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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/5/12

TAKEN 2 (20th), as expected, is running away with the boxoffice this weekend. Its opening day, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, is at $17.5M, not that much less than the $24.7M the original Taken made in ...

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 38th weekend of 2012 is looking like $73 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 31% from the same weekend last year and now the third weekend in a row down significant double-digit percentages. The past three we...

by Mitch Metcalf

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Strain”

THE STRAIN: Sunday 10PM on FX The decision to make Season 4 of FX’s THE STRAIN its last (a year earlier than the originally announced plan) meant that there was a lot of story to cram into 10 hours, and tonight&#...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL ROUND-UP

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival had a very solid line-up, so much so that although the titles below are listed in rough order of preference, even the worst of them is of some interest, very possibly...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 23

Two films had big very large gains overseas the past week: Resident Evil: Retribution (up $53 million to $103 million overseas to date) and Expendables 2 (up $28 million since last week to $186 million overseas to date). ...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 21-23

The weekend now looks like $77 million for the top 12 films, up a bit from the estimate yesterday. End of Watch, House at the End of the Street and Trouble with the Curve are all within a few thousand dollars, according to th...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/14/12

This weekend’s boxoffice is looking stronger than last week’s–but that’s not saying very much. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) owned F...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 9/28/12

What was that about Adam Sandler having career trouble? OPENINGS: Sony‘s decision to open HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA a week before Disney’s Frankenweenie turned out to be a brilliant move, as Hotel is on track fo...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 21-23

This weekend will be respectable — the top 12 films should total around $93 million, very typical for this weekend most years, although down 13% from last year when Moneyball and Dolphin Tale both opened. Four films fro...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/30/12

Audiences decide they want to see movies again. OPENINGS: With the market starved for family entertainment (the last major animated opening was Ice Age 4 back in July), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (Sony) and its $43M smashed the Septe...

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The Weekend in Critics Awards

The big prizes this weekend were the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, LAFCA has a habit of showcasing its iconoclasm (the organization has only given its Best Picture prize to the eventual Oscar winner once i...

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE September 17-23

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between September 17 and September 23 grossed a weak $107 million, down 12% from the four-year average for the week and down a big 24% from the same week ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Strain”

There’s a reason why B-movies aren’t 13 hours long, and that was demonstrated by THE STRAIN, a well-crafted horror thriller that nevertheless succumbed to monotony before its first season (it’s already ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Strain”

FX’s THE STRAIN is doing something that The Walking Dead and its cohorts in the undead genre won’t: telling a (more or less) coherent story from beginning to end, and exiting when it’s over. During ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

OPENINGS: Both RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) and FINDING NEMO 3D (Pixar/Disney) are softer than expected. Evil is likely to have a $21M weekend, which would be the lowest opening in the series since the 20...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/5/12

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Strain”

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL ROUND-UP

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 23

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES September 21-23

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/14/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 9/28/12

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 21-23

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/30/12

The Weekend in Critics Awards

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE September 17-23

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Strain”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Strain”

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

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