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Author Topic: Weekend of 7/18 should be huge Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-17-2008 09:40 PM                     With all the attention being paid to DARK KNIGHT, don't forget that MOMMA MIA is also opening, and that will bring in an entirely different crowd then the Batman. Look for lots of middle aged women to turn out for this one. I think it will be much like the crowd that attended Hairspray. Also, I would expect HELLBOY to have a decent showing. While MOMMA MIA won't do DK's business, it should still be very respectable. Best of luck out there. Looks like a very profitable weekend ahead! As for me, I plan on catching the new Hunter Thompson documentary. I'll wait awhile until Batman settles down.  |  IP: Logged Michael Hossen Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 07-19-2008 10:40 AM                        Mamma Mia only opened this week in the US? We have had it for 3 weeks. It's been pretty popular lately, we sold out a session yesterday, to my amazement.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 07-19-2008 04:15 PM                     Mamma Mia opened in the UK last weekend and it's been doing very good business all week. And it's been strong so far for it's second weekend. Next weekend should be good in the UK. Dark Knight is opening and expecting strong with WALL-E on it's 2nd week and the ongoing good business of Mamma Mia.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-19-2008 06:51 PM                     quote: Michael Hossen We have had it for 3 weeks. It only seems like 3 weeks. Australia is in fact in week 2.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 07-20-2008 10:16 PM                     155m opening weekend for Dark Night in the US. That's impressive. What did the first one do?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-20-2008 10:43 PM                        "Batman Begins" opened on a Wednesday and did around $75 mil for the FIVE days. So this one was super-impressive even considering increased ticket prices.  |  IP: Logged Jaime Tuzzio Film Handler Posts: 50 From: Salem, OR, USA Registered: Apr 2008 posted 07-20-2008 10:44 PM                 $48.7 (three-day). I don't see $75 million listed anywhere. $48.7 is what I see and only one place points out that it was a long weekend and lists $48.7 as a three-day total (not counting Wed & Thur?). Edit: Jul 15-16 (Wed&Thur): $24.2 Jul 17-19 (Fri-Sun): $48.7 Total five-day: $72.9 million  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-20-2008 10:54 PM                        I wonder how much less TDK would have made if Heath Ledger was still alive. I guarantee it would have been less that $155 million. I bet it still would have done significantly better than Batman Begins, though.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-21-2008 12:21 AM                     People probably wouldn't have been talking about "Oscar buzz" weeks before the release if he were alive as well.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-21-2008 02:52 AM                        In terms of dollars, this was Hollywood's best weekend ever. quote: Hollywood set an overall revenue record of $253 million for a three-day weekend, beating the $218.4 million haul over the weekend of July 7, 2006, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. CNN.com article on the weekend box office  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 07-21-2008 04:56 PM                     Mamma Mia! was indeed the perfect compliment to Dark Knight. The older ladies leaving it were gushing just as much as the crowd leaving Dark Knight, so it may have some legs as well. What a weekend is right. Although the concessions sales were anemic for the midnight shows, Saturday and Sunday people ate like they were starving. And all of us are right in the middle of every water-cooler conversation in the world. Fantastic!  |  IP: Logged

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