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New Releases This Week

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This Is the End79.1%WIDE
Man of Steel (2013)58.8%WIDE
20 Feet from Stardom86.8%NYC/LA
Call Me Kuchu83.8%NYC
More Than Honey74.5%NYC
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story73.4%NYC
In the Fog (V tumane)72.5%NYC
Berberian Sound Studio70.9%Limited
Aliyah70.5%NYC
Storm Surfers 3D69.7%NYC
The Bling Ring66.8%NYC/LA
Pandora's Promise58.3%Key Cities
My Best Day50.2%NYC
The Guillotines (Xue di zi)43.1%Limited
Vehicle 1934.6%Limited
Hatchet III30.1%Limited
The Stroller Strategy (La stratégie de la poussette)28.7%NYC
   Average:51.7%

Top Ten at the Box Office

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New Man of Steel (2013)
58.8%$113.1M
New This Is the End
79.1%$20.5M
Now You See Me (2013)50.2%$10.3M
Fast & Furious 670.3%$9.4M
The Purge53.4%$8.2M
The Internship (2013)47.7%$7.0M
Epic (2013)58.6%$6.0M
Star Trek Into Darkness74.2%$5.7M
After Earth27.6%$3.8M
Iron Man 367.3%$2.9M
   Average:51.7%

Best Reviewed In Release - Wide

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Before Midnight (2013)93.6%
New This Is the End
79.1%
Star Trek Into Darkness74.2%
Fast & Furious 670.3%
42 (2013)70.1%
Iron Man 367.3%
The Place Beyond the Pines63.6%
The Croods59.5%
New Man of Steel (2013)
58.8%
Epic (2013)58.6%
   Average:51.7%

Best Reviewed In Release - Limited

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Currently
The Gatekeepers (2012)91.7%Limited
Stories We Tell91.6%Key Cities
New 20 Feet from Stardom
86.8%NYC/LA
Frances Ha86.6%National
Fill the Void (Lemale et ha'halal)86.0%Key Cities
No (2013)84.5%Limited
Deceptive Practices: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay84.0%Limited
New Call Me Kuchu
83.8%NYC
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks81.9%Key Cities
Dirty Wars81.3%Key Cities
   Average:51.7%

New Wide Releases This Week

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Man of Steel (2013), Good (Not Great) Reviews

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Man of Steel (2013)

Man of Steel (2013) opened this past weekend to good not great reviews. • Moira Macdonald wrote in the Seattle Times, "...thoughtfully crafted and occasionally breathtaking; what it isn't, unfortunately, is much fun.... The cast can't find its way out from under the weight of the material."   49 More Reviews... 

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58.8% 61.1% 61.2% 59.9% 48.5% 56.8% 59.4% 60.6% $113.1M $125.1M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

This Is the End, Very Good Reviews

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This Is the End

This Is the End opened this past weekend to very good reviews. • James Berardinelli wrote for Reel Views, "...frequently hysterical.... exercises the funny bone while not completely deadening the synapses." • And Mara Reinstein called the film in Us Weekly, "...absurdly hilarious..."   46 More Reviews... 

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79.1% 87.6% 67.7% 68.8% 70.4% 67.8% 70.3% 65.7% $20.5M $32.8M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Early Reviews: World War Z, Good (Not Great) Reviews

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World War Z

Four days before opening, early reviews of World War Z are good not great. • Olivier Brunel wrote for Cinema 24/7, "...an intelligent geopolitical thriller, an engaging apocalyptic saga, and, not to underestimate, an honorable contribution to Hollywood's decades-old zombie genre." The figures will change between now and opening as more reviews are added. More coming.   More Reviews... 

World War Z
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64.5% nr nr 58.0% nr 72.0% 58.0% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Early Reviews: Monsters University, Good (Not Great) Reviews

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Monsters University

Four days before opening, early reviews of Monsters University are good not great. • Richard Corliss wrote in Time, "...a minor film with major charms... deserves to have kids dragging their parents to the multiplex for one more peek at the monsters in the closet." The figures will change between now and opening as more reviews are added. More coming.   More Reviews... 

Monsters University
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63.2% 64.1% nr nr nr 50.0% nr nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

The Purge, Mixed Reviews

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The Purge

The Purge continues playing to mixed reviews. • Glenn Kenny wrote for MSN Movies, "...nasty... gratifyingly and consistently nerve-jangling..." • And Roger Moore wrote in the Chicago Tribune, "...bloody-minded, heavy-handed."   38 More Reviews... 

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53.4% 56.9% 44.8% 56.3% 50.7% 39.5% 46.1% 48.0% $8.2M $51.8M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

The Internship (2013), Fair Reviews

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The Internship (2013)

The Internship (2013) continues playing to fair reviews. • Claudia Puig wrote in USA Today, "Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the worst interns since Monica Lewinsky.... Vaughn's charm serves him sporadically and Wilson is blandly affable."   40 More Reviews... 

The Internship (2013)
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47.7% 58.2% 48.3% 33.1% 25.4% 40.6% 39.5% 54.9% $7.0M $31.0M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Fast & Furious 6, Very Good Reviews

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Fast & Furious 6

Fast & Furious 6 continues playing to very good reviews. • Mike Russell wrote in the Portland Oregonian, "...awesomely, ridiculously, goofily entertaining pop trash.... everyone takes the lunacy of the last movie and launches it into the stratosphere."   46 More Reviews... 

Fast & Furious 6
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70.3% 71.1% 69.2% 63.7% 70.8% 73.4% 73.6% 62.9% $9.4M $219.6M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Now You See Me (2013), Fair Reviews

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Now You See Me (2013)

Now You See Me (2013) continues playing to fair reviews. • Tom Long wrote in the Detroit News, "It's an illusion of a movie — at first you're watching one thing, then you end up watching another. Happily, any disappointment is mostly dulled by distraction."   35 More Reviews... 

Now You See Me (2013)
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50.2% 54.2% 46.1% 50.4% 37.8% 38.7% 40.4% 55.8% $10.3M $80.0M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Epic (2013), Good (Not Great) Reviews

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Epic (2013)

Epic (2013) continues playing to good not great reviews. • Sandie Angulo Chen wrote for Common Sense Media, "...just funny and exciting enough to keep kids and parents entertained. But the film never quite lives up to its riskily self-indulgent title.... Age 6."   35 More Reviews... 

Epic (2013)
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58.6% 64.8% 53.9% 50.1% 52.5% 58.3% 49.1% 63.6% $6.0M $95.4M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

After Earth, Poor Reviews

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After Earth

After Earth continues playing to poor reviews. • Joe Williams wrote in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "...a fiasco.... After a millennium on a rock called Nova Prime, the humans dress like extras in a cheap 'Star Trek' episode and talk like Elmer Fudd."   43 More Reviews... 

After Earth
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27.6% 28.1% 32.1% 38.0% 14.9% 21.8% 29.3% 36.6% $3.8M $54.2M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%
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The Bling Ring, Good Reviews NYC, LA

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The Bling Ring

The Bling Ring opened this past weekend in New York City and Los Angeles to good reviews. • Liam Lacey wrote in the Toronto Globe & Mail, "...coolly observed... shows how serious superficiality can be in a world where a clip of your arrest on TMZ represents a redemption from the purgatory of anonymity."   27 More Reviews... 

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66.8% 70.0% 59.7% 58.3% 58.5% 70.0% 56.1% 56.1% $210K $210K
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

20 Feet from Stardom, Outstanding Reviews (Doc) NYC, LA

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20 Feet from Stardom

20 Feet from Stardom opened this past weekend in New York City and Los Angeles to outstanding reviews. • Joe Morgenstern wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "Mr. Neville's documentary has it all.... This movie is about the divine spark, the mystery of motivation and the luck of the draw."   16 More Reviews... 

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86.8% 86.5% 82.0% 82.6% 91.8% 91.3% 86.4% 75.0% $52K $52K
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Call Me Kuchu, Excellent Reviews (Doc) NYC

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Call Me Kuchu

Call Me Kuchu opened this past weekend in New York City to excellent reviews. • Cynthia Fuchs wrote for Pop Matters, "...remarkable.... the film insists on the resilience and the courage of SCUM members and other activists, so defined just because they live and breathe as gay people."   9 More Reviews... 

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83.8% 91.0% 77.5% 76.7% 81.4% 75.0% 80.1% nr $3K $3K
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Berberian Sound Studio, Very Good Reviews Limited

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Berberian Sound Studio

Berberian Sound Studio opened this past weekend in limited release to very good reviews. • Stephen Whitty wrote in the New Jersey Star-Ledger, "...very peculiar.... This is what it's like, it says, when your own mind is the monster. When you're the thing you fear. And that's scarier than any movie villain."   15 More Reviews... 

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70.9% 67.6% 66.6% 83.7% 72.4% 75.0% 73.8% 61.6% na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

More Than Honey, Very Good Reviews (Doc) NYC

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More Than Honey opened this past weekend in New York City to very good reviews. • Leslie Felperin wrote in Variety, "Markus Imhoof uses state-of-the-art filmmaking to illuminate the world's bee crisis.... Most striking are closeups of the bees in their hives, symbiotically working together..."   7 More Reviews... 

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74.5% nr 80.9% 81.8% 66.6% 75.0% 83.0% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

In the Fog (V tumane), Very Good Reviews NYC

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In the Fog (V tumane)

In the Fog (V tumane) opened this past weekend in New York City to very good reviews. • Manohla Dargis wrote in the New York Times, "...haunting, haunted, beautifully shot... for all the devastations visited on the characters, Mr. Loznitsa is searching for the human good amid a human catastrophe."   7 More Reviews... 

In the Fog (V tumane)
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72.5% nr 74.2% 64.6% 83.0% 72.3% 74.4% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Pandora's Promise, Good (Not Great) Reviews (Doc) Key Cities

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Pandora`s Promise

Pandora's Promise opened this past weekend in key cities to good not great reviews. • Steven Rea wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "...does make some convincing arguments.... [but] its marshaling of the facts is one-sided, leaving many questions, and considerable scientific evidence, unexplored."   13 More Reviews... 

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58.3% nr 60.3% 55.2% 50.0% 56.3% 55.3% 64.7% na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, Very Good Reviews (Doc) NYC

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Far Out Isn`t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story

Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story opened this past weekend in New York City to very good reviews. • Nick McCarthy wrote for Slant, "Ungerer is a lucid narrator with a crisp memory... sincere and cheeky, he cannily recounts his eight decades of experience that influenced his work and worldview."   More Reviews... 

Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
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73.4% nr 75.0% 63.6% 75.0% 77.7% 69.5% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Storm Surfers 3D, Good Reviews (Doc) NYC

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Storm Surfers 3D

Storm Surfers 3D opened this past weekend in New York City to good reviews. • Lou Lumenick wrote in the New York Post, "...eye-popping.... what makes this film mesmerizing is jaw-dropping footage shot inside brute waves that's unlike any I've ever seen before."   6 More Reviews... 

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69.7% 60.0% 69.5% 50.0% 75.0% 77.7% 66.6% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Aliyah, Very Good Reviews NYC

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Aliyah

Aliyah opened this past weekend in New York City to very good reviews. • Elizabeth Weitzman wrote in the New York Daily News, "Elie Wajeman introduces some unexpected elements, which he handles with surprising dexterity considering this is his feature debut."   More Reviews... 

Aliyah
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70.5% nr 67.5% 75.0% 75.0% 71.0% 68.9% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

My Best Day, Fair Reviews NYC

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My Best Day

My Best Day opened this past weekend in New York City to fair reviews. • John DeFore wrote in the Hollywood Reporter, "Underwhelming family comedy isn't as nutty as it thinks it is.... An amiable but unconvincing tale of family secrets and strained relationships..."   More Reviews... 

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50.2% nr 50.0% 42.0% 50.0% 55.7% 50.0% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

The Guillotines (Xue di zi), Fair Reviews Limited

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The Guillotines (Xue di zi)

The Guillotines (Xue di zi) opened this past weekend in limited release to fair reviews. • Nick Schager wrote in the Village Voice and LA Weekly, "A corny saga of social and generational conflict, it's ultimately yet another Chinese period epic that functions as a thinly veiled treatise on the nobility of socialist equality."   9 More Reviews... 

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43.1% nr 45.3% 38.2% 39.2% 41.8% 43.3% 25.0% na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Vehicle 19, Weak Reviews Limited

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Vehicle 19

Vehicle 19 opened this past weekend in limited release to weak reviews. • Sean O'Connell wrote in the Washington Post, "...claustrophobic... so stripped-down, it's nearly nonexistent.... it quickly becomes a choppy sprint toward a goal we hardly care to reach."   11 More Reviews... 

Vehicle 19
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34.6% nr 38.0% 28.3% 35.8% 33.3% 35.9% 50.0% na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Hatchet III, Poor Reviews Limited

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Hatchet III

Hatchet III opened this past weekend in limited release to poor reviews. • Nick Schager wrote for the AV Club, "...the abundance of gore on display seems less reverential than simply juvenile, an impression furthered by the incessant profanity that the script mistakes as hilarious."   8 More Reviews... 

Hatchet III
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30.1% nr 19.1% 39.5% 33.0% 44.3% 35.1% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

The Stroller Strategy (La stratégie de la poussette), Poor Reviews NYC

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The Stroller Strategy (La stratégie de la poussette)

The Stroller Strategy (La stratégie de la poussette) opened this past weekend in New York City to poor reviews. • Missy Schwartz wrote in Entertainment Weekly, "In what universe would a reasonable mother entrust a virtual stranger with her infant while she's in the hospital?... Witless rom-com merde."   More Reviews... 

The Stroller Strategy (La stratégie de la poussette)
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28.7% 25.0% 29.6% 36.4% 33.0% 33.0% 32.2% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

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Much Ado About Nothing (2013), Very Good Reviews Key Cities

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Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

Much Ado About Nothing (2013) opened in additional cities this past weekend to very good reviews. • Linda Holmes wrote for NPR, "...utterly delightful... utterly successful.... There is something warmly homemade about this film, which is sparkling and skillfully executed but also amiably loose..."   31 More Reviews... 

Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
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74.2% 66.9% 84.4% 75.1% 85.7% 81.6% 82.2% 87.2% $172K $172K
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Before Midnight (2013), Exceptional Reviews

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Before Midnight (2013)

Before Midnight (2013) opened in additional cities this past weekend to exceptional reviews. • Dana Stevens wrote for Slate, "...a decade-spanning triptych of poetic meditations on youth, young adulthood, and middle age... I hope it's not the last we ever hear from these two..."   46 More Reviews... 

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93.6% 95.7% 90.6% 92.3% 91.3% 93.0% 90.9% 90.7% $1.5M $3.2M
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

The East (2013), Very Good Reviews Key Cities

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The East (2013)

The East (2013) opened in additional cities this past weekend to very good reviews. • Colin Covert wrote in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "A thriller of style and substance... Marling has created a rich, multifaceted character.... The film's attention to physical and emotional detail is meticulous."   38 More Reviews... 

The East (2013)
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72.0% 79.5% 70.0% 68.7% 61.8% 68.4% 67.6% 77.2% $285K $706K
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

Shadow Dancer (2013), Very Good Reviews Key Cities

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Shadow Dancer (2013)

Shadow Dancer (2013) opened in additional cities this past weekend to very good reviews. • Walter Addiego wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle, "...sparely made, quietly efficient.... features a fine lead performance by Andrea Riseborough."   22 More Reviews... 

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71.2% 75.2% 65.7% 72.7% 72.4% 74.8% 65.8% 70.2% $12K $27K
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 48.9% 49.7% 54.4%

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Welcome to Movie Review Intelligence

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Now in our fourth year, Movie Review Intelligence presents movie reviews according to how movie critics put it, respecting all points of view.

Analyzing the most representative critics; organizing the reviews according to readership, taste and geography; and using state-of-the-art statistical methodologies to build an accurate picture, these are a movie’s reviews in the real world, in real time, in meticulous detail.

The goal is to present reviews as they exist in today's moviegoing marketplace, without bias. Here is what we do:

1)  We cover over 52 leading publications, programs and web sites, dissecting hundreds of reviews each week and analyzing each film's review ratings, review mixture, review coverage & length, and review timing.

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New WIDE ReleasesPositive
Reviews
This Is the End79.1%WIDE
World War Z preview64.5%WIDE
Monsters University preview63.2%WIDE
Man of Steel (2013)58.8%WIDE
New Limited Releases
20 Feet from Stardom86.8%NYC/LA
Call Me Kuchu83.8%NYC
More Than Honey74.5%NYC
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story73.4%NYC
In the Fog (V tumane)72.5%NYC
Berberian Sound Studio70.9%Limited
Aliyah70.5%NYC
Storm Surfers 3D69.7%NYC
The Bling Ring66.8%NYC/LA
Pandora's Promise58.3%Key Cities
My Best Day50.2%NYC
The Guillotines (Xue di zi)43.1%Limited
Vehicle 1934.6%Limited
Hatchet III30.1%Limited
The Stroller Strategy (La stratégie de la poussette)28.7%NYC
    Average:51.7%
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Research: 71,485,980 Moviegoers Follow Reviews

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Research on movie reviews was conducted for Movie Review Intelligence by MarketCast, a Los Angeles-based market research company that specializes in movie research.

A nationally representative sample of 2,050 regular moviegoers was asked: “How often do you follow movie reviews in a newspaper, magazine, on television or online?”

Four out of five moviegoers follow movie reviews

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Friday, June 21
World War Z 64.5% Jun 21
Monsters University 63.2% Jun 21
200 Cartas 66.6% Jun 21
A Hijacking (Kapringen) 83.2% Jun 21
Apostles of Comedy: Onwards and Upwards 66.6% Jun 21
Between Us (2013) 25.0% Jun 21
Maniac (2013) 66.3% Jun 21
The Attack (L'attentat) 62.7% Jun 21
The Haunting of Helena 25.0% Jun 21
Unfinished Song 54.5% Jun 21
Friday, June 28
White House Down nr Jun 28
The Heat nr Jun 28
Byzantium 54.2% Jun 28
Copperhead nr Jun 28
I'm So Excited! 54.7% Jun 28
Redemption nr Jun 28
Some Girl(s) 61.0% Jun 28
The Lesser Blessed 67.6% Jun 24
Friday, July 5
Despicable Me 2 70.3% Jul 3
The Lone Ranger (2013) nr Jul 3
Hammer of the Gods nr Jul 5
Just Like a Woman (2013) nr Jul 5
Stuck in Love nr Jul 5
The Look of Love 57.5% Jul 5
The Way, Way Back 87.6% Jul 5
Beyond
Don Jon 55.6% Oct 18
Battle of the Year nr Sep 13
Ain't Them Bodies Saints 80.4% Aug 16
All Is Lost 96.6% Oct 25
Blue is the Warmest Color (La vie d'Adèle) 74.2% Oct 9
Crystal Fairy 65.0% Jul 12
Fruitvale Station 89.3% Jul 26
In a World... 81.5% Aug 9
Inside Llewyn Davis 80.2% Dec 6
Jayne Mansfield's Car 46.6% Sep 20
Jobs (2013) 54.5% Aug 16
Kill Your Darlings (2013) 67.9% Oct 18
Lovelace 73.5% Aug 9
Nebraska 68.1% Nov 22
Only God Forgives 42.3% Jul 19
Passion 51.7% Aug 30
Prince Avalanche 77.9% Aug 16
The Hunt (Jagten) 71.3% Jul 12
The Spectacular Now 82.5% Aug 2
Touchy Feely 64.9% Sep 6
V/H/S/2 68.3% Jul 12
Wadjda 90.1% Aug 30
You Will Be My Son (Tu seras mon fils) 71.3% Sep 13
Young & Beautiful (Jeune et Jolie) 82.0% Aug 21