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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: The Dark Knight Rises Amidst Tragedy

It may be unseemly even to discuss the dollars and cents of movie boxoffice as we all recoil and try to get a grasp on the terrible events that took place in Colorado last night. Such dreadful aspects of real life shou...

by Mitch Salem

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/22/12

All boxoffice figures are unofficial until tomorrow, when the studios will once again admit that they’re in a business designed to make money. However, numbers have made their way to the outside world, and it see...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/14/12

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (20th) continued with its underwhelming opening on Saturday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. The 4th in the animated series had no Saturday matinee bump, holding at $16.5M f...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 9/21/12

Nearly identical opening numbers for 3 new movies mean different things. OPENINGS: Thanks to its older audience, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (Warners) may end up winning the weekend, and certainly having the highest overall...

by Mitch Salem

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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide To Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part II: Distribution Fees and Back-End

Yesterday we looked at some of the ways that the costs of producing a feature film are higher and more complicated than they might seem. Today, some additional obstacles that lie between any movie and profitability. &n...

by Mitch Salem

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 5-7

After a good weekend last week (up 18% from the comparable weekend average), this weekend is poised to be a very good first weekend of October (up over 40% and around $126 million for the top 12 films). Opening at about 3,00...

by Mitch Metcalf

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/27/12

How much of Friday’s mediocre boxoffice is attributable to a post-Aurora uneasiness about going to multiplexes, how much to competition from the most watched Olympics Opening Ceremonies in history, and how much to ...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/8/12

Spidey is in the books… so we’re officially on the clock for The Dark Knight Rises. OPENINGS: In addition to its $140M 6-day US opening, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) is reporting $129M for the weekend from...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/29/12

The boxoffice news stayed bright on Saturday, according to early numbers at Deadline. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (Sony), with its expected Saturday matinee bump, reached $30M in just its first 2 days of release, and will becom...

by Mitch Salem

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

Eventually, every franchise runs out of steam. (Although they sometimes pick it up again, like Bond James Bond.) OPENINGS: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (Par) is off to a worse start than the last two in the series (the orig...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED: SUNDAY Ratings This Fall

> SUNDAYS this Fall officially start September 25, although the real ratings action on Sunday Nights, Sunday Night Football on NBC, has already kicked off to monster ratings. The entire CBS schedule premieres in Sept...

by Mitch Salem

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 20-22: Dark Knight Rises Should Be #2 Opening of All Time

Weekend #29 of 2012 looks like what last weekend should have been: $272 million for the top 12 films, up 50% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 67% from the four-year average for the weekend. Opening at 4,404 thea...

by Mitch Metcalf

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/1/12

According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE POSSESSION (Lionsgate) is still on top with Saturday’s boxoffice counted, perhaps finding an extra $1M or so at the end of the 4-day weekend for $22-23M, which woul...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/14/12

This weekend’s boxoffice is looking stronger than last week’s–but that’s not saying very much. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) owned F...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/5/12

TAKEN 2 (20th), as expected, is running away with the boxoffice this weekend. Its opening day, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, is at $17.5M, not that much less than the $24.7M the original Taken made in ...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: The Dark Knight Rises Amidst Tragedy

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/22/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/14/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 9/21/12

A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide To Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part II: Distribution Fees and Back-End

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 5-7

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/27/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/8/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/29/12

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

THE SKED: SUNDAY Ratings This Fall

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 20-22: Dark Knight Rises Should Be #2 Opening of All Time

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/1/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/14/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/5/12

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