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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Thursday “Dark Knight” Update

Posted July 27, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    The midweek boxoffice path of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES has been oddly up and down.  Compared to the trajectory of The Dark Knight, it’s had a worse Monday, a better Tuesday, a worse Wednesday, and now a better Thursday, as Rises took in an additional $13.2M yesterday for a 7-day total of $225M.  Rises […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 27-29: Two Weak Movies to Open as Dark Knight Rises Stays in the Top Spot

Posted July 25, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #30 of 2012 looks like $143 million for the top 12 films, the same as last year’s comparable weekend but down 16% from the four-year average for the weekend.  Two new movies will try to take on The Dark Knight Rises without any chance of success. Opening at about 3,000 theaters, The Watch from 20th […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: Galas and Special Presentations Announced

Posted July 24, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    The Toronto Film Festival is on its way, and SHOWBUZZDAILY will be there.  The Festival, which runs Sept 6-16, today announced the bulk of its highest-profile titles, those that will screen in the Gala and Special Presentation categories.  Here, at a first glance, are some of the most promising: GALAS ARGO:  Against the […]

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Dark Knight Rises Box Office Update: Monday

Posted July 24, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Dark Knight Rises grossed a preliminary $19.4 million Monday, bringing its four-day domestic total to $180.3 million.  Similar to Saturday and Sunday’s results, Monday lagged behind The Dark Knight‘s pace four years ago. The Dark Knight grossed $24.5 million on Monday, July 21, 2008 (its fourth day of release and its first Monday).  Through […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through July 22

Posted July 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Dark Knight Rises opened with $88 million overseas in a modest 17 territories.  We’ll give Rises a preliminary overseas target of $490 million, slightly higher than 2008’s The Dark Knight, which grossed $469 million overseas.  If our overseas target is correct, that put puts the worldwide target for Dark Knight Rises at $980 million, just behind The Dark Knight‘s […]

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ShowbuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: July 22 Update

Posted July 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The biggest gain of the week in the ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie belongs to Team Weil, up $229 million to $554 million to date.  Still in third place, Team Weil will continue to benefit from The Dark Knight Rises and start to challenge Team Salem soon. Team Salem was up a modest $42 million to $686 million to […]

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE: July 16-22

Posted July 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

A very solid week at the box office pushed total domestic revenues over $6 billion for the year to date, punctuated by strong opening for The Dark Knight Rises amid the real-life carnage in a Colorado movie theater. The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between July 16 and […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES July 20-22: Dark Knight Rises Update

Posted July 22, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Dark Knight Rises cooled to $45.6 million Saturday, down 39% from $75.1 million late-Thursday/Friday.  (In 2008, The Dark Knight dropped 29% on Saturday from Thursday/Friday, $47.7 million from $67.2 million.)  The opening weekend is now looking like an unofficial $161 million.  This would be the #3 opening all-time (behind #1 Marvel’s The Avengers at […]

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