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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...

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THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 11/4/11

> TOWER HEIST hurts Universal on several levels. It’s a big-budget movie (with marketing costs included, the total is likely $200M) in a genre that doesn’t necessarily travel well, and it was the studio’...

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THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/13/11

> Let’s take a look at just how remarkably THE HELP is performing so far. The most obvious points of comparison are the literary-sourced, female-skewing hits of the last 2 Augusts: Julie & Julia in 2...

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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/25/11

> No doubt the enormous success of THE LION KING hasn’t been lost on anyone at Disney, and we can expect to see 3D reissues of more classic animation over the next few years, leading into yet more homevideo editions. If n...

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THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 11/6/11

> The tiny 3% drop in PUSS IN BOOTS‘ second weekend is truly remarkable, and could well lead to studios adopting DreamWorks’ strategy in the future of opening an animated movie on Halloween weekend and then having a...

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THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/14/11

> FOOTLOOSE has the advantage of facing no new direct competition on Friday. That, along with what should be fairly good word of mouth, could give it some legs in the marketplace. THE THING, on the other hand, had a...

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THE BIJOU WEEKEND BOXOFFICE FOOTNOTES – 11/13/11

> IMMORTALS is claiming the same drop for Sunday as it had on Saturday, so that total may come down in actuals. Even so, as long as the final amount is over $30M (which it certainly should be), that’s a win for Rela...

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THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/9/11

> REAL STEEL had a nice Saturday bump of 27%, but that’s far lower than the 40% it was initially claiming (and only 4% higher than the one for Ides of March, which is decidedly not a family matinee movie). The pictu...

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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 7/31/11

> 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...

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THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 11/11/11

> Whether or not IMMORTALS holds together at the boxoffice after its opening few days, the impressive launch is good news for Relativity, which is trying to prove it can survive as a standalone distributor of Hollywood-level mo...

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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/17/11

> For all the wildly unexpected success of THE LION KING, Disney has limited boxoffice upside, because the new Blu-Ray hits the streets on October 4, and that’s not likely to be a date that can be changed. The Friday numb...

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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/23/11

> MONEYBALL‘s debut looks to be in line with the opening weekend of The Social Network ($22.4M) just about a year ago. That movie rode the Oscar race to a $97M gross. Moneyball is more likable but less incisiv...

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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 ...

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THE BIJOU: Boxofffice Smurfnotes – 7/29/11

> 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...

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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...

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THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/14/11

THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 11/4/11

THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/13/11

THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/25/11

THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 11/6/11

THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/14/11

THE BIJOU WEEKEND BOXOFFICE FOOTNOTES – 11/13/11

THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/9/11

THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 7/31/11

THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 11/11/11

THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/17/11

THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/23/11

THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/21/11

THE BIJOU: Boxofffice Smurfnotes – 7/29/11

THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/4/11

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