THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D”
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D, to give it its fully identifying title, has the distinction of being the most successful movie ever made that is generally agreed to be terrible. Over $900M in ticke...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/18/12
Audiences sank Universal’s Battleship. OPENINGS: There’s no way to spin the arrival of BATTLESHIP (Universal) as anything other than a horribly expensive flop. Its $9M opening day is even less th...
“John Carter” and The Art of Bus-Under Pushing: SHOWBUZZDAILY CLOSE-UP
> A movie called JOHN CARTER opened a few days ago. It cost a few bucks, and as you may have heard, didn’t make as much money as its studio, Disney, would have liked. Notwithstanding the supposed mandate from ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Woman In Black”
THE WOMAN IN BLACK: Watch It At Home – Fun, But Creaky As Its Doors THE WOMAN IN BLACK is so aggressively old-fashioned it sometimes feels like the horror movie version of The Artist. A haunted ho...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/20/12
> The odds, finally, were not in The Hunger Games‘ favor. OPENINGS: America continues to want to spend its leisure time (and money) at the movies. THINK LIKE A MAN (Screen Game/Sony) cost under $15M to produce...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT
THE AVENGERS, having trampled over the opening weekend record, will easily take its second weekend in a row. According to Deadline, it’s heading for a $29M Friday, the highest 2d Friday ever, and it should easily...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/23/12
> Yep, that happened. OPENINGS: THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) was as massive as predicted, with a $68.3M opening day that was the 5th largest in movie history, behind only the final Harry Potter and the last 3 Twili...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silent House”
SILENT HOUSE: Watch It At Home – A Curiosity SILENT HOUSE isn’t the first feature-length film to provide the illusion that it’s all been shot in a single continuous take. The mo...
THE BOXOFFICE GAMES BEGIN: “Hunger Games” At Midnight
> THE HUNGER GAMES has an excuse. Last night at midnight, The Hunger Games began its long-awaited run in theatres by grossing $19.7M. Which is, by any estimation, a lot of money–the most ever earned by a non-sequel,...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE 3/31/12
> According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) had an exceptional Saturday bump of almost 40%, giving it $26.2M for the day and a probable weekend of $63-65M. If these numbers hold, Hu...