> With a summer movie season bracketed by the first weekend in May on one end, and Labor Day on the other, we’ve reached the midpoint of 2011’s array of blockbusters, and for the next week, here at SHOWBUZZDAILY, we...
> Unlike nearly all the other action epics this summer, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER is rolling out slowly overseas, with only a couple of dozen territories getting the picture this weekend. That will postpone...
> With the superpowers wielded only by Hollywood studio estimators, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER has leaped ahead of Thor to claim the biggest superhero opening of the year. But Captain America and HARRY POTTE...
> There’s no way to slice or dice the numbers for COWBOYS AND ALIENS and make them any less sad. The picture cost at least $165M (that’s the amount Universal will admit to), plus another $150M or so for worldw...
> Well, there’s something you don’t see every day: 2 studios both content to forego bragging rights for the Sunday weekend estimates and wait for actual numbers on Monday, when public attention is lower. (Note...
> RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is off to a great start internationally as well, with $23M for the weekend in just 25 territories (only 4 of which–Australia, Spain, Russia and Taiwan–are major boxoffice centers).&n...
> 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...
ANOTHER EARTH – Worth A Ticket: Tiny Story With Big Ambitions For ANOTHER EARTH, the Sundance Film Festival went exactly the way it’s supposed to. The low-key picture was made on a miniscule bud...