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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

Let’s start with something simple: anyone who claims to have reliable knowledge about the profitability of a specific film, without having detailed access to its production budgets, financing documents and key ta...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Spidey Flies Fairly High On the 4th

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) earned $23.4M at the boxoffice on July 4th, which is clearly a very good number. The question is, how good? It was the 2d highest Independence Day gross ever, below only the original Trans...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

OPENINGS: Both RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) and FINDING NEMO 3D (Pixar/Disney) are softer than expected. Evil is likely to have a $21M weekend, which would be the lowest opening in the series since the 20...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/22/12

This weekend’s boxoffice is something like a dead heat in a $5000 claiming race at a second-rate track. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (Warners), END OF WATCH (Open Road) and...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/20/12

No authoritative boxoffice figures will be available until Sunday or Monday, as the studios would prefer that they not be associated with financial issues this weekend. Although–properly–the focus of the ...

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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...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

With what appears to be the exception of a sensational hold for Argo, this weekend is looking fairly lackluster, according to preliminary Friday numbers at Deadline. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (Paramount) of course, will do...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/15/12

Everyone enjoys a quiet weekend before the Bat-attack begins at 12:01AM Thursday night. OPENINGS: The important number for ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (20th) isn’t the $46M US opening (the lowest of the franchis...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 8/31/12

The traditionally dreary Labor Day Weekend boxoffice is underway, and preliminary numbers at Deadline have THE POSSESSION (Lionsgate) in the lead, with a $5.5M Friday and probably around $18M for the 4-day holiday weeken...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Early Thursday Numbers for Spidey and More

Deadline has preliminary boxoffice figures for Thursday, and reports that THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) was at $16.3M for the day, down 30% from July 4th. If that number holds, it would be slightly better than the 34%...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/7/12

No major surprises in the Saturday boxoffice numbers, according to preliminary figures at Deadline. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) is reporting a solid 18% Friday-to-Saturday bump, better than the 13% that Transformers ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “Dark Knight Rises” Actual Weekend Numbers

After a moratorium on official boxoffice pronouncements due to the tragic events in Colorado, Warners has officially released the weekend boxoffice figure for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: $160.9M. This is where the unoffic...

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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/14/12

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

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: The Dark Knight Rises Amidst Tragedy

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Spidey Flies Fairly High On the 4th

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/22/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/20/12

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

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/15/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 8/31/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Early Thursday Numbers for Spidey and More

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/7/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “Dark Knight Rises” Actual Weekend Numbers

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