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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT Update

The second annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft still looks like a runaway for Team Metcalf ($518.9 million total through Sunday versus about $25 million each for Teams Salem and Weil), but the early lead is really a functio...

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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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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 EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/1/12

At a cost of $175M (meaning $300M+ with global marketing), SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (Universal) is a long way from profit. But credit the studio with making “Snow White” seem cool enough to garner a soli...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 6/8/12

Now if the Madagascar animals had to battle the Prometheus aliens, that might have been interesting. OPENINGS: PROMETHEUS (20th) edged out MADAGASCAR 3 (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) for Friday honors ($21.4M to $20.5M), bu...

by Mitch Salem

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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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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/25/12

J and K aren’t the only ones wearing black today. OPENINGS: In what’s starting to look like a bad summer for any movie not called The Avengers, MEN IN BLACK 3 (Sony) opened with a subpar $18M on Frid...

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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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FRIDAY MAY 25 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 21st weekend of 2012 is looking like a stunningly weak $138 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 36% from this weekend last year (one of those rare 2011 bright spots) and down 19% from the more normal four-year ...

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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT Update — Pick Replacement

As we head into Memorial Day weekend, we have a change to report in the Team Weil slate for the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft. Paramount has decided to push G.I. Joe: Retaliation out of the summer to March 29, 2013 to al...

by Mitch Metcalf

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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...

by Mitch Salem

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 3

Men in Black 3 increased to $275 million overseas to date (up sharply from $132 million last week). Battleship has stalled overseas — the foreign total is now $235 million (up marginally from $233 million last week)...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 1-3

Weekend #22 of 2012 looks like it will total about $122 million for the top 12 films, down 21% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 20% from the four-year average for the weekend. That would make it three down w...

by Mitch Metcalf

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES June 1-3 — Snow White Leads Soft Box Office

Snow White and the Huntsman now looks like a $56.255 million weekend, according to the studio estimate this morning (up a touch from yesterday’s early estimate and exceeding our forecast in Wednesday’s ShowBuzzDail...

by Mitch Metcalf

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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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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT Update

FRIDAY JUNE 8 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Audiences Return in Droves

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 24

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/1/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 6/8/12

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

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/25/12

ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 10 Update

FRIDAY MAY 25 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT Update — Pick Replacement

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/3/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 3

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 1-3

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES June 1-3 — Snow White Leads Soft Box Office

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

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