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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/16/12

> Maybe JOHN CARTER should have starred Jonah Hill. OPENINGS:  21 JUMP STREET (Sony) got off to a great start, with a $13.1M Friday that should get it to around $35M for the weekend.  Expect a quick announcement that ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 16-18

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly weaker than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 18

>21 Jump Street joins the worldwide box office chart about a third of the way down the list, ranked #14 out of 44 films released wide in North America over the past three months.  We expect its domestic gross to top out at...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S MOVIE PROMO WATCH: Grammys Edition

> Tonight’s Grammy Awards were inevitably somewhat haunted by the awful loss of Whitney Houston barely 24 hours earlier, a tragedy that seemed to have been going on for a decade yet was still shocking when it came to its ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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“John Carter” and The Art of Bus-Under Pushing: SHOWBUZZDAILY CLOSE-UP

> A movie called JOHN CARTER opened a few days ago.  It cost a few bucks, and as you may have heard, didn’t make as much money as its studio, Disney, would have liked.  Notwithstanding the supposed mandate from ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/2/12

> There are good movies and there are hits, and given the choice, there’s never been any doubt which Hollywood prefers. OPENINGS:  A March filled to the brim with wannabe blockbusters is off to a big start.  THE...
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 25

>Welcome to the big leagues, Hunger Games.  Our preliminary domestic total projection of $403 million and the overseas gross to date of $59 million instantly puts The Hunger Games in the stratosphere of worldwide revenue, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S MOVIE PROMO WATCH: Super Bowl Edition

> In these heady moments after the NY Giants’ triumphant victory over the New England Patriots (I’d say “Sorry, New England fans,” but I wouldn’t mean it), let’s take a moment to look at the ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 23-25

>The 12th weekend of the year should be a whopper: about $176 million for the top 12 films.  How big is that for the fourth weekend in March?  Enormous, unprecedented: up 62% from last year’s comparable weekend ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY MARCH 9 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> The tenth weekend of 2012 is looking to be solid in terms of total business but not at the runaway pace of the past few weeks.  The weekend is running 3% ahead of last year’s same weekend and 8% ahead of the multi-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 16-18

>The 11th weekend of the year should generate about $101 million for the top 12 films, a somewhat soft weekend for the third weekend in March — down 3% from last year’s comparable weekend and down a similar percenta...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/11/12

> John Carter traveled to Mars; the movie with his name also looks beyond the US for some help. OPENINGS:  JOHN CARTER (Disney) may or may not have grossed over $30M this weekend–we’ll find out for sure tomorro...
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 9-11

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly stronger than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volu...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 3/17/12

> Saturday was a little weaker than expected, according to preliminary boxoffice figures reported by Deadline, resulting in some shortfalls compared to initial weekend estimates.  21 JUMP STREET (Sony) had a small Saturday...
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THE SKED MOVIE PROMO WATCH: OSCAR NIGHT EDITION

> The Academy limits the number of movie ads that can be aired on the Oscar telecast (until recent years, they didn’t allow any), so as not to make the night look like the awards are shilling for the studios.  (God f...
by Mitch Salem
 
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