Pssh, I'm a numbers slut, I'm going to analyze the hell out of that shit.

The Dark Knight Rises made roughly $19,389,129 on Monday (a 51.8% drop from Sunday), in the middle of Summer, The Avengers made $18,898,999 on its first Monday (a 66.9% drop from Sunday), while schools were in. A very strong number for TDKR (TDK made $24.5m on its first Monday), but with all the back and forth between TDKR and Avengers, it was worth mentioning.

I've already said it multiple times that I didn't like The Avengers and haven't seen TDKR, not sure what I'd have "sour grapes" about, being analytical in a Weekend Box Office thread is nothing new. Sounds to me like someone is being ridiculously defensive for absolutely no reason. Box Office doesn't effect the quality of a movie and very few of us actually profit off the release of these numbers (probably stock fluctuations at most)

Box Office Guru thinks the shooting cost TDKR about $20 million at the box office this weekend. If you account for inflation, less people saw TDKR on opening weekend than TDK, which almost never happens for a beloved movie like TDK. The drop from Friday to Saturday to Sunday was stunning for a movie of this caliber.

http://www.boxofficeguru.com/weekend.htm

Yeah, but let's place it in context.
The Saturday was also the first day after the shooting and the non-stop media barrage. That day more than any other probably felt the most impact.

TDKR won't outgross Avengers or TDK, but it'll do fine.

Stop analyzing the Box Office! Just report the numbers and move on!

Made $17,745,000 on Tuesday, $198m so far.

Here is how the year is shaping up. By Friday TDKR should be #3 for the year thus far.



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Wow...TED did really well, as did 21 jump street. Safe House and Huntsman looks like they did fairly well as well.

TDKR pushed John Carter out of the Top 20.

Can I compare TDKR to John Carter 3?

about a quarter of that list = R rated, kind of surprising.

Prometheus has finally reached $300 million worldwide ($125 mil US). Decent, not spectacular. But even better when you compare it to something like a PG-13 rated Super 8, which also earned $127 mil US and $259 mil worldwide. Hopefully that final figure is enough for Fox to greenlight a sequel, which I think even the disappointed would still be up for.

Hopefully that means studios have more hope for that rating than they've had in the most recentish past.

Mod Note: Can't help yourself, can you? First the cross-posting, then the photo of the shooter from Colorado, now this. One more and you'll be stuck in suspension land for a nice long while.

WTF, Xage.

How many lines does xage have to cross before he gets suspended? Snake got suspended for like a week for something relatively harmless in comparison.

And you people get mad at me for telling him to get his ass back in the HD forum.

TDKR is up to almost $225 million through Thursday. Boxoffice.com is predicting $66 mil for the weekend, which will put it at around $291 million after 10 days. I'd say $500 mil is still very reachable.

Don't we already have a sequel to Prometheus?

Think Like a Man and The Vow made that much money? WTF?!

And don't forget, it's yet to open everywhere:

Spain 3 August 2012
Venezuela 3 August 2012
Austria 8 August 2012
Germany 9 August 2012
Switzerland 9 August 2012 (German speaking region)
Japan 24 August 2012
Italy 14 September 2012
Switzerland 14 September 2012 (Italian speaking region)

Most of the recent huge blockbusters (including TDK) earned close to half of their total gross in their first 8 days. If TDKR earns $25M today, then $500M seems likely, but probably not much more (as if $500M is such a paltry sum ).