http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41853

STAR WARS: Clone wars coming on August 15th 2008. I think DRAGONBALL is officially fucked.

I don't know if it will do $75 million opening weekend due to the fact that its an animated film, but Star Wars: The Clone Wars should do very well this August.

Yeah I agree with what Magnus said. It should have a $75m+ weekend and then sharp drops. All depends on how its marketed.

Dammit - Lucas should just make Episodes VII, VIII and IX already.

It Lucas were to make Episodes VII, VIII and IX he should shoot all three back-to-back-to-back and release one each year like the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Yes, definitely. It would keep costs down and ensure continuity. But I suspect they would leave a bigger gap between each film's release - ie. 2 years.

WB is so going to win 2008.

Per Variety, Star Trek has been bumped from Christmas to May 8, 2009.

The same article mentions the Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder is moving from July 11 to August 15.

And it also mentions Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (starring Leo DiCaprio, who else) will open October 2.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111798 ... Id=13&cs=1

looks like filmings are moving to avoid tdk...though this virtually gaurentees TDK will be moved up to wednesday.

Paramount just helped out w.b. sooo much for 2008.

I wonder...could Star Trek be moving due Hulks possible move to december?

No, it wont Magnus. Youd rather the film open the week after a dead weekend than have a dead weekend in its 2nd weekend.

Opening a week after Hancock would allow Hancock to steal some buzz, press and media coverage TDK would get if there was no big opener the week before it. But i do think TDK will defiently move to Wednesday, July 16th and its just a matter of time.

If they were smart though, theyll keep it on friday. That gives it 16 days since Hancock opened, ample time for the press and media to blow up. Obviously, given thats its batman and ledger death, the film was gonan have a big media frenzy, but moving would just make it that much smaller.

Thats excluding the fact that Hancocks 2nd weekend will be around 20-25 million. TDK would have the 2nd place film in its weekend be in the mid teens, which is whatll be if it keeps July 18-20 as its opening weekend.

What you talking? Hellboy 2 is going to bomb big, it might open to 30 million but itll be below 15 million by its 2nd weekend. Mama Mia! will open in high teens. Itllgo

1. The Dark Knight - 115 million
2. Mama Mia - 18 million
3. Hellboy 2 - 13 million
4. Hancock -12 million

I dunno, I would take either. IF Step Brothers wouldnt move and Mama Mia would be July 18th's only big opener, than Id take the move to July 11th and force Hellboy outta there. BUT It would have to stay on the Friday! If they tried to open on wednesday July 9th, Hancock wouldnt be fully outta gas thus yet.

They are better off just staying where they are; it gives them more time to garner buzz and hype. Honestly, now the situation s there for TDK to be a possible 2nd bigges opening of all time.

There would 2 months between huge block busters (indy and batman) and 16 days between big films (hancock and batman). That empty two weeks gives TDK time to go from huge blockbuster to mega blockbuster, because the media will have nothing else to focus except the film, ledgers death, ect. Its already the most talked about film of the year, but this gives it even more.

Not it isnt, sith oened in 3660 theaters. If the demand is there itll get the screens and with 16 days of nothing to talk about movie wise other than batman, the demand will sure as hell be there. Magnus, that 16 days is the different between HUGE 100-110 million opening weekend and 120-130.

Those 16 days are 16 days where TDK will be the only film the media talks about, its 16 days to completely flood the market. You take big buzz and give it so much awareness (because theres nothing else to talk about) in such a short period of time (16 days) and thats how buzz explodes, how you go from huge hit to mega hit. The wait. Its all about the wait. The wait before 300, the wait before american gangster, the wait for i am legend...

You want TDK to open in a dead market, where nothing good has been been released in atleast 2 weeks and right now, some how they have gotten it.

Ill take the extra week along with 2 new openers. But it has to stay. It cant switch weekends; a move to wednesday might not be that bad but it needs to stay on the friday.

TDK is honestly in the single best position box office wise right now than any film ive ever followed. if the schedule remains EXACTLY how it is and w.b. unloads its marketing budget in june and july...this film will shatter expectations, even my own. I hate to say it, but Heath ledgers death is probably why films will leave.

It was already gonna be a tough fight for attention against batman, but now itll be downright impossible.

This is wbs chance to make TDK the biggest film of 2008. The buzz for Indiana Jones isnt there because they waited too long. Right now, TDK has all the buzz heading into summer and now it has by far the best schedule. We saw how pirates 2 did with superman a week before it, imagine how it woulda done without superman.

Magnus, the schedule I was looking at was older, so it didn't have some of those. It does look fine now though.

Also, if MAD 2 doesn't move to DEC (it really should). It'll have HSM3, Potter, and Bolt as competition. Just too much for it in my opinion. But if MAD 2 doesn't move, if I was Disney I'd think about moving Bolt to DEC then. Further away from MAD 2, and the bigger problem, Potter. Opening just 5 days after Potter. And Bolt looks so cuuute, just like Rapunzel in 2010/2011, it'll have a mix of CGI and Traditional Animation it seems.

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heres how it should go

11/7: Quantum of Solace
11/14: Austrailia
11/21: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
11/26: Bolt, Benjamin Button
12/5: Madagascar 2, Revolutionary Road
12/12: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Marley and Me
12/17-The Incredible Hulk
12/19: Four Christmas's, Seven Pounds
12/24: Yes Man
12/25: Bedtime Stories

Star trek moving means that hulk 2 will take that spot or who knows maybe fox will move dragonball there.

But as of now i think dragonball will be a massive bomb since it won't be able to handle competition from star wars and tropic thunder.

Comingsoon reports that Nowhereland starring Eddie Murphy has moved to 2009
so has Case 39

and Benjamin Button movies to December

8 month delay for CASE 39, I'm worried.

Aggghhhh so many moves all over the place.

You guys have covered most of it.

Star Trek would be well served in the summer of 09 but the date is totally wrong. Still early days though as now the writers strike is over looks like Summer 09 will take shape fast.

Tropic Thunder - thats a stupid move but whatever - im not expecting much from it. And it comes a day after Star Wars was anounced.

July 08 is in need of severe re-construction. Hopefully Hellboy can be dumped because its wasting a perfectly good weekend and throwing the whole month off. Love Guru should take advantage.

Now the best news is Benjamin Button. It should thrive in December and I think it could be Finchers biggest hit.

Madagascar should stay where it is and Bolt should go to December.

The question to ask..

"Why would Paramount move several of its 2008 films to 2009 and not Dreamworks releases?"

While how much they can gross is an issue, there is a much, much larger fiscal reason that if rumor is correct, will be made apparent in time.

I'm predicting THE LOVE GURU for July 11.

STARSHIP DAVE - July 11th
MARLEY AND ME - December 25th

Seems like fox also did some reshuffling. Although if they wanted they could have moved dragonball to december 25th or july 11th but they didn't. Instead on December 2th marley me comes out. They also moved Starship dave. It comes out a 2 weeks before x-files 2. That move makes sense since they haven't released any kind of promo material for that and it was supposed to release on may 30th. July 11th will be crowded as hell and basically the entire month of july is jam packed.

I believe in theory of three's so i expect one more studio to release a reshuffling notice.

I bet it is gonna be Universal.

Meet Dave will bomb. The Love Guru needs to move, cant understand why they didnt capitilise on TT's move.

July will have a $150m+ drop from 07 thats for sure.