Posts Tagged ‘dark knight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/2/12

  OPENINGS:  THE POSSESSION (Lionsgate) is doing quite well for a low-budget horror quickie, with $17.7M for the 1st 3 days of the holiday weekend, and is on track to be the #2 Labor Day opening ever, behind only the 2007...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Early Weekend Report – 7/28/12

  Last night’s preliminary numbers for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warners) turned out to be unduly optimistic, so the currently promising estimates for Saturday should be taken, for now, with a modicum of salt.  Accordi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/12/12

  OPENINGS:  THE BOURNE LEGACY (Universal) is holding on to its $40M opening by its fingernails, with just $265K to spare.  (We’ll find out tomorrow if that holds up.)   Bourne is an unusual action franchise that...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY “HUNGER GAMES” WATCH

> THE HUNGER GAMES ended its first week of release with a $189.9M total that was the 7th highest in history.  That result was exceeded only by the blockbuster summer sequels The Dark Knight, Transformers:  Revenge of ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Thursday “Dark Knight” Update

    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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Wednesday “Dark Knight” Update

  To the extent one can be disappointed by the boxoffice of a movie that’s cruised to $211.8M in 6 days, Wednesday was an off day for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.  Batman declined a fairly tough 23% yesterday for a $13.8M...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 11-13

Marvel’s The Avengers continues to tear up the record books.  The studio is projecting the second weekend will come in at $103.2 million (now almost exactly hitting the $104 million in our ShowBuzzDaily Weekend Predicti...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE 3/31/12

> According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) had an exceptional Saturday bump of almost 40%, giving it $26.2M for the day and a probable weekend of $63-65M.  If these numbers hold, Hu...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/29/12

  THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warners) did indeed have a big Saturday, as the preliminary numbers estimated–up 40% from Friday and fueling what should be a $63-65M 2d weekend, down about 60% from the opening.  It continu...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Tuesday “Dark Knight” Update

  On Tuesday, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES added $17.8M to its Wayne Manor-sized vault, giving it a total of $198M in 5 days of release. It was the only movie in the Top 10 to decline yesterday, but that’s typical for the p...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Tim Burton’s “Batman”

  It’s been 23 years since the pre-Christopher Nolan version of the Batman franchise launched into the boxoffice stratosphere, and a lot has changed in the movie landscape.  (1989 is so long ago that it was a topica...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: Daily Tracks of Top Opening Weekend Films – Updated

>UPDATE from Mitch Salem:  Harry Potter’s Tuesday continued strong, with $15.4M in the US (total of $202.6M).  This 15% drop from Monday is just about the same as The Dark Knight had on its first Tuesday, althou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Early Friday Numbers

  THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warners) remained effortlessly in front for a 2d straight weekend, according to preliminary Friday numbers at Deadline.  Rises earned another $20M on Friday, bringing it to $245M in 8 days, and a ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: First Week Comparisons for Top Opening Weekend Films

>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 continues its track somewhere between Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 during the first Monday-Thursday period.  Through the first seven days of release, Dark Knight leads with $239...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/10/12

  OPENINGS:  The magic weekend number for THE BOURNE LEGACY (Universal) is probably $40M, now that Friday has come in a bit lower than preliminary estimates suggested at $14M.  Unless business collapses on Saturday, expe...
by Mitch Salem