’s not really a surprise to see Alfonso Cuaron join James Cameron, Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott in that small group of film artists who have made 3D part of the essential toolbox of their imagery (no, Baz Luh...
WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES April 6-8
>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in about the same as the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only). The box office volume fo...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Immortals”
IMMORTALS: Watch It At Home – Brainless, Violent and Weirdly Spectacular There’s no question that the director Tarsem Singh has an eye. Singh started as a director of commercials and music videos&#...
WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 23-25
> Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), The Lion King is holding on to the #1 spot, but Moneyball and Dolphin Tale are very close behind (both just over $20 million for the weekend). The ...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through April 15
>The Hunger Games continues its march around the world, now up to $194 million overseas. This number is driven by $24.1 million so far from the United Kingdom, $22.0 million from Australia, $13.9 million from Germany, $12...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 23
Two films had big very large gains overseas the past week: Resident Evil: Retribution (up $53 million to $103 million overseas to date) and Expendables 2 (up $28 million since last week to $186 million overseas to date). ...
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
The 37th weekend of 2012 is looking like $71 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a rebound from last week’s near record low but still around 17% below comparable weekends in the past. Resident Evil: Retribution ...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 21-23
This weekend will be respectable — the top 12 films should total around $93 million, very typical for this weekend most years, although down 13% from last year when Moneyball and Dolphin Tale both opened. Four films fro...
WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE September 10-16
The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between September 10 and September 16 grossed a piss-poor $93 million, down 19% from the four-year average for the week and down 21% from the same week la...
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...