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NEW YEAR’S DAY BOXOFFICE: At the End Of the Day

(Almost) everything shot up at the boxoffice on New Year’s Day, but one zoomed more than the rest: DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony) challenged THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (Warners/MGM) for the daily lead&#...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 1/4/13

They deleted Massacre from its title, but it’s still mowing down the competition. OPENINGS: Why does Hollywood make ultraviolent movies? Because they sell tickets. TEXAS CHAINSAW (Lionsgate) is overperforming...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 1/11/13

OPENINGS: ZERO DARK THIRTY (Sony) expanded to coincide with its Oscar nominations, and the strategy worked as planned, with the acclaimed (and, in some circles, attacked) drama easily carrying Friday with $9M, on its w...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/23/12

A fairly sturdy set of Saturday numbers firmed up the weekend a bit, but the start of the holiday movie season is still just mediocre. OPENINGS: JACK REACHER (Paramount) had a 13% Saturday bump and is predicting an 18...

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UPDATED: CHRISTMAS BOXOFFICE: Can You Hear the People Sing?

NOTE: THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT OFFICIAL STUDIO ESTIMATES FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. There was plenty under the tree for Hollywood this Christmas Day. The major tinsel came from LES MISERABLES (Universal), which is proj...

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WEDNESDAY BOXOFFICE: Look Down!

Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the multiplex, theater owners were startled to see a lot more empty seats than they had the day before. Normally the boxoffice is basically stable on the day following Chri...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: Increases, But Not For All

Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the boxoffice generally showed an uptick from Thursday, which was at it should be for the last Friday of the year. (In 2007, the last time Christmas fell on a Tuesday, Friday w...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/28/12

OPENINGS: LES MISERABLES (Universal) fell behind DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony) for the first time on Friday, because Les Miz was up only 3% from Thursday, while Django rose more impressively by 17%. Both should ...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: Django Unstoppable

It won’t be #1 for the full weekend, but the story on Saturday was DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony), which–according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, at least–had its second straight day of splendid...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/30/12

OPENINGS: DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony) and LES MISERABLES (Universal) are both success stories, but Django has pulled away from Les Miz over the past couple of days, and should outpace the musical by the end of th...

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NEW YEAR’S EVE BOXOFFICE: One Day More

Movie ticket sales were down significantly on December 31, as audiences found other things to do with their New Year’s Eves, but the results still gave Les Miserables a symbolic turnaround, putting it back in 2d p...

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NEW YEAR’S DAY BOXOFFICE: At the End Of the Day

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 1/4/13

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 1/11/13

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/23/12

UPDATED: CHRISTMAS BOXOFFICE: Can You Hear the People Sing?

WEDNESDAY BOXOFFICE: Look Down!

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: Increases, But Not For All

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/28/12

EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: Django Unstoppable

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 12/30/12

NEW YEAR’S EVE BOXOFFICE: One Day More

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