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WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE MAY 9-10: Thor Performs Decently But Not Exceptionally

>The full Weekday Box Office Update will return next week after today’s abbreviated version.  Thor has grossed $10.8 million Monday-Tuesday or 16% of the opening weekend.  A 20% early week percentage would indic...
by Mitch Salem
 
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TV RATINGS: Summer Reality

> At ShowBuzzDaily we won’t cover television ratings every day, but we will check in on the Nielsen ratings from time to time at key points: when new shows premiere, when the schedule changes, or during big events.  ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: ‘Luck”

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TRAILER WATCH: An “Avengers” Focus Group

> One of the good things about going to midnight premieres of blockbusters (there aren’t all that many) is that the audience is exactly the group (young, first adopters, eagerly moviegoing) Hollywood is targeting.  A...
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS MAY 15: Fast Five Slides into #1

>Fast Five passes Rio to become the worldwide #1 film released in the January-April period.    The table below shows the domestic and international grosses for the Top 25 films (out of the 47 movies released between J...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND ACTUAL & YEAR TO DATE Coming Tomorrow

>Because of the Labor Day holiday, weekend actuals and year-to-date box office results will be posted Tuesday.  Please check back tomorrow. Coming later today (Monday): the Pathway to Profits feature, along with studio sco...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Merrily We Roll Along”

> Despite the comparably dismal length of their Broadway runs, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is an entirely different species of flop from Carrie. The latter was an intruder on the Great White Way from the start, the implausible musica...
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Box Office Footnotes – 4/1/11

> Hop will be–by far–Russell Brand’s biggest opening as a featured performer:  both Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Me To the Greek opened to around $17M.  All of which makes this week’s open...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FRIDAY JUNE 3 BOX OFFICE RESULTS: Another Up Weekend

> X-Men: First Class opens in first place but below expectations.  Weekend on pace to be up 24% over last year’s comparable weekend.X-Men: First Class opened with $20 million on Friday, and it looks like the prequel ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/20/11

> Ah, if only NBC didn’t have to program against those darn competitors all the time… NBC:  With repeats on every other network, the Peacock was able to garner a narrow win under its tree, even though its own r...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: FOX’s No-Brain Renewals

>To absolutely no one’s surprise, FOX has renewed NEW GIRL, GLEE and RAISING HOPE for their respective 2d, 4th and 3rd seasons. New Girl, of course, is the network’s biggest new scripted show of the season, and whil...
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SERVICE DISRUPTION

>We apologize for last night’s and this morning’s service disruption (due to failures with our hosting service). We are in the process of recovering yesterday’s posting, including THE SKED (our predictions for...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS JUNE 10-12

>The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in up 11% versus last year’s comparable week.  Year-to-date box office is now down 7% versus last year.    The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: “Walking Dead” Devours Ratings Records

> Whatever one’s reservations about the entertainment value of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, there’s no question that it’s a blockbuster.  Even airing against the highest-rated Grammy Awards in more than ...
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COMING TODAY — Television Updates

>Coming today: THE SKED: Summer Broadcast Ratings Update.  NBC will win the week of Sep 5-11 handily thanks to two NFL regular season games, the season opener on Thursday and the Sunday night premiere (which prelimina...
by Mitch Salem
 
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