WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 4-6 — Historic Weekend for The Avengers
Wow. It’s time to haul out the superlatives and the sports cliches like grand slam and buzzer-beating three-point shot. Marvel’s The Avengers is headed for a $200 million opening weekend, shattering the record p...
FRIDAY MAY 10 BOX OFFICE REPORT
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #19 of 2013 looks like $151 million for the top 12 films, below the same weekend last year but above the four-year average for the weekend. Iron Man 3 remains #1 in its second weekend,...
FRIDAY MAY 4 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — Revised Numbers for The Avengers
UPDATE: We have revised the numbers for Marvel’s The Avengers to reflect Disney’s outlook for the film based on Friday’s opening, which puts the film on track for the biggest opening weekend of all time. The 1...
ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 4 Update
With his second movie opening this past weekend, Team Salem has crossed the $100 million mark in the second annual ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Fantasy Draft. Salem’s slate totals $107 million through Sunday, still traili...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Pilot Review: “Inhumans”
INHUMANS: Friday 9PM on ABC (starting Sept 29) – Change the Channel In this world of Peak TV, it’s harder for a new series to break through the clutter than it’s ever been, and that thicket will be a ...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 18-20
Weekend #20 of 2012 looks like it will be about $156 million for the top 12 films, down 2% from last year’s comparable weekend and down the same amount from the four-year average for this weekend. Three movies open, wit...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 24
Pixar’s Brave has a modest $13.5 million overseas to date, obviously with a big international potential as it rolls out around the world. Pixar films generally have a healthy multiple over the domestic gross, which we a...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 8-10
Weekend #23 of 2012 looks like it will total about $174 million for the top 12 films, up 32% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 19% from the four-year average for the weekend. A pair of decently-reviewed openers...
FRIDAY JUNE 1 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Snow White Surprises But Total Business Still Sags
The 22nd weekend of 2012 is looking like a soft $130 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 15% from this weekend last year. Snow White and the Huntsman is opening much stronger than forecast (and the weekend overal...
WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 10-12
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #19 of 2013 looks like $152 million for the top 12 films, about the same as the $151 million estimate yesterday. Iron Man 3 picked up the pace with a very strong s...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/4/12
> Well-played, Marvel/Disney. THE AVENGERS: Years of planning and marketing led to the 2d biggest opening day of all time, $80.5M, that was behind only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and its $91.1M. (And Dea...
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 ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Gifted”
THE GIFTED: Monday 9PM on FOX – In the Queue FOX’s THE GIFTED exists in the X-Men region of Marvel’s mythology, which in corporate terms means that it (along with Fantastic Four) belongs to 20th Centu...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 25-27
Weekend #21 of 2012 (the traditional Friday-Sunday portion of this Memorial Day weekend) looks like it will total about $153 million for the top 12 films, down 29% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 11% from the...