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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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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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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 3/9/12

> Deadline‘s preliminary numbers for Friday have JOHN CARTER (Disney) at around $10M for the day, which depending on how much it plays as a family movie on Saturday, should mean a $25-30M weekend. That’s not a...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 18

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/11/12

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

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 3/9/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/30/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD 3/9/12

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE March 12-18

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