THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Jack & Jill”
JACK AND JILL: Not At Any Price – 2 Adam Sandlers is 2 Too Many Does anyone really expect an Adam Sandler movie to be good anymore? Seriously, if you put aside his occasional relatively serious effort...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “We Bought A Zoo”
WE BOUGHT A ZOO: Worth A Ticket – Cameron Crowe Pays His Dues and Keeps His Dignity There’s a classic line in Albert Brooks’s incredibly prescient 1979 Real Life where Brooks, as the pro...
THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice With Benefits – 7/23/11
> Deadline has rough estimates for the weekend boxoffice, and they’re pretty much in keeping with Friday’s numbers. The biggest surprise, if the number holds, would be that Paramount is estimating CAPTAIN AMER...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Captain America: The First Avenger” – Red, White & Retro
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: “Dragon Tattoo” Arrives
> Sony jump-started the release of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO last night with early runs starting at 7PM at its slightly less than 3000 theatres. Early reports are that it pulled in $1.6M for those showings. Th...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Thursday Numbers – 12/29/11
> The boxoffice was steady as expected yesterday, virtually everything within 5%, up or down, from where it was on Wednesday. There were just a couple of exceptions: PARIAH (Focus): Proved to be scarily front-loaded...
THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/14/11
> FOOTLOOSE has the advantage of facing no new direct competition on Friday. That, along with what should be fairly good word of mouth, could give it some legs in the marketplace. THE THING, on the other hand, had a...
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...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: EARLY SATURDAY NUMBERS – 12/31/11
> According to Deadline, most films were down 20-30% from Friday, which is par for the course on New Year’s Eve, due to early theater closings and non-movie plans for the night. But there are a few oddities: Most no...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Friday Numbers – 12/30/11
> Deadline has initial boxoffice figures for Friday, and if the numbers hold, the results seem to be a healthy amount higher than last year’s Friday before New Year’s, allowing the holiday period–and the year&...