THE BIJOU REVIEW: “We Bought A Zoo”
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...
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...
THE STATUETTE STAKES: The Contenders (Part 3)
> Today we wind up SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s introduction of this year’s most promising Oscar contenders (see Part 1 here and Part 2 here, looking at those that could be called Also Eligible–they’re hoping just to...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “We Bought A Zoo”
WE BOUGHT A ZOO: Worth A Ticket – Cameron Crowe Pays His Dues and Keeps His Dignity There’s a classic line in Albert Brooks’s incredibly prescient 1979 Real Life where Brooks, as the pro...
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...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Friday Studio Scorecard – 12/23/11
> Anyone who thinks the boxoffice isn’t in a slump needs a new prescription for bifocals. Note: since December 24 is a traditionally deadly day at the boxoffice (closed theatres, family plans) that would make ...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Saturday Numbers – 12/24/11
> As is traditionally the case, movie boxoffice declined sharply on December 24, the lowest ebb of the holiday period. According to Deadline, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Paramount) remains #1, with $5.6M o...
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...
FRIDAY DECEMBER 23 BOX OFFICE RESULTS
> The 2011 box office slump continues in full force. The top 12 films this Christmas weekend should total an anemic $112 million, down 15% from the comparable weekend last year and not even close to the previous three yea...
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 ...
THE BIJOU: “We Bought” A Preview
> Fox is adopted a very interesting strategy on its upcoming Cameron Crowe/Matt Damon/Scarlett Johansson drama WE BOUGHT A ZOO. The movie doesn’t open until December 23, but the studio will hold national “snea...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: EARLY SATURDAY NUMBERS – 12/31/11
> According to Deadline, most films were down 20-30% from Friday, which is par for the course on New Year’s Eve, due to early theater closings and non-movie plans for the night. But there are a few oddities: Most no...
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 23-25
>With Christmas coming this Sunday a host of films arrive this important weekend, with three films opening wide Wednesday (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, and the wide expansion of Mission: Impossible...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Friday Numbers – 12/23/11
> Well, now it’s all up to WAR HORSE. Cameron Crowe’s WE BOUGHT A ZOO (20th) joined the market on Friday, and it appears to be back to movie jail for Crowe, because according to the Hollywood Reporter, it only made ...