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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 11-17 — Summer Volatility Continues

The domestic box office was back down this week. Volatility has been the operative word recently. The first two weeks of May (April 30-May 13) were up more than 35% each from prior years, followed by the next three weeks (M...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES June 29-July 1

Ted now looks like a $54.1 million opening weekend, according to the studio estimate this morning (exceeding our forecast in Wednesday’s ShowbuzzDaily Weekend Predictions). Warner Brothers has pulled Magic Mike’s ...

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FRIDAY JUNE 8 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Audiences Return in Droves

The box office is roaring back to life this weekend after three weeks of unimpressed moviegoers. The 23rd weekend of 2012 is looking like a killer $183 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up 38% from this weekend last...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD

Will it really be that happy a Father’s Day? Almost every movie in the market is estimating an unusually low Sunday drop because of the holiday, although the Father’s Day effect normally helps only all-fami...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/10/12

Don’t look a gift boxoffice in the mouth? OPENINGS: Unsurprisingly, both studios pushed their estimates on MADAGASCAR 3 (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) and PROMETHEUS (20th) to the highest round number available, meani...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/24/12

OPENINGS: BRAVE (Pixar/Disney) opened right in the Pixar range at $66.7M. That’s better than WALL-E ($63.1M), not quite as good as Up ($68.1M). Those 2 movies ended up with $224M and $293M, respectively, so...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/8/12

Spidey is in the books… so we’re officially on the clock for The Dark Knight Rises. OPENINGS: In addition to its $140M 6-day US opening, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) is reporting $129M for the weekend from...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted”

MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED – Worth A Ticket – A Circus Indeed There’s a certain luxury in being DreamWorks Animation. Pixar gets the awards and the acclaim, but it’s also held ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/6/12

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) is headed for a strong post-4th of July weekend, according to preliminary Friday numbers at Deadline. Spidey reportedly made $21M on Friday, which if that number holds would be a 33% incre...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 15-17 — Adam Sandler & Tom Cruise’s Weekend of the Banal

Weekend #24 of 2012 looks like it will total a just okay $146 million for the top 12 films, down 1% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 6% from the four-year average for the weekend. Two films with once-big sta...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/14/12

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (20th) continued with its underwhelming opening on Saturday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. The 4th in the animated series had no Saturday matinee bump, holding at $16.5M f...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/16/12

Nothing much changed at the boxoffice between Friday and Saturday, and that was bad news for the weekend’s openings. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, neither ROCK OF AGES (Warners) nor THAT’S MY BOY (So...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 1

Madagascar 3 has ballooned to $244 million overseas to date (up from $157 million through last week). The third Madagascar has now tied the overseas take for the first Madagascar ($244.2 million) and is now gunning for t...

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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 10 Update

With six of eight movies open, Team Metcalf’s slate is closing in on $1 billion in domestic box office ($929 million through Sunday). Metcalf’s seventh film opens Friday (Rock of Ages). And then he will wait to ...

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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 24 Update

Team Salem’s top pick (Pixar’s Brave) opened this weekend, helping increase the slate to $290 million, up almost $97 million from last week. Meanwhile, continued strong business from Madagascar 3 and a few other...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 11-17 — Summer Volatility Continues

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES June 29-July 1

FRIDAY JUNE 8 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Audiences Return in Droves

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/10/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 6/24/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/8/12

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted”

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/6/12

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 15-17 — Adam Sandler & Tom Cruise’s Weekend of the Banal

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/14/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/16/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 1

ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 10 Update

ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 24 Update

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