THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Cars 2” – Running On Fumes
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JUNE 24-26
> This weekend will feature a Pixar sequel aimed at kids and their parents, while young adults and older teens are the bullseye for an R-rated comedy starring Cameron Diaz, the queen of movies released the last weekend of June....
Box Office Footnote – 6/25/11
> The 10% drop for CARS 2 on Saturday is unusual, but by no means unheard of, for a big animated film (Toy Story 3 and Wall-E had similar drops, and they worked out OK). Any additional slippage on Sunday beyond the 19% Di...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JUNE 24-26 — UPDATE
> Reviews have been coming in progressively worse for Cars 2, dropping from 50% positive at RottenTomatoes to 37% as of Friday morning. In line with this trend is Mitch Salem’s review of the film. The words &#...
A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Disney
> With a summer movie season bracketed by the first weekend in May on one end, and Labor Day on the other, we’ve reached the midpoint of 2011’s array of blockbusters, and for the next week, here at SHOWBUZZDAILY, we...
FRIDAY JULY 8 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
> Two comedies open above $20 million this weekend (one at forecast and one slightly below), while Transformers 3 stays at #1 and its ShowBuzzDaily Domestic Final has been upgraded. However, the weekend as a whole is down...
HOLIDAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE UPDATE
> TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON is reporting (pending actual numbers tomorrow) a 4-day weekend gross of $116.7M, giving it a total of $181.1M since opening Tuesday evening. That puts it around 10% ahead of the orig...
WEEKEND BOXOFFICE BULLETIN
> Mitch Metcalf will doubtless have more to say about this later today, but the weekend’s actual boxoffice totals have just been announced, and the surprise is that CARS 2 ended up almost $2M below the number Disney predi...
Box Office Footnotes – 7/1/11
> TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON becomes the latest franchise movie to fall short in the US compared to prior chapters of the series, despite an increased 3D ticket price. (Like others, most notably Pirates 4, it ma...
Box Office Footnotes – June 25
> CARS 2 overperformed a bit, although $75M isn’t much higher than the original Cars opening ($60M) plus 3D ticket prices. It should hold well over the holiday weekend (the talking vehicles in Transformers skew a li...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cars 2”
CARS 2 – Watch It At Home: Pixar Shifts Into Second Gear CARS 2 is preceded by a short subject, the first in what’s intended as a series called Toy Story Toons. Entitled Hawaiian Vacation, it features all...
Box Office Footnotes – 6/17/11
> GREEN LANTERN cost at least as much as Thor ($350-400M with worldwide marketing), and will probably open around 15% lower–and Thor is no blockbuster hit. Which means that although intensive promos got bodies into ...