THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Larry Crowne” – The Feel-OK Movie Of the Summer
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Box Office Footnotes – June 25
> CARS 2 overperformed a bit, although $75M isn’t much higher than the original Cars opening ($60M) plus 3D ticket prices. It should hold well over the holiday weekend (the talking vehicles in Transformers skew a li...
THE BIJOU: Universal’s Status Stays Quo
> The periodic rumor that Universal Pictures is due for a major shake-up can be put to rest… for now. It’s been announced that President and COO Ron Meyer has signed a new deal that runs through 2015. As...
Box Office Footnotes – 7/1/11
> TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON becomes the latest franchise movie to fall short in the US compared to prior chapters of the series, despite an increased 3D ticket price. (Like others, most notably Pirates 4, it ma...
HOLIDAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE UPDATE
> TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON is reporting (pending actual numbers tomorrow) a 4-day weekend gross of $116.7M, giving it a total of $181.1M since opening Tuesday evening. That puts it around 10% ahead of the orig...
Box Office Footnotes – 7/8/11
> Full weekend drops can be expected to hit a little harder than usual this week, because last week’s holiday weekend boosted Sunday receipts. TRANSFORMERS 3 had a second Friday about midway between those of its two prede...
Box Office Footnotes – 7/10/11
> Very early numbers say that TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON is headed for about $97M overseas this weekend, which of course is a huge amount of money but also a 56% drop from last weekend–higher than the 52% domest...
A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Universal
> 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...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Larry Crowne”
LARRY CROWNE: Watch It At Home – Giant Stars/Tiny Ambitions Allow me to play Nostradamus for a moment. the day will come–and it’s not far off–when you’ll be sitting in front of yo...