International Box Office through August 25
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard
STUDIO SCORECARD. The worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date remain the same as last week’s. The anomalous weekly decline (down $8 million) for 20th Century Fox is a function of some downward revisions of some domes...
Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 23-25: The Butler Knocks on the $100 Million Door
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #34 of 2013 looks like an okay $92 million for the top 12 films, up a bit from yesterday’s estimate and now up 1% from the average for this weekend the last fe...
EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Butler” Stays In Charge
If preliminary weekend numbers at Deadline hold, THE WORLD’S END (Focus/Universal) will be a bit more frontloaded than it would have liked, slipping 10% from Friday to Saturday for $3.1M on its second day, and a bi...
BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/23/13
OPENINGS: THE WORLD’S END (Focus/Universal) is off to a very solid start, with a $2250 per-theatre average on Friday in just 1549 theatres, giving it a $3.5M day and a weekend that could hit $10M. That compares...
FRIDAY AUGUST 23 Box Office Report: The Butler Disposes of Weak Opening Competition
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #34 of 2013 looks like an okay $91 million for the top 12 films, even with the average for the same weekend the last few years but up from last year’s comparable weekend. Opening a...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Short Term 12″”
SHORT TERM 12: Run To the Multiplex – Powerful and Moving Indie Drama How can I make you want to see SHORT TERM 12? It’s one of the year’s best pictures, but I feel as though describing the plot and...
THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/22/13
As has been the case the last couple of Thursdays, preseason football preemptions (one major market each for NBC, CBS, ABC and CW last night) will play a bit of havoc with the early numbers. Per Mitch Metcalf, expect e...
Top Cable and Broadcast Shows of the Week (through Wednesday)
A&E’s Duck Dynasty is in a good position to win another week on all of television. The second episode of this season is down only half a rating point from last week’s premiere to a 4.5 rating with adults 18-49.
WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mortal Instruments” Very Mortal Indeed
Be sure to read Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Box Office Predictions. Momentum was lacking for THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (Screen Gems/Sony), as the studio kept the movie from critics until the last possible i...
THE SKED MIDSEASON PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “Rake”
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. RAKE: Thursday 9PM on FOX starting Midseason TBD – Worth A Look FOX’s high-profile midseason dramedy RAKE wastes no time in establishin...
THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/21/13
The summer’s unscripted Big 3 stayed in command last night. FOX: MASTERCHEF was the highest rated show of the night with a 2.3, up 0.1 from last week. CBS: BIG BROTHER rose 0.2 to 2.2, which was also up a tick ...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”
The renovations on Season 3 of NECESSARY ROUGHNESS worked out quite well. The series jettisoned its original setting and much of its supporting cast, moving Dr. Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) from her job as in-house the...
Weekend Box Office Predictions AUGUST 23-25
The 34th weekend of the year is looking like $99 million for the top 12 films, up a decent 10% from the average for this weekend. Opening at 3,046 theaters Wednesday (a bit above the 2,886 average theater count for opening ...
THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/20/13
A quiet night on the networks. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was easily the highest rated show of the night, but its 2.2 was its lowest rated Tuesday airing ever, down 0.2 from last week and 0.3 from the parallel nig...