John Marston Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 In the 3rd week of July, the 3rd film of the franchise earned the 3rd highest OD, 3rd highest Friday, 3rd highest Saturday, 3rd highest Sunday, and of course, 3rd highest OW, trailing behind only 3D films. It accomplished this with the help of almost 333 IMAX screens, and did it all despite a tragedy and, lastly, being nearly 3 hours long in run time.Did I get that right?enough with this "the number is still good" Bullshit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 In this day and age of social media and tv networks hungry for ratings, the effect of the tragedy should not be underestimated. It was everywhere.But people, you have a bigger chance of being shot next year than this year with all these security measures.So please, go to the movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 $160.8M OW is not to be sniffed at, it is the 3rd biggest OW of all time and was only in 2D meaning it was never going to top Avengers anyway.Still, the shooting cost it around $25M I think, which would have been an even better start and put it in front of DH2's OW and much further in front of TDK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The number is still good IMO. It is only bad because of unexpected circumstances. Let's wait for next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superduperm Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Oh wait... Saturday was only 7th highest...I was going to check BOM to confirm myself but the site was a snail for some reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloneWars Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I'm predicting $76M for second weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumos Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Well, overall the weekend pulled in 224M. Once could argue that it was going to make about 250M - the number we saw for both DH2 and TDK. So the weeked was brought down by about 26M. Since TDKR accounted for 71.7% of the weekend gross, one could assume that TDKR lost about 18.64M (71.7%*26M). Therefore, it would have made about 179.44M in normal conditions.....nowhere near the record. But it could have tied TDK and TA for the attendance record.....Still 160.8M is nothing to be ashamed of. Edited July 23, 2012 by Mr Potter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superduperm Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Saturday is just a smidge higher than Shrek 2/DMC, and lower than IM2/Shrek the Turd. All unadjusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 It's a barely in front of THG OW. The gap would have been 20m+ wider without the shooting of course but also show how massive THG was and really, who would have ever in 8 billion years guess they'd open within $10m of each other and similar attendance figures? Astronomical feat for THG, achieved fairly or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 TDKR will have its work cut out for it but hopefully Sunday drop is first sign of TDK-esque legs and a shot at $500m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Absolutely crazy weekend.A few days ago, we were all ready to witness something pretty incredible. And then this happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superduperm Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I know I'll probably get flamed for this, but this wasn't going to break the OW record. Say what you want, but with a $45M difference... That's almost 6 million tickets we're talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanstine Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 http://www.boxofficeguru.com/071812.htm Much is being made about whether or not Rises can beat the new opening weekend record of $207.4M set in May by The Avengers. But the fact is, it doesn't have to. These are two different films, two different private ventures, which will make their profits at two different times. Both will be just fine. Only in the world of box office bragging rights are they competitors. In actuality, it is very likely that Rises will attract a larger crowd on opening weekend, but Avengers will have the bigger gross thanks to the 3D surcharges which added roughly $30M to that figure. Both have brisk business from higher-priced IMAX venues but without 3D, it would be incredibly difficult - though not impossible - for The Dark Knight Rises to generate a larger opening weekend gross than The Avengers. The Avengers made roughly $177 million in just 2D...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I know I'll probably get flamed for this, but this wasn't going to break the OW record. Say what you want, but with a $45M difference... That's almost 6 million tickets we're talking.Maybe not. But 180m would have been a walk in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumos Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 It's kind of funny how 160.8m is a dissappointing number for some people. Is it that big of a deal that it made 160M and not 180M? It still had no chance of breaking any records.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 http://www.boxoffice....com/071812.htmThe Avengers made roughly $177 million in just 2D...?Probably closer to $180m, but yeah right around that range. Just enough to give it the admissions record over TDK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) It had a chance of breaking records. It really did. Edited July 23, 2012 by kayumanggi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 It's kind of funny how 160.8m is a dissappointing number for some people. Is it that big of a deal that it made 160M and not 180M? It still had no chance of breaking any records....160m is less than Spider-Man 3 adjusted (174m) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 It's kind of funny how 160.8m is a dissappointing number for some people. Is it that big of a deal that it made 160M and not 180M? It still had no chance of breaking any records....There's a BIG difference between 160 and 180m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 It's kind of funny how 160.8m is a dissappointing number for some people. Is it that big of a deal that it made 160M and not 180M? It still had no chance of breaking any records.... Of course it's a big deal. Weren't you downplaying THG opening too? I've had just about enough of your nonsense this weekend, Potter. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
