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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 3/24/13

  OPENINGS:  The only reason to make a movie like THE CROODS (DreamWorks Animation/20th) is to get a piece of the remarkable overseas business that the Ice Age franchise sees ($716M on the last one alone), but so far,...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 22-24 — Updated

Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #12 of 2013 is another down weekend (making it 10 down weekends out of 12 this year so far): $130 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday (down 9% from an average comparable weekend...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 3/22/13

  OPENINGS:  THE CROODS (DreamWorks Animation/20th) did well enough to keep the wolves away from DreamWorks’ door, but its $11.6M openung day and likely $43M weekend are hardly impressive–compare them to the ...
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/22/13

  NCAA Basketball didn’t change much for the other networks. ABC:  The night’s winner, but none of its shows were higher than 1.6.  That number belonged to the season finale of LAST MAN STANDING (up 0.2 fr...
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FRIDAY MARCH 22 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #12 of 2013 is another down weekend (making it 10 down weekends out of 12 this year so far): $128 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday (down 10% from an average comparable weekend ...
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/21/13

  March Madness takes a toll on American Idol.   CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  The CBS numbers are adjusted fast nationals (ShowbuzzDaily estimates of what the live telecast will look like in the official nationals whe...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Croods”

  THE CROODS:  Watch It At Home – Prehistoric Sitcom’s Bland Storyline Doesn’t Evolve Hollywood already has a thriving CG-animated prehistoric franchise in the Ice Age series, but DreamWorks Animation ...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Olympus Has Fallen”

  OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN:  Watch It At Home – Better Luck in June In Hollywood’s grand tradition of 2 movies about volcanoes, 2 about Snow White, 2 about Christopher Columbus and 2 about Truman Capote, this year w...
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The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings Charts

A quick post today with just the ratings charts for last night.  Complete coverage to return soon. Wednesday night fast national ratings compared to the official nationals for the same night last year: Original episode track f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: ABC Season Finales

  The gang’s all here, now that ABC has joined NBC, CBS, FOX and CW and announced the dates of its season finales.  Here’s the rundown: WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 8:30PM:  The Neighbors WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 8PM:  Sub...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 22-24 — Updated

Updated throughout: theater counts and critical sentiment for films opening this weekend. The 12th weekend of 2013 looks like it will be way off last year’s pace set by the opening of The Hunger Games, but the weekend wil...
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THE SKED’S STATE OF THE NETWORK: CW

  The Sked’s State of the Network Reports:  NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX Of the 10 hours each week programmed by the CW network, a grand total of 3 regularly have ratings over 0.6.  This gives rise to the question:  how ...
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/19/13

Splash makes a ripple. ABC:  The debut of SPLASH gave the network a 2.6, beating everyone but CBS in the hour, and marking ABC’s best result in that slot all season.  Of course, next week it’ll be facing The Voic...
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THE SKED: Darkness for “Enlightened”

  Even at HBO, someone has to watch your show.  The network announced today that ENLIGHTENED won’t be returning for a third season.  The Mike White/Laura Dern dramedy earned its share of praise, but its Season 2 fi...
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THE SKED: Viewers Check In to “Bates Motel” and Sunday Cable Ratings

  BATES MOTEL had a very solid start on A&E last night, with a total viewership in its initial airing of 3 million, a number that rose healthily to 4.6 million with the night’s rerun included.  It also skewed fa...
by Mitch Salem
 
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