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CRITICS AWARDS: The National Board of Review’s Day

The National Board of Review is an organization whose members are largely unknown (and the opinions of whom are of zero interest), with an existence that gets noticed on exactly one day of the year, like that one groundh...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 18-20

The third weekend of 2013 should total about $106 million for the top 12 films, down a bit from the same weekend the past few years. Three movies open Friday and an Oscar hopeful expands into wide release, but no film should ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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The Weekend in Critics Awards

The big prizes this weekend were the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, LAFCA has a habit of showcasing its iconoclasm (the organization has only given its Best Picture prize to the eventual Oscar winner once i...

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Oscar Odds: After the Golden Globes

After its Golden Globes win for Best Drama, the odds of winning Best Picture for Argo improved a bit (moving from a $7.50 payout on a $1 wager to $5.25 and moving past Les Miserables into second place). But the favorite rem...

by Mitch Metcalf

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/14/12

OPENINGS: This weekend consists of THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (Warners/MGM) and then everything else. Hobbit set a December opening day record with $37.5M, and it will set the opening weekend record for the mo...

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FRIDAY JANUARY 18 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #3 of 2013 is on pace for $113 million, basically on pace with the same weekend the last few years. It is a weekend of Jessica Chastain: starring in the top two films of the weekend, a...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY HOLIDAY MOVIE GUIDE

The year-end movies are almost all out now (2012’s final limited release, PROMISED LAND, opens on Friday), so here’s a handy capsule guide to what’s worth seeing at the multiplex-and what isn’t. ...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 18-20

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #3 of 2013 is now on pace for $122 million, up from the $113 million estimate yesterday and now running ahead of the pace for the comparable weekend the past several...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY 10 BEST FILMS OF 2012

2012 was, in the end, a very good year for movies–or a a good half-year, more accurately. With the studios continuing to load their best efforts into the festival- and awards-heavy fall and winter part of the cal...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 25-27

The fourth weekend of 2013 should total just under $100 million for the top 12 films, a bit off the normal pace for this weekend but close to last year’s tally. Three new films will open this weekend, none of which have...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 4-6

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #1 of 2013 is now on pace for $126 million, a touch stronger than it looked yesterday and still very much line with the comparable weekend in previous years. Both ...

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FRIDAY JANUARY 25 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #4 of 2013 is pretty much a disaster: only $80 million for the top 12 films (20% behind the pace for the same weekend the last few years). Opening at 3,372 theaters Friday, Hansel an...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 11-13

The second weekend of 2013 should total about $122 million for the top 12 films, a little better than the same weekend the last few years but below the comparable weekend in 2009 and 2010. Zero Dark Thirty moves from the art ...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 25-27

With Saturday’s grosses now tallied, Weekend #4 of 2013 is looking like $88 million for the top 12 films (up significantly from the $80 million estimate yesterday but still down 13% from the comparable weekend average). �...

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OSCAR STRATEGIES: What the Nominees Are Doing–and Should Be

OK, so you’ve got your Best Picture nomination. You’re one of the chosen 9 films with a chance to reap the glory (and success) that follows an Academy Award win. You’ve got 46 days until the awards ...

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CRITICS AWARDS: The National Board of Review’s Day

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 18-20

The Weekend in Critics Awards

Oscar Odds: After the Golden Globes

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/14/12

FRIDAY JANUARY 18 BOX OFFICE REPORT

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY HOLIDAY MOVIE GUIDE

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 18-20

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY 10 BEST FILMS OF 2012

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 25-27

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 4-6

FRIDAY JANUARY 25 BOX OFFICE REPORT

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 11-13

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 25-27

OSCAR STRATEGIES: What the Nominees Are Doing–and Should Be

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