SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/2/12
> There are good movies and there are hits, and given the choice, there’s never been any doubt which Hollywood prefers. OPENINGS: A March filled to the brim with wannabe blockbusters is off to a big start. THE...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Wanderlust”
WANDERLUST: Watch It At Home – Hippy Jokes Thawed Out From 1966 The new WANDERLUST demonstrates the strengths and limitations of amiability in movies. Its stars, Jennifer Aniston and Paul R...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS February 24-26
>The eighth weekend of the year should generate about $116 million for the top 12 films — up 21% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 25% from the four-year average for this weekend. The big studios are ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 2/24/12
> Deadline has preliminary numbers for Friday, and this won’t be one of those weekends where the winner is unclear up to the wire. ACT OF VALOR (Relativity), the low-budget (but highly marketed) Navy SEAL recruitmen...
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
> The eighth weekend of 2012 is another solid one, running 18% ahead of last year’s same weekend and 22% ahead of the multi-year average for this weekend. This is the third weekend in a row that 2012 volume beats bo...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 2/24/12
> Navy SEALs shoot up the Friday boxoffice. OPENINGS: The very aggressive marketing for ACT OF VALOR (Relativity) made it seem like it was a patriotic duty to see the film, and successfully hid the fact that it’s mo...
SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 2/25/12
> According to Deadline, ACT OF VALOR (Relativity) is reporting a mild 5% Saturday bump. That’s modest, but still less frontloaded than The Expendables’ 10% drop on its 2d day, and if the number holds, could m...
WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES February 24-26 (Updated with Daily Totals)
>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly stronger than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only). The box office volu...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 2/26/12
> As Hollywood prepares to honor its best (well, this year… maybe not so much), an undistinguished group of arrivals dominate the boxoffice. OPENINGS: ACT OF VALOR (Relativity) is claiming the lowest Sunday decline ...
INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through February 26
>Four new films opened this weekend in North America and have joined our worldwide box office tracking chart. Three of the four are toward the bottom of the chart and are destined to stay there. The other film, Act ...