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...
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...
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-...
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 ...
FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE March 23-25
>Now 12 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is running 26% ahead of last year’s worrisome pace, and the year-to-date total is now fully 15% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last se...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD 3/9/12
> Moral of the weekend: If you’re going to spend $250M+ on a movie, check first whether anyone wants to see it. OPENINGS: With a probable $27-28M opening, just how big a flop is JOHN CARTER (Disney) going to b...
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...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/30/12
> Frontloading strikes again. THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit), with $18.9M on its 2nd Friday, is behaving like a sequel, even though it isn’t one. It’s down 72% from opening day, which is consistent with t...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 3/10/12
> It’s too little to make any meaningful difference for JOHN CARTER (Disney), but according to Deadline, the giant-budgeted spectacle didn’t have a bad Saturday. Preliminary numbers have Carter rising by aroun...
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...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/1/12
> How long before the Hunger Games sequels start arriving in 3D? THE HUNGER GAMES: On its current trajectory toward a $350-375M US total, THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) will end up among the 15-20th biggest movies of...
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...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/18/12
> Get ready for the flood of jokey 80s TV show remakes that will now be unleashed upon us. OPENINGS: 21 JUMP STREET (Sony) fell ever-so-slightly on Saturday, and if it fails to hit its $35M weekend estimate, it won’...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “John Carter”
JOHN CARTER: Watch It At Home – Never Goes Into Orbit All signs suggest that JOHN CARTER will be a financial failure of historic proportions, mostly because of its colossal cost (Disney admit...