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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE July 2-8: Huge Seven-Day Box Office Take

With the Fourth of July falling on a Wednesday, most of the past week performed like weekend days, driving the seven-day domestic box office haul to one of the highest in recent memory. The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume Al...

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FRIDAY JULY 13 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Ice Age 4 Has Weekend to Itself and Is Just Okay At Best

The 28th weekend of 2012 is looking like a very weak $149 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 29% from this weekend last year and down 42% from the multi-year average for this weekend. Ice Age: Con...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 11-17 — Summer Volatility Continues

The domestic box office was back down this week. Volatility has been the operative word recently. The first two weeks of May (April 30-May 13) were up more than 35% each from prior years, followed by the next three weeks (M...

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FRIDAY JUNE 8 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Audiences Return in Droves

The box office is roaring back to life this weekend after three weeks of unimpressed moviegoers. The 23rd weekend of 2012 is looking like a killer $183 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up 38% from this weekend last...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/8/12

Combine 2 big movies aimed at perfectly divergent demos, add 3D premium ticket prices, and shake well–the recipe for a strong weekend at the boxoffice. Based on preliminary Friday numbers at Deadline, both PROMETHE...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/24/12

OPENINGS: BRAVE (Pixar/Disney) opened right in the Pixar range at $66.7M. That’s better than WALL-E ($63.1M), not quite as good as Up ($68.1M). Those 2 movies ended up with $224M and $293M, respectively, so...

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FRIDAY JUNE 15 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — Two Big Misses

Back to barren summer theaters. The 24th weekend of 2012 is looking like a very weak $122 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 17% from this weekend last year and down 21% from a more normal third weekend in June....

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 8

The Amazing Spider-Man pulled its overseas total to $202 million to date (up from $50 million at this time last week). We’ll give The Amazing Spider-Man an initial overseas target of $510 million, toward the high end...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/1/12

Vulture picked the wrong weekend to predict Universal’s demise. OPENINGS: SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (Universal) had a very good $20.3M Friday, and will do better than $50M for the weekend, successfully selling (mal...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 10

Men in Black 3 increased again this week, to $352 million overseas to date (up solidly from $275 million last week). Snow White and the Huntsman also grew, up to $84 million overseas (from $39 million last week). Madagas...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted”

MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED – Worth A Ticket – A Circus Indeed There’s a certain luxury in being DreamWorks Animation. Pixar gets the awards and the acclaim, but it’s also held ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD

Will it really be that happy a Father’s Day? Almost every movie in the market is estimating an unusually low Sunday drop because of the holiday, although the Father’s Day effect normally helps only all-fami...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/15/12

Question #1 on this weekend’s boxoffice: if The Dark Knight Rises is a blockbuster but everything else Warners releases this summer is a bomb, is the studio having a good summer? Based on preliminary Friday numbers at...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE May 28-June 3

Snow White and the Huntsman opened solidly above expectations this past weekend, but the past week marks another down weekend overall for the Hollywood studios. Too many other movies have failed to catch fire as The Avengers ...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 12

The big gainer overseas this week was The Dark Knight Rises again, up $67 million to an overseas total of $445 million. A billion dollars worldwide is still possible, but $950 million could be more realistic. Ice Age 4 c...

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE July 2-8: Huge Seven-Day Box Office Take

FRIDAY JULY 13 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Ice Age 4 Has Weekend to Itself and Is Just Okay At Best

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 11-17 — Summer Volatility Continues

FRIDAY JUNE 8 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Audiences Return in Droves

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/8/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/24/12

FRIDAY JUNE 15 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — Two Big Misses

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 8

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/1/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 10

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted”

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/15/12

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE May 28-June 3

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 12

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