Posts Tagged ‘3D’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Dredd”

DREDD, which kicked off the merrily disreputable Midnight Madness program at the Toronto Film Festival last night, isn’t much, but no one can say the director Pete Travis wasted his 3D budget. Things are constantly hoveri...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Ice Age: Continental Drift”

  ICE AGE:  CONTINENTAL DRIFT – Watch It At Home – The CSI of Family Franchises Does Its Thing   You know what the fabulous Peter Dinklage never gets to do on Game of Thrones?  Sing!  That’s remed...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT Update — Pick Replacement

As we head into Memorial Day weekend, we have a change to report in the Team Weil slate for the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft.  Paramount has decided to push G.I. Joe: Retaliation out of the summer to March 29, 2013 to al...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through May 6

Marvel’s The Avengers (distributed by Disney) has jumped to $441.5 million to date overseas (up from $178.4 million last week, when it opened ahead of Friday’s North American debut).  United Kingdom ($25.7 millio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE April 9-15

>Now 15 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is running 25% ahead of last year’s pace (down from the +27% pace last week because Rio was a rare 2011 hit this time last year), while the year-to-date total...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through April 15

>The Hunger Games continues its march around the world, now up to $194 million overseas.  This number is driven by $24.1 million so far from the United Kingdom, $22.0 million from Australia, $13.9 million from Germany, $12...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES April 13-15

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in about the same as the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume fo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE April 2-8

>Now 14 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is still running 27% ahead of last year’s dreadful pace, and the year-to-date total is still fully 15% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through April 8

>The Hunger Games continues its rise up the worldwide box office chart with overseas revenue to date now $157 million to go along with an estimated final domestic haul of $380 million.  There is probably another $150-200 m...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES April 6-8

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in about the same as the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume fo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/6/12

> Gary Ross should probably think twice before leaving THE HUNGER GAMES. THE HUNGER GAMES: Because of the Good Friday holiday, Friday numbers were unusually strong this week and Saturday’s will appear unusually weak. That...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY APRIL 6 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> The 14th weekend of 2012 is looking like $119 million for the Top 12 films, up 15% from this weekend last year and up 11% from the four-year average for the same weekend.  The Hunger Games is heading for a very decent 45...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Titanic 3D”

> It stood to reason that if anyone was going to figure out how to effectively convert standard 35mm to 3D, it would be James Cameron. Cameron, whose Avatar is singlehandedly responsible for creating the current 3D frenzy, has ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 6-8

>The calendar turns to the second quarter of the year, and the 14th weekend of the year should be another strong one: about $141 million for the top 12 films up 37% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 31% from the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Wrath of the Titans”

  WRATH OF THE TITANS:  Watch It At Home – Put Back the Kraken   The producers of WRATH OF THE TITANS swore that this time the 3D would be better than it was in 2010’s Clash of the Titans, and you know wh...
by Mitch Salem