Posts Tagged ‘3D’
 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 5-7

The box office is starting to stabilize after a rough first quarter of the year.  This weekend’s top 12 films should total about $120 million, within 3% of the same weekend in recent years and the second weekend in a row...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 21-23

The weekend now looks like $77 million for the top 12 films, up a bit from the estimate yesterday.  End of Watch, House at the End of the Street and Trouble with the Curve are all within a few thousand dollars, according to th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIE REVIEW: “The Great Gatsby”

  THE GREAT GATSBY:  Watch It At Home – Moulin Gatsby Just for fun, let’s try to think of a worse match of filmmaker and material than Baz Luhrmann and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY.  Judd Apat...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Titanic 3D”

> It stood to reason that if anyone was going to figure out how to effectively convert standard 35mm to 3D, it would be James Cameron. Cameron, whose Avatar is singlehandedly responsible for creating the current 3D frenzy, has ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Immortals”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
by Mitch Salem
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 30-October 2

> Hey, go see this movie. A fairly strong weekend is in store in terms of overall box office volume, up about 9% from the same weekend last year.  Most of the business will go to returning films Dolphin Tale, Money...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY APRIL 6 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> The 14th weekend of 2012 is looking like $119 million for the Top 12 films, up 15% from this weekend last year and up 11% from the four-year average for the same weekend.  The Hunger Games is heading for a very decent 45...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Wrath of the Titans”

  WRATH OF THE TITANS:  Watch It At Home – Put Back the Kraken   The producers of WRATH OF THE TITANS swore that this time the 3D would be better than it was in 2010’s Clash of the Titans, and you know wh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE April 2-8

>Now 14 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is still running 27% ahead of last year’s dreadful pace, and the year-to-date total is still fully 15% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 23-25

> This weekend is looking unusually strong for late September: the top 12 films should gross over $100 million, about 14% above a normal weekend this time of year.  The strong 3D reissue of The Lion King should remain at #...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES April 13-15

>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...
by Mitch Metcalf