DARK KNIGHT Rolling Past $130M?
Author: Stephen Gerding
July 15th, 2008
Andrew and I may be a little off on our Dark Knight predictions after all, but can you blame us really? After all, the Batfilms historically open in the mid $40M range with Begins topping out at $73M with a Thursday opening and a grand total of $205M. It really is kind of insane (and a little unsettling) to think that the admittedly excellent viral marketing combined with the death of Heath Ledger is worth an extra $30-50M, but that may be exactly what’s going on.
Deadline Hollywood Daily’s saying that WB is predicting $90M in house, but DHD thinks the real number’s going to come in around $130M. Slashfilm is thinking even bigger.
Me, the more I think about it, the more I believe that Pineapple Express is gonna be the biggest movie evar.
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4 Responses to “DARK KNIGHT Rolling Past $130M?”
July 15th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Remember, the Keaton BATMAN came out nearly 20 years ago- back before the obsessive “opening weekend” thing had really taken over(at the time, it was considered suprising when the film was released on video a mere 5 months after it opened in theatres- the usual was 6-8 months for a big hit). Adjust for inflation and the escalating hype we have these days, and $130,000,000 doesn’t sound too farfetched… although I’m personally having trouble working up enthusiasm enough to fight crowds and see this.I’ll wait…
July 15th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I told you. This damn movie is going to break a BILLION. Watch. By Halloween. I already bet you a dollar, Stephen. If I’m wrong, I’ll mail it to you. But if I’m right…
July 15th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Pineapple Express? Really? I mean, I’m sure it’ll make a bunch of money, but it’s not even going to get close to The Dark Knight.
July 15th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
This movie will be the Joker, and all other movies this year will be Barbara Gordon.
That’s right. Rape.