THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Cowboys & Aliens” – Circle the Spaceships!
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Box Office Footnotes – 7/22/11
> Unlike nearly all the other action epics this summer, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER is rolling out slowly overseas, with only a couple of dozen territories getting the picture this weekend. That will postpone...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JULY 29-31
> An eclectic trio of films open wide this weekend. Cowboys & Aliens (the ultimate genre mash-up) should win the weekend with $41.5 million. Captain America should drop to second place, while The Smurfs should b...
FRIDAY JULY 29 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
>Holy Smurfs! The Smurfs will exceed their estimate and Cowboys & Aliens is falling short of its prediction enough to put the two films on a course for a photo-finish at the end of the weekend. Both films l...
THE BIJOU: Boxofffice Smurfnotes – 7/29/11
> There’s no way to slice or dice the numbers for COWBOYS AND ALIENS and make them any less sad. The picture cost at least $165M (that’s the amount Universal will admit to), plus another $150M or so for worldw...
THE BIJOU: Crazy Stupid Early Weekend Boxoffice
> Deadline has early Saturday and weekend estimates, but they don’t clarify much. As of right now, the claim is that COWBOYS AND ALIENS is at $26.2M for Friday/Saturday, with THE SMURFS at $25.9M. If those num...
THE BIJOU: Cowboys and Smurfs
> We’re still a few hours away from the release of actual boxoffice numbers for last weekend (check back for Mitch Metcalf’s full analysis when the figures are official), but The Hollywood Reporter is claiming that ...
WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE August 1-2
>THE SMURFS has outgrossed COWBOYS & ALIENS both Monday and Tuesday and now leads total box office to date, a lead it will not give up when both films leave theaters in several weeks. Through Tuesday, The Smurfs cumul...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 5-7
> Rise of the Planet of the Apes should open easily at #1 with over $43 million. With broadly positive reviews behind it, this prequel should have decent holds in the following few weeks. The Smurfs should slide int...
WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES August 5-7
>Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), Rise of the Planet of the Apes will dominate with a $54 million opening weekend, even stronger than estimated yesterday. In contrast, looking even w...
THE BIJOU: Universal’s Status Stays Quo
> The periodic rumor that Universal Pictures is due for a major shake-up can be put to rest… for now. It’s been announced that President and COO Ron Meyer has signed a new deal that runs through 2015. As...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cowboys & Aliens”
COWBOYS & ALIENS – Watch It At Home: Genre Mash-Up Zaps Itself In the Foot It’s admirable, in a way, that for much of its length, COWBOYS AND ALIENS is willing to be more of a western than a scif...
A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Universal
> 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...