Weekend Box Office (5/11 - 5/13): Hulk Smash Records, Dark Shadows Does Nothing
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Weekend Box Office (5/11 - 5/13): Hulk Smash Records, Dark Shadows Does Nothing
Originally Posted by Deadline
‘Dark Shadows’ Opens With $550K Midnights
Boxofficemojo has the weekend projected with:
1. The Avengers - $95.4 million (-54%)
2. Dark Shadows - $33.3 million
The Numbers has the weekend projected with:
1. The Avengers - $100 million over/under
2. Dark Shadows - $30 - $40 million
It'll be interesting to see how this weekend progresses based upon last weekend. The Avengers' estimates were way off all weekend and it was the rare time a film rakes in a lot more cash than the studio estimates it doing so. The better question: does it $400 million within its second full week of release?
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The Avengers proved people are hungry for good movies. Seeing as how Dark Shadows doesn't fit that bill, I think $100m is feasible, and clearing $400m by this time next week is a possibility. Hell, I could see it beating the OW of Battleship, too. Not much buzz on that one from what I can tell.
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I notice that my local theaters are running Dark Shadows screenings within five to ten minutes of Avengers. I wonder if WB is hoping to get some of the "spillover" from sold out Avengers showings? You know, where people make a trip to the theater wanting to see one thing, it sells out, so they go see something that's starting within the same time frame.
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yeah. It seems like an in-house type of thing. I don't think the studios do anything on that.
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The timing seems odd for the Dark Shadows release. I think it would be a better late September/October opening. Of course, I also think it would have been better to bring it back as a TV series at somewhere like HBO (after True Blood ends its run of course).
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P.S.-Oh and also they should've not fucked with The Avengers either.
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Dark Shadows midnight showings on 1600 screens last night brought in a whopping $500,000.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (5/11 - 5/13): Hulk Smash Records, Dark Shadows Does Nothing
The Avengers proved people are hungry for good movies. Seeing as how Dark Shadows doesn't fit that bill, I think $100m is feasible, and clearing $400m by this time next week is a possibility. Hell, I could see it beating the OW of Battleship, too. Not much buzz on that one from what I can tell.
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The Avengers proved people are hungry for good movies. Seeing as how Dark Shadows doesn't fit that bill, I think $100m is feasible, and clearing $400m by this time next week is a possibility. Hell, I could see it beating the OW of Battleship, too. Not much buzz on that one from what I can tell.
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i'd rather watch Avengers for a third time than see Dark Shadows
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Who exactly IS the audience for DARK SHADOWS? Other than the few fans of the TV series? It's certainly not a kids' film, and teens have no idea what DARK SHADOWS is. Johnny Depp alone isn't always a draw...remember The Tourist?
Still it IS summer movie season, so I think those $30 million predictions are spot-on. If it makes less than $25 million, maybe - just maybe - studios will be less anxious to give those Burton/Depp colaborations a greenlight in the future.
Still it IS summer movie season, so I think those $30 million predictions are spot-on. If it makes less than $25 million, maybe - just maybe - studios will be less anxious to give those Burton/Depp colaborations a greenlight in the future.
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If it's like their recent ouput, that's a good thing. They seem to be doing stuff more for self amusement than entertaining an audience. I will also say that I think this movie would have fared better to be a Halloween release; that would have probably given it a much larger opening weekend.
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Deadline has Avengers at $80+m for the weekend. Doesn't mean much, but I still think high 70s, low 80s.
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Avengers took in $12.3 million Thursday. US total now $270 million, new 7-day record (beating TDK's $238 mil). Worldwide is now $803.3 million.
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I wonder if it breaks $1B this weekend worldwide. Does it open in any markets?