‘Dark Knight’ Prediction: $130M Weekend
July 11, 2008 on 11:29 pm | In Movies |
http://videomagonline.com/Blogz/?p=148
It’s understandable even if ridiculous that Warner Bros keeps trying to
lower everyone’s expectations for this behemoth blockbuster of a Batman Begins sequel. My sources at the studio keep insisting that Dark Knight will “only” make $90 million to $100 million for its opening 3-day weekend. I can’t believe they’re seriously suggesting that Dark Knight will make less than Iron Man.
But the WB insiders point to all the increased competition at the
megaplex now as opposed to the beginning of May. Whereas my box office
gurus are predicting domestic gross as high as $130M for the wildly
anticipated Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale film because of all
those record-breaking early ticket sales at North American runs,
including IMAX. That would put it 3rd in terms of all-time opening
3-day weekends — behind Spider-Man 3 ($151.1M on May 4-6, 2007)and Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
($131.6M on July 7, 2006). One worry mitigating the Heath Ledger fanboy
factor which Hollywood has mentioned is that the pic’s 2 hour and 32
minute running time will limit showings. But that isn’t an issue
anymore since many theater managers/owners plan round-the-clock
screenings during its midnight July 18 mega-debut. Heck, even the staid
New York Times is gushing all giddy about the pic in its news
pages, even citing meaningless polls that moviegoers are so hot for the
pic they’ll take the day off next Friday just to see it
July 11, 2008 on 11:29 pm | In Movies |
http://videomagonline.com/Blogz/?p=148
It’s understandable even if ridiculous that Warner Bros keeps trying to
lower everyone’s expectations for this behemoth blockbuster of a Batman Begins sequel. My sources at the studio keep insisting that Dark Knight will “only” make $90 million to $100 million for its opening 3-day weekend. I can’t believe they’re seriously suggesting that Dark Knight will make less than Iron Man.
But the WB insiders point to all the increased competition at the
megaplex now as opposed to the beginning of May. Whereas my box office
gurus are predicting domestic gross as high as $130M for the wildly
anticipated Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale film because of all
those record-breaking early ticket sales at North American runs,
including IMAX. That would put it 3rd in terms of all-time opening
3-day weekends — behind Spider-Man 3 ($151.1M on May 4-6, 2007)and Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
($131.6M on July 7, 2006). One worry mitigating the Heath Ledger fanboy
factor which Hollywood has mentioned is that the pic’s 2 hour and 32
minute running time will limit showings. But that isn’t an issue
anymore since many theater managers/owners plan round-the-clock
screenings during its midnight July 18 mega-debut. Heck, even the staid
New York Times is gushing all giddy about the pic in its news
pages, even citing meaningless polls that moviegoers are so hot for the
pic they’ll take the day off next Friday just to see it
