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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Early International Report – 11/4/11

> The Hollywood Reporter has some early numbers for the weekend’s overseas boxoffice.  (Remember:  comparisons of international boxoffice receipts aren’t necessarily apples-to-apples, as films follow diffe...
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WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: EARLY NUMBERS – 1/7/12

> Dateline has preliminary figures for Saturday and the weekend, and as expected, Paramount’s THE DEVIL INSIDE took a significant 25+% hit in its second day, a trend that will no doubt continue as stories of audiences in ...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

  TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY:  Worth A Ticket – An Epic of Betrayals   John LeCarre is (I guess one should say “arguably”) the greatest of all spy novelists, and his 1974 TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, ...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key”

  SARAH’S KEY – Watch It At Home:  Misses a Difficult Mark     There may be no cinematic minefield more dangerous for filmmakers than the Holocaust.  For films entering that difficult territory, the...
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THE BIJOU EARLY BOXOFFICE: Hurricane Watch 8/28/11

> Early numbers for Friday and Saturday suggest that the first day, at least, of Hurricane Irene didn’t do enormous damage to the boxoffice.  Deadline reports that THE HELP had a healthy Friday-to-Saturday bump of 38...
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THE BIJOU: UPDATED–Rise of the Planet of the Very Early Boxoffice Results

> UPDATE:  The Reporter now has fuller numbers, and even better news for Fox.  RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES looks to be headed for an $18M Friday, which should mean a $45M+ weekend, meeting and even exceeding expect...
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THE BIJOU EARLY BOXOFFICE REPORT: Hard Labor Day

> Friday numbers have been posted by the Hollywood Reporter, and it looks like another lousy Labor Day weekend for the new openings.  All the good news, as has been the case in recent weeks, is confined to THE HELP, which ...
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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE FOOTNOTES – 8/28/11

> The probable effect of Irene is most evident in the weekend’s limited releases, where loss of NY business would have been most damaging.  HIGHER GROUND, seemingly headed for a per-theatre average of $12K, could onl...
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THE BIJOU: Early Boxoffice Report – 9/15/11

> Variety has some very early Friday numbers.  As of midafternoon, The Lion King is doing well, with numbers that are being extrapolated to $15M+ for the weekend.  The other newcomers are less impressive:  Drive ...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Carnage”

  CARNAGE:  Watch It At Home – Polanski and All-Star Cast Miss the Bullseye   The trick about CARNAGE, which is based on the Tony Award-winning play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, is that despite its pedigree,...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Our Idiot Brother”

    OUR IDIOT BROTHER – Watch It At Home:  Sitcom On A Big Screen   Although it premiered at Sundance, OUR IDIOT BROTHER was an “independent film” only in a technical sense:  it was produced on a ...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “New Year’s Eve”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Werner Herzog’s “Into the Abyss”

> Welcome to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the reviews will be as plentiful as we can cram into a week. TIFF started things off on a less-than-festive note with Werner Herzog&#...
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