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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Fear the Walking Dead”

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD: Sunday 9PM on AMC AMC’s eccentric decision to keep its Walking Dead assembly line going with a not-quite-prequel has become even more so in Season 2, which places the Season 1 survivors on ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY FIRST ANNUAL SUMMER MOVIE BLOCKBUSTER DRAFT!

> Here at ShowbuzzDaily, we like to think that we’re smarter than anyone else. But more importantly, we like to think we’re smarter than each other. So the two of us here (Mitch Metcalf and your humble n...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/20/12

> The odds, finally, were not in The Hunger Games‘ favor. OPENINGS: America continues to want to spend its leisure time (and money) at the movies. THINK LIKE A MAN (Screen Game/Sony) cost under $15M to produce...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Begins – 5/4/12

> The summer movie season is starting with a bang: according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE AVENGERS (Disney) is off to a $70M opening day. If that number holds, it’ll be the #4 opening day of all tim...

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES” – Take the Train

> Watch It At Home; Dreary Franchise Moviemaking. In the 137 minutes of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the 4th installment in Disney’s hugely successful franchise (and yes, you have to sit through all ...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 27-29

>Weekend #17 of 2012 looks like it will be about $112 million for the top 12 films, down 23% from last year’s comparable weekend (when Fast Five exploded with an $86 million opening weekend) and down 17% from the four-yea...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/4/12

> Well-played, Marvel/Disney. THE AVENGERS: Years of planning and marketing led to the 2d biggest opening day of all time, $80.5M, that was behind only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and its $91.1M. (And Dea...

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Box Office Footnotesj – 5/27/11

> THE HANGOVER PART II seems to be headed for the 4th highest Memorial Day opening of all time, behind only Pirates 3, Indiana Jones 4 and X-Men 3–and at less than half the budget of any of them. Unlike all 3 of tho...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE- 4/27/12

> Despite all Universal‘s efforts to imprint audiences with the idea that THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT is some kind of quasi-sequel to Bridesmaids (it’s not), preliminary numbers at Deadline show the movie to be underpe...

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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE May 7-13

Now 19 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is now running 21% ahead of last year’s pace and now 17% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several years. Marvel’s The...

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Box Office Footnotes – 6/10/11

> We’ll see if SUPER 8 gets to $40M, but in any case Paramount has done the season’s best job of managing expectations. Considering that they’ve been throwing millions into promoting the movie since the ...

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FRIDAY APRIL 27 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — With Updated Numbers

> The 17th weekend of 2012 is looking like a poor $97 million for the Top 12 films, down 33% from this weekend last year and down 28% from the four-year average for the same weekend. Think Like a Man should retain the top...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Rips Through the Roof – 5/5/12

So much for front-loading. The preliminary Saturday number for THE AVENGERS (Disney), as reported by Deadline, is genuinely extraordinary. If it holds up, Avengers will have one of the best 2d day holds of a meg...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS July 31

>Three films are now in or projected to be in the $1 billion worldwide box office club: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Clearly,...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/27/12

> Hollywood, like teen girls before a Twilight opening, counts the hours until THE AVENGERS arrives. OPENINGS: Universal badly miscalculated when it scheduled THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT for a weekend when Think Like A Man a...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Fear the Walking Dead”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY FIRST ANNUAL SUMMER MOVIE BLOCKBUSTER DRAFT!

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/20/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Begins – 5/4/12

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES” – Take the Train

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 27-29

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/4/12

Box Office Footnotesj – 5/27/11

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE- 4/27/12

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE May 7-13

Box Office Footnotes – 6/10/11

FRIDAY APRIL 27 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — With Updated Numbers

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Rips Through the Roof – 5/5/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS July 31

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/27/12

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