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...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/1/12
> How long before the Hunger Games sequels start arriving in 3D? THE HUNGER GAMES: On its current trajectory toward a $350-375M US total, THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) will end up among the 15-20th biggest movies of...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Project X”
PROJECT X: Not Even For Free – Don’t RSVP How is it that no one has yet produced a 3D found-footage movie? You’d think the combination of the most (usually) mind-numbing gimmicks of the past ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silent House”
SILENT HOUSE: Watch It At Home – A Curiosity SILENT HOUSE isn’t the first feature-length film to provide the illusion that it’s all been shot in a single continuous take. The mo...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “John Carter”
JOHN CARTER: Watch It At Home – Never Goes Into Orbit All signs suggest that JOHN CARTER will be a financial failure of historic proportions, mostly because of its colossal cost (Disney admit...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Friends With Kids”
FRIENDS WITH KIDS: Worth A Ticket – Sitcom, In A Good Way We live in a pop culture where the recent Emmy Award nominees are so clearly superior to the films up for this past year’s Oscar that ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “21 Jump Street”
21 JUMP STREET: Watch It At Home – High School Meta-Bromance The meta-ization of contemporary comedy marches on: Community, of course, is a virtual meta-kingdom, but Happy Endings makes Friends jokes, th...
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...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Hunger Games”
THE HUNGER GAMES: Worth A Ticket – The Odds Are Mostly In Its Favor Now that virtually every blockbuster movie opens in IMAX, going to an IMAX theatre at this time of year provides a de facto trailer festi...