You make me puke. Western propaganda playing it like this for you morons doesn't make it true. I remember very well from the 90s how you shitheads portrayed Chechen terrorists as noble freedom fighters. US has always been a state sponsor of terrorists. Open your fucking eyes and see that the West is eliminating Iran's key ally.
Bashar al-Assad is the world's last chance to stop World War with Iran, and he's holding on for so long because he has major support from his nation, you bitches can't invade Syria as easily as you invaded Libya - it will cost you so much blood you're gonna drown in it. Gaddafi was stupid in a way that he didn't modernize his army and didn't build up a full-range defence system. But Bashar wasn't. That's why you are all scared to make a move. That's why you'll be sponsoring terrorists to kill innocent people and then play it in the news as Assad's crimes.

Oh, boy.

Russian chauvinism is hilarious.

anyways...


I am bit surprised at how it performed in Canada today.

Considering how crazy TDK was here...

Should have done much better

I am also surprised at how much bigger it was in America today than the Avengers and TDK combined.

If that was true we would have seen way more activity on this forum and on box office forums...



I am being serious Chippy...

There was something weird going on up here in Canada...

Same here in America. Nobody in the streets. Everyone in the theater. Quite amazing.

I disagree if it broke records, we would have heard something...

I heard it broke records.

Strange vibe on this forum tonight, eh? Who would've ever thought World of KJ would be so low-key and subdued on the opening night of The Dark Knight Rises?

Not trying to be disrespectful. Just saying. Bit surreal.

yeah, that is what I was getting at ^^^

Yeah, it's relatively quiet. Expected more crowd reports and such.

Not exactly. I doubt it broke records, but if you were WB would you want to trumpet it broke the record at this moment in time? The media is constantly referring to it as the Batman massacre.

If (big if) I remember correctly, McDonald's held off their quarterly earnings report in 1984 for a week or two after the San Ysidro massacre.

Come on Mdana, your way more knowledgeable then me on such things...

You know we do not get estimates only from studios...


Anyways I do not think it broke records, because to do it would have needed to the biggest non midnight Friday business today to break 90+ million.

I'm at a loss for words, I want to know the numbers, but at the same time I really don't care. I'm highly conflicted. This mornings events have left me feeling extreme sadness vthat I'm not sure how to deel with.

You should still be excited! What happened in Colorado is tragic, a nightmare, but the world has to continue turning.

I'm still very, very excited to see how much The Dark Knight Rises earned yesterday. The film is still the film. Box office is still box office. Nothing's changed. The film doesn't deserve less money, and I don't feel I need to punish myself by pretending to not be excited to see its box office, because one madman chose to commit a senseless act during one of thousands upon thousands of showings.

I'll pobably come around to your way of thinking about it in time, thanks.

Then what are you stating? RTH stated he can't get the numbers, and he might not get them until Monday or at best in 20 hrs. There is something afoot, and you don't know what it is, but you are implying it must be x? Absence of proof is not proof of absence. We both agree it most likely did not break records. However, you are jumping to the conclusion it definitely did not, because of a false assumption of the studios or a company would leak this.

Again if I remember right, McDonald's posted record profits or much better than expected, because they finally started taking back market share from Wendy's after the "Where's the Beef" campaign had died down. The speculation at the time was it would be a bad report, but it ended up being outstanding. I have little faith this is repeating itself, but I can't exclude that possibility. Even if it did $85m or $75m, WB might think it looks tacky and other studios don't have the numbers.

The reason there were not many reports is most of us felt apathy or unease about tracking. It was not breaking the record most likely, so why bother and what is the point after this morning.

I am guessing it made $75-80m based on the downward trend of Nikki's posts, but that is it. It seemed to do well enough in my limited survey to get over $50, but I also have little to base that suppostion. The rest of the studios may not want to look like a piranha or are angling to leak the numbers without their fingerprints. I have no idea exactly what is happening.

BJ-Seriously, David is pumping sunshine, but it is basically true. We don't quit shopping or follow politics, because Gabbie Giffords is shot at a Safeway or any other random shooting. I have been in numerous car accidents, because breaks failed, a drunk driver hit me, another driver fell asleep at the wheel and jumped a median. Life is for the living and we don't have control over what fate may bring us. If this brings you joy, embrace it. If you are filled with guilt or survivor's remorse do something else for awhile. We will still be here.

Pre-sales should mitigate TDKR's Friday number. Saturday could see big drop ~40%.

I guess people are just not in the mood for this heavy movie laden with the memory of a real-life tragedy.

I read a post by RTH that yes WB can embargo their numbers. Another post stated all studios are going to remain silent over the weekend.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... ort-352717



This may be premature with a crack reporter like Nikki...



...but we might want to consider adding this with "Not a record" and "more to come" to her wing in the American Journalism Hall of Fame.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/warner- ... l-weekend/

What was his opinion?

Does RTH post in boxoffice.com forums?

What is the point of Rentrak not reporting numbers this weekend. That makes absolutely no sense to me.

$70m would be kind of low (less than what TDK did excluding midnights). I'm sure actuals will be higher (at least $75m).

I'm also wondering how accurate that number can be seeing as Rentrak (& WB) isn't reporting numbers this weekend.