THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 8/6/11
> RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES has a slew of positives going for it commercially: the reportedly fairly low $93M production cost, the month of August ahead with its limited competition, strong support from an older audi...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Adventures of Tintin”
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: Worth A Ticket – The Return of Steven Spielberg Remember how lousy the last Indiana Jones movie was? Remember watching it and wondering sadly what had become of Steven Spielberg...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/30/11
> As detailed in Mitch Metcalf’s Boxoffice Report, Friday’s numbers were solid but lacking any breakout excitement. First, let’s take a quick look at the limited-run Oscar hopefuls: THE IRON LADY (Weinst...
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Opening Day For “The Help”
> DreamWorks/Disney’s decision to open the lengthy, serious THE HELP on a Wednesday in mid-August looked like a questionable strategy, but so far it’s paying off: Deadline reports that its opening day gross is...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “One Day”
ONE DAY – Watch It At Home: An Off-Day What went wrong with ONE DAY? It’s been clear for a while that its studio, Focus Features, didn’t have great confidence in the film: first they post...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Thursday Numbers – 12/22/11
> Deadline has preliminary figures for Thursday’s boxoffice, and they appear to be fairly steady with Wednesday, consistent with last year’s pattern but below 2010’s totals. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – G...
FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/6/12
> Everyone wanted to go to the movies on the first full weekend of 2012. PARAMOUNT: The studio went straight to its Paranormal Activity playbook to launch THE DEVIL INSIDE (pre-release screenings, months of buzz), and it ...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” – Palatably Painless
> Watch It At Home: Fodder For the Undemanding Young One of the running gags in MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS is that the birds are fascinated by old Charlie Chaplin movies, and can be kept calm for hours just by placing them in ...
Harry Potter and the All-Time Weekend Boxoffice Record
> Deadline has the early Saturday and weekend boxoffice estimates, and this is what “frontloaded” looks like: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART 2) plummeted by 52% from Friday (including midnights) to...
THE BIJOU: Early Friday Boxoffice – 10.28/11
> The Hollywood Reporter has preliminary boxoffice numbers for Friday, and as expected, PUSS IN BOOTS will be the easy weekend winner. Its $9-9.5M on Friday, if it holds, would probably mean $36-38M for the weekend, which...