WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 13-15
>Weekend #15 of 2012 looks like it will be about $105 million for the top 12 films, down 11% from last year’s comparable weekend (dominated by Rio) and about even with the four-year average for this weekend. After t...
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...
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...
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 WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/29/12
> Hold all tickets for 2d place. OPENINGS: As of now, THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (Sony), THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT (Universal), THE LUCKY ONE (Warners) and THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) are all project...
FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE April 9-15
>Now 15 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is running 25% ahead of last year’s pace (down from the +27% pace last week because Rio was a rare 2011 hit this time last year), while the year-to-date total...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...