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FRIDAY OCTOBER 26 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The winning streak is over after four straight up weekends. Weekend #43 will just about match the multi-year average for this weekend and actually under-perform the same weekend last year. None of the openers this weekend w...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 10/28/12

The biggest boxoffice story of the weekend happened overseas: in only 25 international markets, SKYFALL (Sony) the new James Bond, has opened at a scorching, record-setting pace, with a reported $77.7M in 3 days (inclu...

by Mitch Salem

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS November 2-4

This weekend is looking like it will be about 12% below the comparable weekend the last few years (about $106 million for the top 12 films). Wreck-It-Ralph should play well to the family crowd, while Flight will be a moderate...

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Weekend #44 is on pace to almost match the multi-year average for this weekend and exceed the same weekend last year, which was missing an animated family film. This year Wreck-It Ralph props up the weekend, as Megamind did o...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/2/12

OPENINGS: WRECK IT FALPH (Disney) is proving itself to be a canny mix of kid-friendly action with a video game millieu that can appeal to adults. It’s Walt Disney Animation’s most Pixar-ish production to ...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 11/4/12

OPENINGS: Both of the weekend’s big arrivals found their audiences. WRECK-IT RALPH (Disney) had to settle for $49.1M after Saturday’s 58% bump–not that huge for an animated title–but if those ...

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2012: THE YEAR’S HONORABLE MENTIONS (And More)

Showbuzzdaily’s Top 10 Films of 2012 can be found here, and the Worst 10 are here. But there were other movies this year worth remembering: HONORABLE MENTIONS CLOUD ATLAS (Warners – October – written ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cloud Atlas”

It isn’t often that one needs to invoke Intolerance to describe a current film, but CLOUD ATLAS demands it. Like D.W. Griffith’s epic, it intercuts between stories taking place across hundreds of years o...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through February 10

Django Unchained continues to gain on Les Miserables (also released Christmas Day). Quentin Tarantino’s Django collected $29 million overseas since last week, compared to $17 million for Les Miserables. With a p...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL ROUND-UP

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival had a very solid line-up, so much so that although the titles below are listed in rough order of preference, even the worst of them is of some interest, very possibly...

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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...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 26-28

This weekend is on track to be the fifth weekend in a row to be up over the previous years. None of the openers look like big hits — it’s just that Argo is hanging around very well in its third week and there are ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 26 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 10/28/12

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS November 2-4

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/2/12

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 11/4/12

2012: THE YEAR’S HONORABLE MENTIONS (And More)

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cloud Atlas”

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through February 10

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL ROUND-UP

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 26-28

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