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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...

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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 23-25

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in significantly stronger than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only). The box office...

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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...

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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 ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/25/12

> Hope you like Hunger Games rip-offs, because plenty of them are on the way. OPENINGS: The 3d biggest opening weekend of all time, the 2d best Saturday, the 4th best Sunday… and is it done? Lionsgate is estim...

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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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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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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, ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 3/3/12

> Deadline is reporting a fairly spectacular Saturday for THE LORAX (Universal), considering the size of its Friday: $32M, representing more than an 80% increase from the day before. As a point of comparison, Horton...

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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...

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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...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/4/12

> Now the only question is when they announce the start of pre-production on LORAX 2. OPENINGS: It turned out THE LORAX (Universal) wasn’t frontloaded at all. Quite the contrary, its 80% Saturday bump pu...

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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’...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 30-April 1

>The 13th weekend of the year should be very strong: about $169 million for the top 12 films up 49% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 32% from the four-year average for this weekend. Wrath of the Titans sho...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 18

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/11/12

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 23-25

THE SKED MOVIE PROMO WATCH: OSCAR NIGHT EDITION

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/16/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/25/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/2/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 3/17/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 25

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 3/3/12

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 16-18

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE March 23-25

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/4/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/18/12

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 30-April 1

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