The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR Box Office Thread II

[Sharkboy]

Is it on a roof? Is there a race to stop it? From what I've seen and heard it use is is fairly early on.

I'm pretty sure there is you know.

 

[solidsnake86]

Amen brother. I do believe though that a 'popcorn' flick is more or less a film that's big, loud, and doesn't require the viewers full attention to be watchable. Nothing wrong with them when they're done well, it's just more often than not they're not done well.

Movies is a serious business

 

[CapedCrusader14]

WOW. Just saw on one of the Australian movie channels having some interesting news.

Sydney Darling Harbour IMAX has sold over 7000 tickets from the 12:01 midnight session onwards through the rest of the days.

Wow.

 

[db85usa]

'The Dark Knight Rises' IMAX Tickets Nearly All Sold Out For Midnight Showings

www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/t...ckets_n_1672558.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment

"The big problem is that there are very few film IMAX theaters in operation: 103 in America and 201 globally. (So not quite as few as Murphy claimed; he said there were "a few more than 100 worldwide.") Moreover, any of those that are open are found in museums, aquariums and zoos, and so only screen nature documentaries.

That means that there are just 67 film IMAX theaters in the country that will be showing "The Dark Knight Rises" in its full IMAX glory. Of those, six don't have midnight showings and 49 others are already sold out at midnight."

 

[db85usa]

The Star reports 'The Avengers' grossed $169.2 Million for it's opening weekend without the 3D surcharge. 'Rises' will easily set the record for best opening weekend for a 2D film.

www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1226199--christopher-nolan-on-how-the-bat-came-back

 

[Greens]

Good news. LieMAX theaters charge the same as real IMAX theaters, so that should bring in a lot of money.

 

[db85usa]

Good news. LieMAX theaters charge the same as real IMAX theaters, so that should bring in a lot of money.

Yup. And I'm one of those who paid $40 for the Marathon in LieMAX on the 19th. I'll see the real deal on the 21st t:

 

[db85usa]

'The Dark Knight Rises' Faces A Titanic Box-Office Battle With 'The Avengers'

www.entertainmentwise.com/news/80926/The-Dark-Knight-Rises-Faces-A-Titanic-Box-Office-Battle-With-The-Avengers

"If 'The Dark Knight Rises' does top 'The Avengers' at the box-office, it may be a sign that it can top 'Titanic' and break James Cameron's hold on the top two biggest grossing films of all time."

Anything is possible considering all the Oscar buzz and standing ovations the film is receiving. I think it could reach that particular feat without breaking 'The Avengers' opening weekend record.

 

[db85usa]

Boxoffice.com has now updated it's prediction and is tracking $195 Million for the opening weekend.

www.boxoffice.com/statistics/long_term_predictions

 

[Sharkboy]

Beating Avengers...ok sure, It's improbable but not impossible, beating Titanic? That's pretty impossible considering that film was in cinemas right up to it's video release.

 

[db85usa]

FilmGo.net is tracking at $192 million for the opening weekend and a full analysis will be available sometime this week

http://www.filmgo.net

 

[jmc]

$192m is the effing limit in a 100% best case scenario. Without a 3D boost there's no way this film breaks $200m.

 

[lililatigresse]

The Star reports 'The Avengers' grossed $169.2 Million for it's opening weekend without the 3D surcharge. 'Rises' will easily set the record for best opening weekend for a 2D film.

www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1226199--christopher-nolan-on-how-the-bat-came-back

That's interesting. I thought TA made more than that.

 

[Batman jr.]

$192m is the effing limit in a 100% best case scenario. Without a 3D boost there's no way this film breaks $200m.

Which again shows that the only reason most 3D films are having success is because of the higher ticket prices. TDKR won't beat Avengers probably, but I'll by very VERY happy if it beats TDK. If only it could do a bit better overseas than the latter...

t:

But, as long as it beats the horrible Hunger Games...

 

[Batman jr.]

That's interesting. I thought TA made more than that.

Isn't there a way to see the actual attendance?

Because it looks like all 3D showings are packed, if you only judge the BO...

 

[Dr. Strange]

There is no glory in coming second no matter how we try to justify it. Silver and Bronze medal winners are quickly forgotten; now that we came this far from re-writting the books of box office records, we either win this battle and come on top or we are losers imho (box office wise).

WB must get their act together and ensure that the movie doesnt fall short by 20Million dollars (which is peanuts). If i had that type of money; 1 billion dollars in profit ie which will be generated by this movie, i would gladly deduct it from the total revenues. Somethings are worth more than money.

Just my two cents.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

My guess at the moment is $195 million.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Some deluded people in here. No way will TDKR come close to Titanic.

 

[DKDetective]

Some deluded people in here. No way will TDKR come close to Titanic.

Why? Nolan's films have proven to have huge legs and high multipliers and TDKR is now being tracked as opening just below the Avengers. I'm saying that I'm some nut who is certain TDKR will crash all records, but people should not be so quick to dismiss possibilities. The Avengers got darn close to Titanic's domestic gross and current tracking is suggesting that TDKR is going to be pretty close to TA in OW gross. Given Nolan's record for making films that demand repeat viewings, I don't think it's hard to argue that TDKR has a good chance of having even better legs than TA. Stranger things have happened...

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Nolan's films have repeat business, but not Cameron repeat business.

 

[lililatigresse]

Isn't there a way to see the actual attendance?

Because it looks like all 3D showings are packed, if you only judge the BO...

No, I don't think so. But this is what Box Office Guru posted on twitter back then:

 

[J.Howlett]

Which Titanic record are we talking about, before or after the re-release?

 

[Street Vendor]

There is no glory in coming second no matter how we try to justify it. Silver and Bronze medal winners are quickly forgotten; now that we came this far from re-writting the books of box office records, we either win this battle and come on top or we are losers imho (box office wise).

WB must get their act together and ensure that the movie doesnt fall short by 20Million dollars (which is peanuts). If i had that type of money; 1 billion dollars in profit ie which will be generated by this movie, i would gladly deduct it from the total revenues. Somethings are worth more than money.

Just my two cents.

I think the glory will be made manifest by a great movie, whether it breaks the opening weekend record or not.

 

[DKDetective]

Nolan's films have repeat business, but not Cameron repeat business.

Speaking of which, I will never understand why Cameron earned that honor for his films that I personally believe least deserve it. In my opinion, Titanic and Avatar are horrible films. However, I will say I am a huge fan of Cameron's work prior to Titanic.

More on topic, The Avengers, thanks to 3D prices as well as general inflation, out-performed Titanic's original run. Titanic is only still #2 at the Domestic Box Office because of the re-release. Nolan proved that his Batman could do almost Titanic-like numbers in 2008. Since then, there has been more inflation and there are far more IMAX theatres out there now (I admit that is a minor factor). Considering that TDKR is now being predicted as opening surprising close to The Avengers despite the disadvantage of being a 2D film, what is so "deluded" about thinking that TDKR will domestically gross numbers similar to Titanic and The Avengers in the long run? I'm not saying it will, but I don't think it's a mathematical absurdity as some here seem to be stating as fact.

 

[DKDetective]

Which Titanic record are we talking about, before or after the re-release?

I'm talking about Original Run since I think that is all we can fairly compare.