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WEEKEND ACTUALS

>Deadline is reporting that Cowboys & Aliens ended up edging The Smurfs at the weekend finish line, $36.4 million to $35.6 million.  But remember that given the genre of each film, The Smurfs should easily outgross Cow...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BROADWAY JOURNAL: “The Book of Mormon” and “The Mother____ With the Hat”

> As you see elsewhere on this page, ShowbuzzDaily isn’t just about movies.  And since, as it happens, Your Faithful Correspondent is in New York for the week, we’ll have a few days of thoughts about some of th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Oscar Nominations

>We'll have some analysis later (good news: Extremely Loud! Margin Call for Screenplay! Bad news: no Michael Fassbender? No David Fincher?), but for now, here's a link to the full list of Oscar nominees: http://oscar.go...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS MAY 9-15: A Flat Week Overall Compared to Last Year

>Again this week, strong weekday business allowed for a flat week year to year (despite the weekend portion being off 5% versus last year).  The year-to-date total is now down 13% from last year (after being off as much as...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Box Office Footnotes and Weekend Review Roundup – 4/8/11

> Hop and Universal should enjoy this weekend while it lasts:  on Friday, the 3D Rio arrives and that’s probably the end of Hop‘s big numbers. As Mitch Metcalf explained elsewhere on this page, the agents for R...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Breaking In” Is Shown the Exit

>Although technically BREAKING IN hasn’t yet been canceled (networks and studios hold on to their options until contractually forced to relinquish them), it’s essentially received a notice of execution. The plan had...
by Mitch Salem
 
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“THE SKED” RESTORED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S 2011/12 PRIMETIME TELEVISION SCHEDULE

> AS WE WERE SAYING BEFORE OUR SITE’S HOST SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED US… NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS and The CW will present their new shows next Monday-Thursday at star-studded events in New York, but there’s no reason you sh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU @ REVIEW: “The Art Of Getting By”

>   Not At Any Price:  Phony As A 3-Dollar Bill THE ART OF GETTING BY (then called “Homework”) stood out at Sundance like an unsore thumb.  In the midst of high-quality, serious films that were at lea...
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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS JUNE 10-12

>The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in up 11% versus last year’s comparable week.  Year-to-date box office is now down 7% versus last year.    The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “The Client List”

>THE CLIENT LIST: Sundays 10PM on Lifetime – If Nothing Else Is On… It’s the very prosaic, unsexy ordinariness of THE CLIENT LIST that makes it somewhat revolutionary. For HBO or Showtime to air salacious show...
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/15/12

> Football is like crack for TV networks. FOX:  The NY Giants/Green Bay playoff game was massive, and since it ran until 8:12PM on the east coast, the giant SIMPSONS number, currently a 6.8, will end up adjusted.  Giv...
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Box Office Footnotes – 5/13/11

> BRIDESMAIDS is having a very solid opening weekend, particularly given its relatively low budget.  We’ll see how word of mouth holds up the rest of the weekend, but for now Universal has to be very happy–as d...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE MAY 9-10: Thor Performs Decently But Not Exceptionally

>The full Weekday Box Office Update will return next week after today’s abbreviated version.  Thor has grossed $10.8 million Monday-Tuesday or 16% of the opening weekend.  A 20% early week percentage would indic...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: THURSDAY CABLE RATINGS: Another NFL Touchdown

>The third highest-rated program on the first night of the May Sweep last night was not on a broadcast network.  The NFL Draft on ESPN scored an impressive 3.3 rating with Adults 18-49, averaging 6.7 million viewers  ...
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BIJOU BULLETIN: Gofobo Back From the Dead!

> Apparently we weren’t the only ones objecting to the changes in policy at gofobo.com. The site has quietly reset itself back into a version of its former self, posting information again about all nearby screenings and d...
by Mitch Salem
 
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