THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Early Weekend Numbers – 8/14/11
> Deadline has preliminary numbers for Saturday and the weekend, and any worries that THE HELP would suffer from front-loading are out the window. Rather amazingly, the picture seems to have climbed more than 25% from Fri...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”
THE CAMPAIGN: Not At Any Price – Abstain THE CAMPAIGN, like many a politician before it, tries to be all things to all people, and winds up delivering almost nothing. There was reason to be hopeful about The Camp...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK – Not Even For Free: No, Really–Don’t Be Afraid FilmDistrict has gone out of its way to identify co-writer/co-producer Guillermo del Toro with DON’...
THE BIJOU EARLY RETURNS – UPDATED: BOXOFFICE THE BARBARIAN
> UPDATE: Deadline has a clearer picture of the day’s boxoffice, and THE HELP is already having a superb weekend, leading the day with $5.7M, down a tiny 25% from last week. If this number holds, its full weekend co...
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Mid-Week Update
> With Monday and Tuesday numbers in, here are some notes about how the new arrivals are holding up: THE HELP continues its impressive run: its $8.3M on Monday-Tuesday represents a very robust 32% of its weekend total.&nb...
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/14/11
> 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...
THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/21/11
> There’s not much to add about the weekend grosses that hasn’t been said (see Mitch Metcalf’s round-up report here), so let’s take a look at who, apart from the studios themselves, did and didn’t ...
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: ...
THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/19/11
> THE HELP will be the year’s first “serious” movie to gross over $100M. September is traditionally one of the softest months on the movie release calendar, and 2011 is no exception: although there...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”
FINAL DESTINATION 5 – Watch It At Home: Death Takes No Holiday There’s only one thing worth mentioning in FINAL DESTINATION 5… and it’s the one thing I can’t talk about. Let’...
THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: UPDATED: Not-Yet-Final Friday Numbers
> Fuller numbers are in, and they show a surprising near-tie on Friday between RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE HELP and FINAL DESTINATION 5, all at $7.3-7.8M for the day. The Apes have the presumptive advantage over t...
THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Hurricane Edition – UPDATED
> UPDATE: The Reporter has some early Friday numbers, and the storm’s effect can already be seen at the boxoffice. THE HELP seems likely to win the weekend as expected, but with a lower-than anticipated $12-13...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Fright Night”
FRIGHT NIGHT – Watch It At Home: At Least Farrell Had Fun The new remake of Tom Holland’s 1985 FRIGHT NIGHT has a great set of credentials. Craig Gillespie, the director, was behind the well-reg...