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FRIDAY JULY 20 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Despite the horrific murders in Aurora, Colorado at the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, business remained quite strong in the nation’s movie theaters throughout Friday. The 29th weekend of 2012 is looking lik...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Brave”

BRAVE: Watch It At Home – Pixar Out Of Its Element A spunky young animated princess is suffocated by her domineering mom, and her efforts to break free lead to all sorts of unintended chaos… Wasn’t Ta...

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FRIDAY JUNE 29 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Very Solid Weekend, After All

MUCH stronger than we forecast, the 26th weekend of 2012 is looking like $196 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up only 2% from this weekend last year but up 15% from the multi-year average for this weekend. R-rated...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through July 15: The World to Save Ice Age 4 from American Indifference

Ice Age: Continental Drift enters the worldwide box office chart in 5th place among the movie released the last four months. Our projected $177 million domestic total is at the low end of the franchise (the original Ice Age...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES July 20-22: Dark Knight Rises Update

The Dark Knight Rises cooled to $45.6 million Saturday, down 39% from $75.1 million late-Thursday/Friday. (In 2008, The Dark Knight dropped 29% on Saturday from Thursday/Friday, $47.7 million from $67.2 million.) The openin...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 22-24 — Brave the Only Game in Town

Weekend #25 of 2012 looks like another disappointment: a soft $150 million for the top 12 films, down 12% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 14% from the four-year average for the weekend. Pixar’s Brave ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/24/12

OPENINGS: BRAVE (Pixar/Disney) opened right in the Pixar range at $66.7M. That’s better than WALL-E ($63.1M), not quite as good as Up ($68.1M). Those 2 movies ended up with $224M and $293M, respectively, so...

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THE SKED MOVIE PROMO WATCH: OSCAR NIGHT EDITION

> The Academy limits the number of movie ads that can be aired on the Oscar telecast (until recent years, they didn’t allow any), so as not to make the night look like the awards are shilling for the studios. (God f...

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE June 25-July 1

Another down week at the North American box office, although the declines are not severe as last week. With the arrival of Spider-Man early this week and expected decent mid-week business for two solid openers this past weeke...

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FRIDAY JULY 6 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Spider-Man Paces Very Solid Weekend

In line with our Tuesday forecast, the 27th weekend of 2012 is looking like $189 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up 29% from this weekend last year and up 24% from the multi-year average for this weekend. �...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 24

Pixar’s Brave has a modest $13.5 million overseas to date, obviously with a big international potential as it rolls out around the world. Pixar films generally have a healthy multiple over the domestic gross, which we a...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 13-15

Weekend #28 of 2012 looks fairly soft: $159 million for the top 12 films, down 37% from last year’s comparable weekend (the opening of the last Harry Potter — talk about a high bar) and down 23% from the four-year a...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/15/12

Friday’s boxoffice was like The Good, The Bad & The Ugly–except without the “good.” OPENINGS: All the stunt casting in the world couldn’t make anyone want to see ROCK OF AGES (Warners)...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/20/12

No authoritative boxoffice figures will be available until Sunday or Monday, as the studios would prefer that they not be associated with financial issues this weekend. Although–properly–the focus of the ...

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2012 Summer Movie Draft: The Race Is On

And the race begins. Team Metcalf is off to an early lead in the second annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft, thanks to a big head start from Marvel’s The Avengers (Metcalf’s top pick and the #2 pick overall).�...

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FRIDAY JULY 20 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Brave”

FRIDAY JUNE 29 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Very Solid Weekend, After All

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through July 15: The World to Save Ice Age 4 from American Indifference

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES July 20-22: Dark Knight Rises Update

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 22-24 — Brave the Only Game in Town

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/24/12

THE SKED MOVIE PROMO WATCH: OSCAR NIGHT EDITION

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE June 25-July 1

FRIDAY JULY 6 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Spider-Man Paces Very Solid Weekend

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 24

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 13-15

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/15/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/20/12

2012 Summer Movie Draft: The Race Is On

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