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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.14.2024

  OPENINGS:  CIVIL WAR (A24) marked its studio’s biggest swing to date, with costs that will approach $100M for production and worldwide marketing.  (A24 limited its risk by pre-selling some overseas territories to...
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Prisoners” Still In Front

  PRISONERS (Warners) had a strong Saturday at the box office, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline.  The dark thriller increased by 28% on its second day to $9M, and should reach $21-22M for the weekend.  That w...
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THE SKED MONDAY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 4/15/13

  SYFY:  The multiplatform DEFIANCE is the biggest project Syfy has tried to launch in quite a while, and its debut was fair if not overwhelming with a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo (only about 45% of the 2.7M total viewers were ...
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK WEDNESDAY SCORECARD – 7/9/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTANT slipped another 0.1 in final numbers to 1.6–a decidedly non-“event” result.  On ABC, MOTIVE gained 0.1 (as did the night’s MODERN FAMILY rerun), but TAXI BROOKLYN lost 0.1 fo...
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/24/13

  OPENINGS:  BAD GRANDPA (Paramount) cost only $15M to produce, and although that’s somewhat misleading (when worldwide marketing is added, the total cost becomes more like $75M+), it’s still headed for easy s...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

OPENINGS:  Both RESIDENT EVIL:  RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) and FINDING NEMO 3D (Pixar/Disney) are softer than expected.  Evil is likely to have a $21M weekend, which would be the lowest opening in the series since the 20...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: PRE-THANKSGIVING BOXOFFICE REPORT – 11/21/12

  UPDATE:  More refined Wednesday numbers are in via The Hollywood Reporter, and the major difference from the numbers below was for SILVER LININGS NOTEBOOK, which made $656K rather than $550K. still off the pace of last ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 4.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from Oscar break, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS jumped 0.18 to 0.49, and AMERICAN IDOL held at 0.65, while THE ROOKIE (back after 2 weeks) was down 0.03 to 0.35. CBS:  After 60 M...
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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 3/16/14

  As Hollywood becomes more and more dependent on action and animation franchises, the US market becomes increasingly less relevant. OPENINGS:  NEED FOR SPEED (DreamWorks/Disney) made more money in China ($21.2M) on its o...
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2014-15 TV Season

PREMIERING TONIGHT: SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot Review – “Jane the Virgin”

  JANE THE VIRGIN:  Monday 9PM on CW – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS:  Ugly Betty, plus the whole notion of basing US TV shows on Spanish-language series (Red Band Society and The Mysteries of Laura are two ...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Magic Mike”

  MAGIC MIKE:  Worth A Ticket – Soderbergh Again Earns His Crumpled Dollars   Although he hasn’t appeared in any of the year’s giant action blockbusters (GI Joe 2, probably not that giant anyway, w...
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THE SKED: Sunday Cable Scorecard – 10/28/12

  The combination of the final game of the World Series and Sunday Night Football did nothing to dent the numbers on cable’s showcase night of the week. AMC:  A pivotal episode of THE WALKING DEAD, which also happ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Rise”

  RISE:  Tuesday 9PM on NBC – In the Queue RISE creator Jason Katims practically demands that viewers compare his new series with his classic Friday Night Lights.  The song that accompanies the opening scene sounds...
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THE SKED: Night Falls Swiftly For “Monday Mornings”

  Cable didn’t prove the cure for David E. Kelley’s recent ratings ills.  The debut of MONDAY MORNINGS only managed an anemic 1.34M viewers last night, about 40% of what the premiere for FX’s The America...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 5.31.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY dropped a tenth to 0.37, THE CHASE slipped 0.02 to 0.30, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was down 0.05 to 0.18. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.35/0.31. NBC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S GO...
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