SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/15/12
Friday’s boxoffice was like The Good, The Bad & The Ugly–except without the “good.” OPENINGS: All the stunt casting in the world couldn’t make anyone want to see ROCK OF AGES (Warners)...
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...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 5/19/12
The news didn’t get any better for BATTLESHIP (Universal) on Saturday. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the aquatic disaster couldn’t even manage a 10% increase on its 2d day of release (in com...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/3/12
Universal, having eaten a poisoned apple with Battleship, is relieved by this weekend’s tastier produce. OPENINGS: SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN (Universal) muscled its way to a $56.3M opening, which is what it n...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/13/12
THE AVENGERS: Simply spectacular. The 50% drop in Weekend 2 ripped past the $75M record to an amazing $103M. The level of the weekly decline isn’t unprecedented (Avatar dropped an insane 2%, Shr...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/27/12
Don’t hold your breath for Men In Black 4. OPENINGS: The US 3-day weekend numbers on MEN IN BLACK 3 (Sony) are in accord with last night’s lackluster preliminary estimate of $55M. Sony is pr...
SHOWBUZZDAILY MEMORIAL DAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD
Beware of studio estimates and round numbers. OPENINGS: In order to get MEN IN BLACK 3 (Sony) to a round $70M for the 4-day weekend, the studio had to claim the lowest Monday drop of the market’s Top 9 fil...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 5/25/12
The softness of MEN IN BLACK 3‘s (Sony) appeal noted in Mitch Metcalf’s predictions for this weekend seems to be very real. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, and contrary to much more bullish forecasts...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/9/12: Trouble In Paradise
Although it’s still a strong weekend at the boxoffice, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, neither of the week’s big openings had a particularly good Saturday. PROMETHEUS (20th) is clearly getting mixed ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT
How big a flop is BATTLESHIP (Universal)? Even bigger than the catastrophic John Carter, that’s how big. According to early Friday numbers at Deadline, Battleship is headed for a $9.5M opening day, and if that number ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/6/12
So that happened. THE AVENGERS: Whenever a Sunday estimate just barely crosses a milestone threshold, it’s subject to adjustment on Monday, but whether the final number turns out to be $196M or $202M is a ...
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...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/18/12
Audiences sank Universal’s Battleship. OPENINGS: There’s no way to spin the arrival of BATTLESHIP (Universal) as anything other than a horribly expensive flop. Its $9M opening day is even less th...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 5/12/12
THE AVENGERS (Disney) just won’t slow down. If preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, Avengers made $44.5M on Saturday, up 50% from the prior day and down only 36% from the Saturday of its opening weekend, an extr...