pinocchio Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So the mentality is that if you go to TDKR you will die but if you go to any other movie than you should be fine?The police fears copycats and AMC has forbidden masks and so on. Heck even for the German premiere they announced additional security and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Watching this makes it even clearer to me that TDKR didn't touch TDK.Or this: final trailer was epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Scottb Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I think the shootings had a bit of an effect. There are segments of the US population that will believe everything the news media says, and there are people in the media blaming the movie for the shooting. Inevitably there are probably people out there that changed their mind on seeing TDKR. Heck, there are probably people planning to boycott the movie and try to dissuade others from seeing it now.However, I think the shooting will have little to no effect on actual Batman/Nolan fans. Those who are fans of BB and TDK will not be staying away from TDKR just because of the shooting. I think those who are saying that a $170m-$180m opening weekend would be disappointing had too high of expectations in the first place. I wish people would stop looking at record breakers like Avatar, and The Avengers and think every big movie is going to do that now.FYI: The Dark Knights OW adjusts to $174.7m, and I think anything over that would be excellent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Why aren't any other movies being affected by the shooting? They are all in line with predictions. Aren't people supposed to be afraid to go to the movies?The movie happened during a showing of TDKR, every report is Batman killings, Batman shooting, etc, etc. Anyone who thinks of TDKR immediately thinks of the shootings and murders, etc. The movie is dark to begin with, couple that with the depressed, sad feeling casual movie goers have when thinking about the tragedy and seeing TDKR is something they are not going to do this weekend. Hell, even huge movie fans like us and this forum are down and gloomy and the excitement is gone and enthusiasm is gone, etc. So obviously if the effects are felt here, they're felt everywhere and it's hurting the box office of TDKR in a huge way. The midnight number will be the only number we'll ever have to know what could have been. Oh, and other movies also have much less impact shown because you're dealing with much less dollars, tickets and variance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarantino666 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So only Batman will be effected by this?If someone were to do it again, it would be the obvious target. Wake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Well, then I must be a cold hearted bastard because it never crossed my mind not to go and once the movie started, the shooting never entered my mind once.Everyone deals with tragedy in their own way. Some simply can't help but think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiesvision Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Well, then I must be a cold hearted bastard because it never crossed my mind not to go and once the movie started, the shooting never entered my mind once.Death affects things in weird, unexplainable ways. When musicians die, their sales skyrocket. When actors die, more people are interested in their last performance. It's undeniable that people react to tragedies in different ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Well, then I must be a cold hearted bastard because it never crossed my mind not to go and once the movie started, the shooting never entered my mind once.The very start of the film was chilling for me. I can only imagine how they must have felt watching it and being very excited, only to be so shockingly pulled out of it. But only at the start. I will admit those feelings went away pretty quickly and I was just enjoying the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I think the shootings had a bit of an effect. There are segments of the US population that will believe everything the news media says, and there are people in the media blaming the movie for the shooting. Inevitably there are probably people out there that changed their mind on seeing TDKR. Heck, there are probably people planning to boycott the movie and try to dissuade others from seeing it now.However, I think the shooting will have little to no effect on actual Batman/Nolan fans. Those who are fans of BB and TDK will not be staying away from TDKR just because of the shooting. I think those who are saying that a $170m-$180m opening weekend would be disappointing had too high of expectations in the first place. I wish people would stop looking at record breakers like Avatar, and The Avengers and think every big movie is going to do that now.Post of the day. Nicely said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Spider-Man 3 made 173.9m adjusted. This is inexcusable It's not. Spiderman is (or was) up there with Batman in terms of popularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We were expecting great walk-ups. The early report suggested that the OD record was in play. Clearly the shooting killed off the evening business apart from pre-sales. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 If someone were to do it again, it would be the obvious target. Wake up.I think you're the one sleeping bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviefanatic Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I am just going to go with the wait an see approach for the next week. I don't know what to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiesvision Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 If someone were to do it again, it would be the obvious target. Wake up.Exactly. More crowds, greater casualties. Like you pointed out, they're not going to target the 10 people at the 4th week screening of Madea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdevidem01 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Under SM3 OW adjusted then?Just no way that's possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/?adjust_yr=2012&p=.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Where did you get the 77.2m OD? That's pretty decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 "We were expecting great walk-ups. The early report suggested that the OD record was in play. Clearly the shooting killed off the evening business apart from pre-sales."Business looked huge and then walk ups fail to materialize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 FYI: The Dark Knights OW adjusts to $174.7m, and I think anything over that would be excellent.Given the goodwill... no, that would be disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Business looked huge and then walk ups fail to materializeI wonder why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
