WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES April 20-22
>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly above the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only). The box office volume for t...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/13/12
> First at your boxoffice and first in your hearts: Katniss Everdeen. THE HUNGER GAMES: The juggernaut of The Hunger Games (Lionsgate/Summit) rolls on, with what should be a $20M+ weekend that should bring it to $33...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/14/12
> THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) continues to overperform. Based on preliminary Saturday numbers at Deadline, it’s headed for a $21.7M weekend and a total so far of $335.7M, a spectacular 35% decline for a bloc...
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 EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/21/12
> It was a solid Saturday for most films in the market, according to the preliminary numbers at Deadline, which are subject to revision on both Sunday and Monday. THINK LIKE A MAN (Screen Gems/Sony) is reporting a 10% upt...
FRIDAY APRIL 13 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
> The 15th weekend of 2012 is looking like $109 million for the Top 12 films, down 6% from this weekend last year but up 6% from the four-year average for the same weekend. The Hunger Games is heading for $21 million this...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through April 15
>The Hunger Games continues its march around the world, now up to $194 million overseas. This number is driven by $24.1 million so far from the United Kingdom, $22.0 million from Australia, $13.9 million from Germany, $12...
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 – 4/13/12
> The absence of last weekend’s Good Friday holiday is sending week vs. week comparisons downward, but according to Deadline, even with no holiday this time around, THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) is headed for its 4t...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/15/12
> The Games are barely slowing down. THE HUNGER GAMES: We’ll find out soon enough whether any of the genuinely exciting rumors about possible sequel directors (Alfonso Cuaron, David Cronenberg) are true, because Lio...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Cabin In the Woods”
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: Watch it At Home – Clever and Culty Seeing THE CABIN IN THE WOODS is sort of like being in Fight Club: the first rule is not to talk about it. Or, at least, not to reveal any of...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 20-22
>Weekend #16 of 2012 looks like it will be about $105 million for the top 12 films, down 14% from last year’s comparable weekend (led by Rio’s second weekend) but up 6% from the four-year average for this weekend.&n...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 4/20/12
> According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THINK LIKE A MAN (Screen Gems/Sony) is overperforming in a big way, and should easily take the first non-Hunger Games weekend in over a month. Man‘s opening day is est...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/27/12
> Hollywood, like teen girls before a Twilight opening, counts the hours until THE AVENGERS arrives. OPENINGS: Universal badly miscalculated when it scheduled THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT for a weekend when Think Like A Man a...