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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/30/12

OPENINGS: DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony) and LES MISERABLES (Universal) are both success stories, but Django has pulled away from Les Miz over the past couple of days, and should outpace the musical by the end of th...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 11/25/12

No great disconnects between Saturday’s estimates and Sunday’s, although one number needs some scrutiny. OPENINGS: RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) was at the top of the new arrivals, ...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/30/12

The bloodshed in this weekend’s new arrivals extended to the movies themselves. OPENINGS: KILLING THEM SOFTLY (Weinstein), with a $2.5M Friday, may become Brad Pitt’s lowest opening live-action wide releas...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/2/12

OPENINGS: KILLING THEM SOFTLY (Weinstein) is estimating a pathetic $7M weekend, just about the worst of Brad Pitt’s starring career, and even that may be pushing it, since the studio is claiming a relatively soft...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/7/12

OPENINGS: PLAYING FOR KEEPS (FilmDistrict) cratered as expected, in 6th place on its opening day with a sad $2.1M start. It’s on its way to a $6M weekend and perhaps $15M in total, which won’t even pay of...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/9/12

There was no miraculous Saturday save for the weekend’s one pitiful arrival. OPENINGS: PLAYING FOR KEEPS (FilmDistrict) rose only 11% from Friday to Saturday, and since it’s claiming one of the lower Sunday...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/16/12

OPENINGS: THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (Warners/MGM), with its currently estimated $84.8M opening, has broken the previous December record (2007’s I Am Legend) by about 10%. However, it’s also on tra...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/23/12

A fairly sturdy set of Saturday numbers firmed up the weekend a bit, but the start of the holiday movie season is still just mediocre. OPENINGS: JACK REACHER (Paramount) had a 13% Saturday bump and is predicting an 18...

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WEDNESDAY BOXOFFICE: Look Down!

Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the multiplex, theater owners were startled to see a lot more empty seats than they had the day before. Normally the boxoffice is basically stable on the day following Chri...

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UPDATED: PRE-THANKSGIVING BOXOFFICE REPORT – 11/21/12

UPDATE: More refined Wednesday numbers are in via The Hollywood Reporter, and the major difference from the numbers below was for SILVER LININGS NOTEBOOK, which made $656K rather than $550K. still off the pace of last ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: Increases, But Not For All

Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the boxoffice generally showed an uptick from Thursday, which was at it should be for the last Friday of the year. (In 2007, the last time Christmas fell on a Tuesday, Friday w...

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EARLY THANKSGIVING BOXOFFICE REPORT – 11/22/12

According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, something unexpected happened on Thanksgiving Day: two of the holiday weekend’s openings changed places in the boxoffice ranks. LIFE OF PI (20th), which had been cons...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: Django Unstoppable

It won’t be #1 for the full weekend, but the story on Saturday was DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony), which–according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, at least–had its second straight day of splendid...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/23/12

Franchises and a former President may carry the weekend to record heights, but the newcomers stumbled. OPENINGS: RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) has the advantage of no new animated competition t...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/30/12

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 11/25/12

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/30/12

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/2/12

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/7/12

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/9/12

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/16/12

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/23/12

WEDNESDAY BOXOFFICE: Look Down!

UPDATED: PRE-THANKSGIVING BOXOFFICE REPORT – 11/21/12

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: Increases, But Not For All

EARLY THANKSGIVING BOXOFFICE REPORT – 11/22/12

EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: Django Unstoppable

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/23/12

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