SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/11/12
> John Carter traveled to Mars; the movie with his name also looks beyond the US for some help. OPENINGS: JOHN CARTER (Disney) may or may not have grossed over $30M this weekend–we’ll find out for sure tomorro...
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 WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/6/12
So that happened. THE AVENGERS: Whenever a Sunday estimate just barely crosses a milestone threshold, it’s subject to adjustment on Monday, but whether the final number turns out to be $196M or $202M is a ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “John Carter”
JOHN CARTER: Watch It At Home – Never Goes Into Orbit All signs suggest that JOHN CARTER will be a financial failure of historic proportions, mostly because of its colossal cost (Disney admit...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 2/24/12
> Navy SEALs shoot up the Friday boxoffice. OPENINGS: The very aggressive marketing for ACT OF VALOR (Relativity) made it seem like it was a patriotic duty to see the film, and successfully hid the fact that it’s mo...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/30/12
> Frontloading strikes again. THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit), with $18.9M on its 2nd Friday, is behaving like a sequel, even though it isn’t one. It’s down 72% from opening day, which is consistent with t...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 5/19/12
The news didn’t get any better for BATTLESHIP (Universal) on Saturday. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the aquatic disaster couldn’t even manage a 10% increase on its 2d day of release (in com...
HUNGER GAMES/MAD MEN POP CULTURE APOCALYPSE MINUS 12 – “Hunger Games” Tracking
> Normally the universe of pop culture only allows for one giant event at a time, and not accidentally–they stay out of each other’s way. You won’t find any major movies opening the same day as The Aveng...
UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/22/12
> OPENINGS: THINK LIKE A MAN (Screen Gems/Sony) ran away with the weekend, with a $33M opening that beat every Tyler Perry start except Madea Goes To Jail. Perry’s movies tend to be quite frontloaded, ending u...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “The First Time”
THE FIRST TIME may be too lovable for its own good. Jonathan Kasdan’s teen romance, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at Sundance, couldn’t be more straightforward: in its opening minutes, it in...
THE BOXOFFICE GAMES: “Hunger Games” Day 1 – Early Numbers – 3/23/12
> Boxoffice numbers have been bouncing around all day (Per-theatre averages as of 3PM Pacific time! Number of left-handed, red-haired patrons sitting through the entire end credits!), and they’re still not final or ...