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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...

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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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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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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 17

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted had a good week around the world, now $157 million overseas to date (up from $76 million last week). Madagascar is headed for $600+ million worldwide ($215 million domestic according t...

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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 WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/16/12

Nothing much changed at the boxoffice between Friday and Saturday, and that was bad news for the weekend’s openings. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, neither ROCK OF AGES (Warners) nor THAT’S MY BOY (So...

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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)...

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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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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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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 15-17 — Adam Sandler & Tom Cruise’s Weekend of the Banal

Weekend #24 of 2012 looks like it will total a just okay $146 million for the top 12 films, down 1% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 6% from the four-year average for the weekend. Two films with once-big sta...

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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 10 Update

With six of eight movies open, Team Metcalf’s slate is closing in on $1 billion in domestic box office ($929 million through Sunday). Metcalf’s seventh film opens Friday (Rock of Ages). And then he will wait to ...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 4-10

A solid week ending Sunday (featuring openings for Madagascar 3 and Prometheus above $60 million and $50 million, respectively) ended a three-week rough patch for domestic box office, the first significant disappointing period ...

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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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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/10/12

Don’t look a gift boxoffice in the mouth? OPENINGS: Unsurprisingly, both studios pushed their estimates on MADAGASCAR 3 (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) and PROMETHEUS (20th) to the highest round number available, meani...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES June 8-10 — A Soft Saturday Makes for a Very Front-Loaded Weekend

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted now looks like a $60.4 million weekend, according to the studio estimate this morning (down from yesterday’s early estimate but still exceeding our forecast in Wednesday’s Sh...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 24

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/24/12

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

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 17

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/16/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/15/12

FRIDAY JUNE 15 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — Two Big Misses

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/15/12

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 15-17 — Adam Sandler & Tom Cruise’s Weekend of the Banal

ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 10 Update

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 4-10

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 10

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/10/12

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES June 8-10 — A Soft Saturday Makes for a Very Front-Loaded Weekend

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