MCN Critics Roundup Archive for August, 2011

Critics Roundup — August 26

By Kim Voynar - Friday, August 26th, 2011

Columbiana ||||| Yellow Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark |||||Green Our Idiot Brother ||||| Yellow Chasing Madoff (limited) |||Green|| Brighton Rock (NY, LA) |Green||Yellow|| Higher Ground (NY, LA) |Yellow|||| Rien à déclarer |Yellow||||

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Critics Roundup — August 19

By Kim Voynar - Friday, August 19th, 2011

Fright Night ||||| One Day |Yellow||Green||Yellow Conan the Barbarian ||||| The Hedgehog (NY, LA) |Green||Green|| The Last Circus (NY) ||||Yellow| Amigo |||Yellow|| Griff the Invisible |Red|||| Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy |Green||||

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Critics Roundup — August 12

By Kim Voynar - Thursday, August 11th, 2011

The Help |Green|Green|||Green 30 Minutes or Less |Yellow|Yellow|||Yellow Final Destination 5 |||||Yellow Senna |Green|Green|Green|| Littlerock |||Green|| Rapt |Yellow|||| Sholem Aleicham |Green||||

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Critics Roundup — August 5

By Kim Voynar - Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes |Green|Green|Green|| The Change-Up |Yellow|Green||| The Whistleblower (limited) ||Green||Green| Gun Hill Road (NY, LA) ||||Green| Magic Trip (limited) ||Green||Yellow| Bellflower (NY, LA) ||||| Mysteries of Lisbon (NY) |Green|||| The Perfect Age of Rock ‘N’ Roll (limited) |Red|||| Cold Fish |Yellow||||

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Leonard Klady's Friday Estimates
Friday Screens % Chg Cume
Title Gross Thtr % Chgn Cume
Venom 33 4250 NEW 33
A Star is Born 15.7 3686 NEW 15.7
Smallfoot 3.5 4131 -46% 31.3
Night School 3.5 3019 -63% 37.9
The House Wirh a Clock in its Walls 1.8 3463 -43% 49.5
A Simple Favor 1 2408 -50% 46.6
The Nun 0.75 2264 -52% 111.5
Hell Fest 0.6 2297 -70% 7.4
Crazy Rich Asians 0.6 1466 -51% 167.6
The Predator 0.25 1643 -77% 49.3
Also Debuting
The Hate U Give 0.17 36
Shine 85,600 609
Exes Baggage 75,900 62
NOTA 71,300 138
96 61,600 62
Andhadhun 55,000 54
Afsar 45,400 33
Project Gutenberg 36,000 17
Love Yatri 22,300 41
Hello, Mrs. Money 22,200 37
Studio 54 5,300 1
Loving Pablo 4,200 15
3-Day Estimates Weekend % Chg Cume
No Good Dead 24.4 (11,230) NEW 24.4
Dolphin Tale 2 16.6 (4,540) NEW 16.6
Guardians of the Galaxy 7.9 (2,550) -23% 305.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4.8 (1,630) -26% 181.1
The Drop 4.4 (5,480) NEW 4.4
Let's Be Cops 4.3 (1,570) -22% 73
If I Stay 4.0 (1,320) -28% 44.9
The November Man 2.8 (1,030) -36% 22.5
The Giver 2.5 (1,120) -26% 41.2
The Hundred-Foot Journey 2.5 (1,270) -21% 49.4