THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
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Our Review / 5 - Terrible
SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Big, Not Colossal, “Avengers” Midnight – 5/3/12
> The Marvel superhero audience likes to get its sleep. Despite the fact that THE AVENGERS is expected to do record-challenging business this weekend, last night’s midnight screenings totaled $18.7M–a tremendo...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/20/12
No authoritative boxoffice figures will be available until Sunday or Monday, as the studios would prefer that they not be associated with financial issues this weekend. Although–properly–the focus of the ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Rips Through the Roof – 5/5/12
So much for front-loading. The preliminary Saturday number for THE AVENGERS (Disney), as reported by Deadline, is genuinely extraordinary. If it holds up, Avengers will have one of the best 2d day holds of a meg...
THE BOXOFFICE GAMES: “Hunger Games” Day 1 – Early Numbers – 3/23/12
> Boxoffice numbers have been bouncing around all day (Per-theatre averages as of 3PM Pacific time! Number of left-handed, red-haired patrons sitting through the entire end credits!), and they’re still not final or ...
A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Warner Bros
> 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...
Box Office Results Footnotes – 7/24/11
> With the superpowers wielded only by Hollywood studio estimators, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER has leaped ahead of Thor to claim the biggest superhero opening of the year. But Captain America and HARRY POTTE...
THE BIJOU: International Footnote
> There’s been quite a bit written in the last few years about the phenomenon of US films doing much better business overseas than domestically, sometimes more than making up for American disappointment or failure–a...
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...
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...
EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Accio Single Day Record!
>Deadline is reporting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is opening to an eye-popping $90-100 million Friday. This estimate from Warner Brothers includes the incredible $43.5 from midnight showings. This d...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JULY 22-24
> Captain America and the final Harry Potter film’s second weekend will battle for #1, with each around $60 million. Friends with Benefits should open at a decent level for an R-rated comedy. The weekend ...
THE BIJOU: Daily Tracks of Top Opening Weekend Films – Updated
>UPDATE from Mitch Salem: Harry Potter’s Tuesday continued strong, with $15.4M in the US (total of $202.6M). This 15% drop from Monday is just about the same as The Dark Knight had on its first Tuesday, althou...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS July 31
>Three films are now in or projected to be in the $1 billion worldwide box office club: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Clearly,...
SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: The Dark Knight’s Nemeses
Unless the world comes to an abrupt end in the next few hours, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is going to start earning more money than The Joker set on fire in the last Batman film. But how much? Can Rises set records this w...