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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/4/11

> It turned out to be a great boxoffice weekend for movies aimed at adults, led of course by THE HELP.  THE DEBT had an extraordinarily strong Saturday for a new opening (up 40% from Friday), and is riding that to a surpri...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/2/11

> Apart from the usual hosannas to THE HELP’s remarkable staying power, there’s not much to be said about this weekend’s wide releases.  APOLLO 18 and SHARK NIGHT are both flops that will be hard-pressed ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

>The Help remains the lone sign of strength at the box office.  Down only 2% from the Tropical Storm Irene-dampened box office last weekend, The Help has been upgraded again to $155 million estimated total domestic gross.&...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE BIJOU EARLY BOXOFFICE REPORT: Hard Labor Day

> Friday numbers have been posted by the Hollywood Reporter, and it looks like another lousy Labor Day weekend for the new openings.  All the good news, as has been the case in recent weeks, is confined to THE HELP, which ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS SEPTEMBER 2-4

>Summer always ends with a whimper.  While Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends are among the strongest of the box office year, Labor Day weekend is usually the lowest of the year in terms of movie-going.  This ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes 8/27/11 – Be Afraid of the Boxoffice

> The full extent of theatre closings and other Hurricane Irene-related events isn’t yet known, so projections may be high at this point. That being said, this was never going to be a good weekend at the boxoffice:  ...
by Mitch Salem