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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE January 16-22

>Three full weeks into 2012, domestic box office is running well ahead of last year’s anemic pace but about the same as the comparable period’s average for the last several years. The...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

Eventually, every franchise runs out of steam. (Although they sometimes pick it up again, like Bond James Bond.) OPENINGS: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (Par) is off to a worse start than the last two in the series (the orig...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/1/12

According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE POSSESSION (Lionsgate) is still on top with Saturday’s boxoffice counted, perhaps finding an extra $1M or so at the end of the 4-day weekend for $22-23M, which woul...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 2/3/12

> A surprisingly strong start for 2 low-budget arrivals, although the upside is limited by tomorrow’s Super Bowl. OPENINGS: CHRONICLE (20th) had a slight $350K edge over THE WOMAN IN BLACK (CBS Films) on Friday, and...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS October 16

>The Smurfs movie continues to inch closer to Cars 2 in worldwide box office (now $9 million away). Real Steel is the only recent movie with any overseas box office pull. Its overseas to date tally of $57 million ha...

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THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 10/1/11

> Deadline has some early updated weekend numbers, and there are no major surprises from the Friday results. The top 3 are DOLPHIN TALE, MONEYBALL and THE LION KING with $14M, $12M and $11M respectively, with the family p...

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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

Let’s start with something simple: anyone who claims to have reliable knowledge about the profitability of a specific film, without having detailed access to its production budgets, financing documents and key ta...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 2-4

>Very lame weekend ahead, as is normal for the first weekend in December. Coming off the last two weekends, which are usually the #1 and #15 weekends of the year in terms of total dollar volume, this weekend is usually ra...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/14/12

OPENINGS: This weekend consists of THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (Warners/MGM) and then everything else. Hobbit set a December opening day record with $37.5M, and it will set the opening weekend record for the mo...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE October 31-November 6

>Year to date box office is now back down to -4.0% versus the comparable period last year, similar to where the comparison was back around Labor Day. As late as mid-April the box office total was -20% behind 2010, but by ...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 4-6 — Historic Weekend for The Avengers

Wow. It’s time to haul out the superlatives and the sports cliches like grand slam and buzzer-beating three-point shot. Marvel’s The Avengers is headed for a $200 million opening weekend, shattering the record p...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/22/12 – “Brave” Dominates

The numbers at Deadline are very preliminary, but it’s clear there will be no surprises at the boxoffice this weekend. Pixar/Disney’s BRAVE has expertly shot arrows into the backs of everything else in the ...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/21/13

OPENINGS: OBLIVION (Universal) had a solid $38.2M start (although the studio is estimating the lowest Sunday drop in the Top 10, so that number may come down tomorrow), with a 12% Saturday bump. The less good news is...

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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 11/20/11

> BREAKING DAWN PART 1: Although BD1 had greater declines on Friday (as opposed to Thursday midnight) and Saturday than New Moon did in 2009, Summit’s weekend estimate assumes exactly the same 34% drop for Sunday.&n...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE December 19-25

>A little late, but for the record, the updated year to date box office figures for wide releases show that 2011 is now back to -4.2% behind 2010. Also, 2011 is now even with the average of the last four years (after paci...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE January 16-22

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/1/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 2/3/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS October 16

THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 10/1/11

A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 2-4

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/14/12

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE October 31-November 6

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 4-6 — Historic Weekend for The Avengers

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/22/12 – “Brave” Dominates

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/21/13

BIJOU BOXOFFICE: WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 11/20/11

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE December 19-25

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