THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Big Year”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Haywire”
HAYWIRE: Worth A Ticket – For the Gasp-Inducing Fight Scenes Alone You might think that if a major, celebrated filmmaker were to take the extraordinary step of announcing, years in advance, that he ...
THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 10/8/11
> Deadline has some early Saturday and weekend numbers, the highlight of which is that REAL STEEL is claiming a 40% Saturday bump, which would lead it to a $29M weekend, somewhat higher than expected. Since Steel is a fam...
THE BIJOU: UPDATED–Early Weekend Boxoffice Results
> Deadline has a more complete set of Saturday numbers, and the news just gets better and better for RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. It now appears the picture didn’t drop at all from Friday, and it could edge as hi...
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: International Bullet Points
> Click below for a quick summary of some notable numbers from this past weekend overseas: THE SMURFS reached $141M overseas with the help of a tremendous $60M weekend. Like other recent 3D animated films, it has a good c...
THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/21/11
> PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 continues Paramount’s license to print money–it’ll soon be in profit even with worldwide marketing costs calculated in. Yesterday will probably prove to be by far the biggest day ...
THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/2/11
> Sony is taking an interesting strategy this fall: with MONEYBALL in release, THE IDES OF MARCH opening on Friday and ANONYMOUS coming on October 28, they’re cornering the market on upscale, wide-release drama unti...
Box Office Footnotes – 7/22/11
> Unlike nearly all the other action epics this summer, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER is rolling out slowly overseas, with only a couple of dozen territories getting the picture this weekend. That will postpone...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Zookeeper”
ZOOKEEPER – Not Even For Free: Isn’t There An ASPCA For Audiences? Let’s put off talking about ZOOKEEPER–it’s terrible, for those with no time to spare–by mentioning the trail...
THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/4/11
> It turned out to be a great boxoffice weekend for movies aimed at adults, led of course by THE HELP. THE DEBT had an extraordinarily strong Saturday for a new opening (up 40% from Friday), and is riding that to a surpri...
Box Office Footnotes – 7/15/11 – Harry Potter Edition
> Now that HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART 2) has obliterated the single-day US boxoffice record, and is poised to have the all-time US weekend, what other records lie ahead? The all-time Saturday is held by Sp...
THE BIJOU: UPDATED Early Boxoffice – 9/23/11
> The Hollywood Reporter has fresher boxoffice numbers. MONEYBALL’s start isn’t quite as high as it had looked, but a Friday close to $7M is still excellent, and should lead to a $20M or so weekend, especially...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Colombiana”
COLOMBIANA – Not Even For Free: Even the Body Count Is Dull For a movie from the Luc Besson House of Action, COLOMBIANA is surprisingly listless and dispirited. Besson first came to prominence as a direc...