THE BIJOU REVIEW: “One Day”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/13/11
> Let’s take a look at just how remarkably THE HELP is performing so far. The most obvious points of comparison are the literary-sourced, female-skewing hits of the last 2 Augusts: Julie & Julia in 2...
FRIDAY AUGUST 19 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
>The Help sits at the top of the heap thanks to a terrific 19% drop in its second weekend and especially thanks to the very weak crop of openers that make up that heap. Spy Kids 4, Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night all...
THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes 8/27/11 – Be Afraid of the Boxoffice
> The full extent of theatre closings and other Hurricane Irene-related events isn’t yet known, so projections may be high at this point. That being said, this was never going to be a good weekend at the boxoffice: ...
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Mid-Week Update
> With Monday and Tuesday numbers in, here are some notes about how the new arrivals are holding up: THE HELP continues its impressive run: its $8.3M on Monday-Tuesday represents a very robust 32% of its weekend total.&nb...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “One Day”
ONE DAY – Watch It At Home: An Off-Day What went wrong with ONE DAY? It’s been clear for a while that its studio, Focus Features, didn’t have great confidence in the film: first they post...
THE BIJOU EARLY RETURNS – UPDATED: BOXOFFICE THE BARBARIAN
> UPDATE: Deadline has a clearer picture of the day’s boxoffice, and THE HELP is already having a superb weekend, leading the day with $5.7M, down a tiny 25% from last week. If this number holds, its full weekend co...
THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/21/11
> There’s not much to add about the weekend grosses that hasn’t been said (see Mitch Metcalf’s round-up report here), so let’s take a look at who, apart from the studios themselves, did and didn’t ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY 2011 IN REVIEW: The Year’s Worst Movies
> The problem with 2011 on screen was more the pervasive mediocrity than an overload of terrible movies, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some awful films to be found–and, if possible, avoided. Here a...
THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/19/11
> THE HELP will be the year’s first “serious” movie to gross over $100M. September is traditionally one of the softest months on the movie release calendar, and 2011 is no exception: although there...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 19-21
>Now that we are in mid-August, let the true dumping of movies begin! Sure they can be called summer movies, but films the next few weeks have little hope of turning in impressive box office results. The Help (a tru...
A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Universal
> With a summer movie season bracketed by the first weekend in May on one end, and Labor Day on the other, we’ve reached the midpoint of 2011’s array of blockbusters, and for the next week, here at SHOWBUZZDAILY, we...
THE BIJOU EARLY WEEKEND: FRIGHT BOXOFFICE
> According to Deadline, nothing much changed for the new boxoffice arrivals on Saturday. THE HELP is still far in front for the weekend, with a beautiful $19-20M second weekend, and it’s followed by RISE OF THE PLA...