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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.7.2014

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  The studio rankings remain unchanged, and the most noteworthy change is that Universal now boasts a film in the $300+ million worldwide box (Lucy with $126 million domestic and $192 million overse...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “Nightcrawler”

  NIGHTCRAWLER (Open Road) – Opens October 31 – Worth A Ticket Over the past few years, Jake Gyllenhaal has seemed determined to scrub the wholesomeness out of his screen image, in movies like Zodiac, Brothers,...
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The Sked: SATURDAY Ratings 9.6.2014

Saturday preliminary broadcast ratings in prime, including two college football games (#7-Michigan State at #3-Oregon on FOX from 6:30-10:00 and Michigan at #16-Notre Dame on NBC from 7:30-11:00 pm ET). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The c...
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The Sked: FRIDAY Ratings 9.5.2014

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser sales demographics (adult 18-34 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares), and total vie...
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #36 of 2014 looks like $50 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 20% below the norm for this weekend ($66 million).  This weekend after Labor Day is usually the worst weekend of t...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “Eden”

  EDEN (IFC):  release date unscheduled – Watch It At Home Notwithstanding its subtitles, the genre of Mia Hanson-Love’s EDEN, which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, isn’t unfamiliar ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “St. Vincent”

  ST. VINCENT (Weinstein) – Opens October 24 – Worth A Ticket Bill Murray has perfected the persona of the grouchy, reluctant hero.  The image has even attached itself to him professionally:  although he̵...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “Clouds of Sils Maria”

  CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (IFC):  no release date scheduled – Watch It At Home Olivier Assayas is a dazzlingly ambitious filmmaker, determined to do something totally different with each project he undertakes.  The re...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals: 9.4.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NFL FOOTBALL on NBC adjusted to a lower-than-expected 10.2, a hair under last year’s opening game.  Not that it matters much except in terms of percentages, but THE QUEST improved by 0.2 in final...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “The Humbling”

  THE HUMBLING (Millenium) – no release date set – Watch It At Home THE HUMBLING wasn’t one of Philip Roth’s major novels, and Barry Levinson’s film, despite striking performances from Al Paci...
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.4.2014

  The arrival of NFL Football swamped everything else on the night. NBC:  The opening game of NFL FOOTBALL, currently a 9.0 preliminary adult 18-49 rating from 8:30-11 pm, should go up to around a 10.6 official rating whe...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “The Judge”

  THE JUDGE (Warners) – Opens October 10 – Watch It At Home Since the first Iron Man opened, Robert Downey Jr. has been one of the world’s biggest (and wealthiest) stars.  But he hasn’t used his su...
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 9.3.2014

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Wednesday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, along with a few lower-rated shows of interest.  If you’d like us to add any series to the latter list, please let us know.  S...
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The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings 9.3.2014

Wednesday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals: 9.2.2014

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Tuesday:  
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