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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 19

The four new films in North America this weekend have had very little presence overseas so far — only ParaNorman has overseas receipts to date (and only $5 million at that). The one film from this weekend that should ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/2/12

OPENINGS: THE POSSESSION (Lionsgate) is doing quite well for a low-budget horror quickie, with $17.7M for the 1st 3 days of the holiday weekend, and is on track to be the #2 Labor Day opening ever, behind only the 2007...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/19/12

A lot of product made for a decent weekend total, but none of the new films fared particularly well. OPENINGS: THE EXPENDABLES 2 (Lionsgate) opened 20% behind its predecessor, when sequels usually open bigger (and the...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 2

The summer’s two powerhouses crossed significant milestones in worldwide box office, with Marvel’s The Avengers getting to $1.5 billion and The Dark Knight Rises crossing $1 billion. Avengers is the #3 movie ...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 24-26: Crappy Films Mark the Beginning of the 7-Week Box Office Drought

Weekend #34 of 2012 looks like a typically bad fourth weekend of August. Three shitty new films open and a political documentary goes semi-wide, and each should be well under $10 million for the weekend. The top 12 films th...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 7-9: Plenty of Empty Seats at Movie Theaters

The weekend after Labor Day normally has the lowest box office volume of any weekend on the calendar. Weekend #36 of 2012 will follow this pattern, and it could be the softest weekend since 2008: only about $51 million for th...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/26/12

The yummiest weekend of the year for right-wing propagandists. OPENINGS: 2016: OBAMA’S AMERICA (Rocky Mountain) drew its core audience to the tune of $6.2M, which gave it a return in the same neighborhood as re...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 7-9

The weekend now looks like $52 million for the top 12 films instead of the $50 million estimate yesterday. But the basic rank order remains the same. The Possession remains at #1 and is headed for a final domestic gross of ...

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE August 20-26

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between August 20 and August 26 grossed a fairly typical $146 million, down 1% from the four-year average for the comparable week and up 6% from the same ...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 16

Thank God for overseas box office. One of the last great American exports is the Hollywood motion picture slate. The films released in the U.S. over the last four months have grossed $3.65 billion in North America, but they...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 31-September 2

Weekend #35 of 2012 looks fairly similar to the Labor Day weekends over the past few years. Only about $81 million for the top 12 films this weekend (defined as the three-day Friday-Sunday portion we always concentrate on), a...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/23/12

This weekend’s boxoffice wasn’t so much a case of multiple winners as none at all. OPENINGS: The closest thing to a victor was END OF WATCH (Open Road), which did about what one might have expected with a p...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/10/12

OPENINGS: The magic weekend number for THE BOURNE LEGACY (Universal) is probably $40M, now that Friday has come in a bit lower than preliminary estimates suggested at $14M. Unless business collapses on Saturday, expe...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 8/31/12

The traditionally dreary Labor Day Weekend boxoffice is underway, and preliminary numbers at Deadline have THE POSSESSION (Lionsgate) in the lead, with a $5.5M Friday and probably around $18M for the 4-day holiday weeken...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 23

Two films had big very large gains overseas the past week: Resident Evil: Retribution (up $53 million to $103 million overseas to date) and Expendables 2 (up $28 million since last week to $186 million overseas to date). ...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 19

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/2/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/19/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 2

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 24-26: Crappy Films Mark the Beginning of the 7-Week Box Office Drought

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 7-9: Plenty of Empty Seats at Movie Theaters

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/26/12

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 7-9

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE August 20-26

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 16

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 31-September 2

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/23/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/10/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 8/31/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 23

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