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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JUNE 10-12

>This weekend will be the first one in a while to underperform the same weekend in 2010.  One highly-anticipated film is looking like it will do well but not great, and one kid/teen movie is looking like it will come and g...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Box Office Footnotes – 6/3/11

> It’s good that the weekend’s total will beat last year’s awful group of Get Him To the Greek, Killers, Prince of Persia and Sex & the City 2, but on a picture-by-picture basis, the news is a lot less ple...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: INSIDE THE WAR ROOM – THE SHOW

> The week of network scheduling is all a build-up to each network’s Upfront presentation to advertisers, a show that’s as slickly entertaining as the network knows how to make it.  There are production numbers...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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
 

 
 

Coming Monday: The Return of PROMO WATCH

>Now that most new fall shows have premiered on the broadcast networks and viewing patterns are settling in, we will turn our attention from daily ratings analysis and focus on what the networks are promoting on their own air. ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/5/12

>Nobody wanted to watch TV last night. ABC: The premiere of Shonda Rhimes’ SCANDAL tied PRIVATE PRACTICE‘s 2.1 season low, a very unencouraging start. This followed new series lows for GREY’S ANATOMY and MISSI...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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
 

 

 

FRIDAY APRIL 20 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — Updated Numbers

> The 16th weekend of 2012 is looking like $122 million for the Top 12 films, up 1% from this weekend last year but up 24% from the four-year average for the same weekend.  The Hunger Games has finally been toppled by Thin...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Movie On TV: “Bobby Fischer Against the World”

> A program note:  tonight at 9PM, HBO will premiere the documentary BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD, which screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival; it will then air many more times on the network’s chan...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: June 24 Update

>Here are the latest Summer Movie Draft results (through Thursday).  Not much change from the last update on Monday — Salem is pounding Metcalf with a $247 million lead.  This weekend two new movies join the ran...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JUNE 3-5: Slight Adjustment

>X-Men: First Class now has an accurate screen count and updated critical response.  The prequel has been adjusted downward a tick but will still lead the weekend, which will be up significantly over the same weekend last ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/8/12

> GCB can’t capitalize on a lack of competition. ABC: GCB was virtually the only original scripted show to air in network primetime last night, and ABC chose the evening as the show’s opportunity to show what it cou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Other Desert Cities”

> Buzz has it that Jon Robin Baitz’s play OTHER DESERT CITIES is one of the frontrunners for this year’s Best Play Tony Award, and it’s easy to see why. (Let’s leave aside the fact that so few new plays ...
by Mitch Salem