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...
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 ...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 11
>John Carter joins the worldwide box office chart, ranked at #13 out of 44 wide-release films over the past three months. We are currently estimating John Carter could total $75 million in North America, but the overseas ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “John Carter” Is Not A Success – 3/18/12
> For anyone who thought the angst over JOHN CARTER‘s boxoffice returns was overstated: Disney has issued a public statement advising that it expects the film to result in a $200M loss, which will singlehandedly pul...
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 ...
“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 ...
FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE March 12-18
>Now 11 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is running 23% ahead of last year’s horrible pace (down from +26% last week), and the year-to-date total is now pacing 11% ahead of the comparable period̵...
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...
FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE March 5-11
>Ten full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run 26% ahead of last year’s horrible pace, and the year-to-date total is now pacing 12% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several year...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...