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FRIDAY AUGUST 26 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> As Hurricane Irene marches up the East Coast from North Carolina to Boston this weekend, the full impact on the weekend box office remains unclear, but there will be a significant impact. News reports say that 65 millio...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: “The Help” Update

> THE HELP continues to have a strong head start on the weekend boxoffice. The Hollywood Reporter says the film grossed $4.3M on Thursday, down only around 20% from its opening day on Wednesday, which gives it almost $10M...

by Mitch Salem

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OSCAR ODDS for Major Categories — UPDATED

>Updated Oscar odds confirm a complete snooze is in store for Sunday’s Academy Awards as The Artist and director Michel Hazanavicius are heavy favorites to win Best Picture and Best Director, bringing a very French flavor...

by Mitch Salem

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STATUETTE STAKES: The Oscar Race That Wasn’t

> This year’s Academy Awards have so far engendered the kind of enthusiasm and excitement usually associated with a suburban DMV office on a Tuesday afternoon. People seem to be sullenly resigned to the inevitabilit...

by Mitch Salem

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THE BIJOU: Early Boxoffice Report – 9/10/11

> Deadline has some early Friday boxoffice numbers, and the news was good for CONTAGION and its maybe-I’m-retiring-and-maybe-I’m-not director Steven Soderbergh: an $8M opening day that should lead to a weekend...

by Mitch Salem

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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/19/11

> THE HELP will be the year’s first “serious” movie to gross over $100M. September is traditionally one of the softest months on the movie release calendar, and 2011 is no exception: although there...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE Aug 8-14

>Another strong week in North American movie theaters. The full week box office (August 8-14) generated $236 million, up 16% versus the same week last year and up 10% versus the average week the past four years. Year-to-d...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE BIJOU EARLY RETURNS – UPDATED: BOXOFFICE THE BARBARIAN

> UPDATE: Deadline has a clearer picture of the day’s boxoffice, and THE HELP is already having a superb weekend, leading the day with $5.7M, down a tiny 25% from last week. If this number holds, its full weekend co...

by Mitch Salem

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THE BIJOU EARLY BOXOFFICE: Hurricane Watch 8/28/11

> Early numbers for Friday and Saturday suggest that the first day, at least, of Hurricane Irene didn’t do enormous damage to the boxoffice. Deadline reports that THE HELP had a healthy Friday-to-Saturday bump of 38...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Help”

THE HELP – Worth A Ticket: The Story May Be Soft, The Acting Isn’t THE HELP is–and I mean this in a good way–a big-screen Hallmark Hall of Fame. It’s a long, absorbing, emotional...

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THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/13/11

> Let’s take a look at just how remarkably THE HELP is performing so far. The most obvious points of comparison are the literary-sourced, female-skewing hits of the last 2 Augusts: Julie & Julia in 2...

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THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/14/11

> Now that THE HELP has opened about as well as Dreamworks/Disney could have hoped, the next goal is a 2d weekend decline of around 40%. That would match the hold of Julie & Julia, and would make a $100M gross for Hel...

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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/21/11

> There’s not much to add about the weekend grosses that hasn’t been said (see Mitch Metcalf’s round-up report here), so let’s take a look at who, apart from the studios themselves, did and didn’t ...

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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/17/11

> For all the wildly unexpected success of THE LION KING, Disney has limited boxoffice upside, because the new Blu-Ray hits the streets on October 4, and that’s not likely to be a date that can be changed. The Friday numb...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Help”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

by Mitch Salem

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FRIDAY AUGUST 26 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: “The Help” Update

OSCAR ODDS for Major Categories — UPDATED

STATUETTE STAKES: The Oscar Race That Wasn’t

THE BIJOU: Early Boxoffice Report – 9/10/11

THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/19/11

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE Aug 8-14

THE BIJOU EARLY RETURNS – UPDATED: BOXOFFICE THE BARBARIAN

THE BIJOU EARLY BOXOFFICE: Hurricane Watch 8/28/11

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Help”

THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/13/11

THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Footnotes – 8/14/11

THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/21/11

THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/17/11

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Help”

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