THE BIJOU REVIEW: “War Horse”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: NEW YEAR’S WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/2/12
> As detailed in Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Boxoffice Report, New Year’s Day wasn’t the bonanza the studios were expecting it to be. PARAMOUNT: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL‘s Sunday incr...
HOLIDAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE December 23-26
>Based on actual results for Friday, December 23-Sunday, December 25 and studio projections for Monday, December 26, the four-day holiday weekend continues to look dominated by Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible — Ghost Pr...
FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/6/12
> Everyone wanted to go to the movies on the first full weekend of 2012. PARAMOUNT: The studio went straight to its Paranormal Activity playbook to launch THE DEVIL INSIDE (pre-release screenings, months of buzz), and it ...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Tuesday Numbers – 12/28/11
> The holiday celebrations at the studios may have been a bit premature. Traditionally, the Tuesday after Christmas sees a 10-20% drop from Monday, and that number becomes the template for the rest of the holiday pe...
WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: EARLY NUMBERS – 1/7/12
> Dateline has preliminary figures for Saturday and the weekend, and as expected, Paramount’s THE DEVIL INSIDE took a significant 25+% hit in its second day, a trend that will no doubt continue as stories of audiences in ...
Box Office Results TUESDAY December 27
>Box office volume came back down to a normal level on Tuesday, with the top 10 films grossing a collective $45.5 million (up slightly from the $40-42 million for the December 27 date when it also fell on an early weekday in 20...
WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/9/12
> Live by Cinemascore, die by Cinemascore. THE DEVIL INSIDE: The most hilarious studio event of the last 24 hours has been Paramount‘s frantic attempt to argue that an “F” Cinemascore for THE DEVIL INSID...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS Dec 30-Jan 1
>No new wide releases this weekend, the final weekend of the year as we welcome the arrival of 2012. We are estimating a box office volume of $145 million for Friday-Sunday for the top 12 films, up 27% from $114 million l...
SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/29/12
> Beware the round-number weekend estimate. OPENINGS: THE GREY (Open Road) is claiming an even $20M gross for the weekend, which would make tomorrow’s adjusted number starting with “19” no surprise at al...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Wednesday Numbers – 12/29/11
> The boxoffice did more or less what it was supposed to on Wednesday, drifting down 5-10% from Tuesday. Thursday should be fairly steady, then business should have a bit of a roller-coaster ride: an increase on Fri...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “War Horse”
WAR HORSE: Watch It At Home – Spielberg’s Beautiful Muzak Earlier this year, audiences were presented with Super 8, J. J. Abrams’s pastiche of Steven Spielberg’s classic sci-fi adventures f...
Box Office Results WEDNESDAY December 28
>Box office volume drifted down a preliminary 9% Wednesday from Tuesday, with the top 10 films grossing a collective $41.5 million (almost exactly matching last year’s December 28 total, when the date fell on a Tuesday, a...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Friday Numbers – 12/30/11
> Deadline has initial boxoffice figures for Friday, and if the numbers hold, the results seem to be a healthy amount higher than last year’s Friday before New Year’s, allowing the holiday period–and the year&...
BROADWAY JOURNAL: “War Horse” and “Jerusalem”
> For a new play, WAR HORSE has strong movie connections. The play is adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford from the 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, and that novel is also the basis of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming f...