As we all know, the money men in Hollywood aren’t perfect. Sometimes they pay for movies that should never be made. Sometimes they pay too much for movies that should be made cheaply. Sometimes they estimate a record breaking weekend gross for The Dark Knight only to have to eat their words on Monday when the final numbers come out and the record is even higher than they thought.
That’s right. We, along with everyone else in the world, reported that The Dark Knight broke the weekend box office gross record with an estimated weekend gross of $155.3M this past weekend. But stop inscribing those trophy plates because the final numbers have come out and it looks like we’ll be adding about $3M to that total.
The problem with the guestimating was with Sunday. Most movies are pretty easy to figure out since they follow a pretty straightforward (though complicated) pattern of drop-offs depending on how much they do on Friday and Saturday. Since they release the estimates on Sunday before the actual numbers come in, they aren’t always perfect. For instance, when people really talk up a movie like they did with The Dark Knight they really have no idea how many people will go see the film on Sunday for sure. So they don’t really know how well the film will do.
In the case of The Dark Knight, the studio underestimated Sunday sales. They had expected and estimated that the film would do about $39.4M on Sunday but it actually had sales of $43.6M which will end up giving The Dark Knight the record for one day Sunday sales (beating Spider-Man 3 which had the record at $39.9M).
So, what is the final tally. Well, the final record breaking number for the weekend gross of The Dark Knight is $158.4M.
Gee, is there any chance they’ll be doing another one?
Well not only that, but also add another record to the Dark Knight for the Sunday total… =)
They'd better do another one, or I might kill someone
Thank God… I was worried that $155M wasn't enough for everyone… now I can take a deep breath of relief.
Mo or Jason, whats the current global tally? Any idea?
It did $41 million worldwide, so we're looking at $199 million right now.
And strangely, it looks like it was only released in Australia, Brazil and Mexico.
Thats odd it wasnt a global simultaneous release…
Thats odd it wasnt a global simultaneous release…
Us Brits have to wait until Friday for our Bat-Fix. It's just not fair.
Unless you work in a cinema, like I do, in which case you can get to see it tomorrow.
HOORAY!
Us Brits have to wait until Friday for our Bat-Fix. It's just not fair.
Unless you work in a cinema, like I do, in which case you can get to see it tomorrow.
HOORAY!
I think you are gonna love it!
I think you are gonna love it!
Yeah - it made all it's money back and then some in 3 days - crazy.
Yeah - it made all it's money back and then some in 3 days - crazy.
that's pretty cool that you get it a week early…
that's pretty cool that you get it a week early…
If you were a true fan you would have hopped on a plane to be in the States on July 18th to see it opening night. But NO! I guess some people just don't care about their Superhero movies.
If you were a true fan you would have hopped on a plane to be in the States on July 18th to see it opening night. But NO! I guess some people just don't care about their Superhero movies.
July 18th Rocks!!
July 18th Rocks!!
How cool you get to see it earlier than your fellow mates… some bragging rights for sure!!
How cool you get to see it earlier than your fellow mates… some bragging rights for sure!!