BOX OFFICE: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES And TOTAL RECALL To Battle For #1 This Weekend

BOX OFFICE: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES And TOTAL RECALL To Battle For #1 This Weekend

Well, it's fair to say that not many people will have seen this coming! Despite analysts predicting yesterday that Total Recall looked set to hit the #3 spot at the North American box office, VERY early estimates now have it as going head-to-head with The Dark Knight Rises for #1.

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By JoshWilding - Aug 03, 2012 01:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: Deadline


Deadline reports that Len Wiseman's Total Recall remake looks set to give The Dark Knight Rises a run for its money at the North America box office this weekend as matinee trends indicate that the weekend will pan out far differently than previously reported (read details on that by clicking HERE). Total Recall is on course to gross between $9.5 million - $12.5 millon today and $26 million - $32 million for the weekend (that's an awful lot higher than the prediction which had it on course for a paltry $20 million opening for third place behind Diary Of A Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days). Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan's epic finale to his Batman trilogy is predicted to have a weekend total of $27 million - $33 million. A slightly better estimate, but a VERY close contest between the two films.

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ironknight
ironknight - 8/3/2012, 1:26 PM
Um TDKR is PG-13.
ksommer
ksommer - 8/3/2012, 1:28 PM
So, just like every other box office article, we don't know yet do we? :)
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 8/3/2012, 1:41 PM
Batman better win.
2010warmachine
2010warmachine - 8/3/2012, 1:48 PM
no brainer
Sabconth
Sabconth - 8/3/2012, 1:49 PM
Those estimates for Total Recall are still horrible for a film that cost $200 million to make.
santoanderson
santoanderson - 8/3/2012, 1:52 PM
I found the original Total Recall on Blu Ray for $5 at Walmart a couple weeks ago. The old movie is better, and owning it is cheaper than the cost of admission to the new one.
GreenHalJordan
GreenHalJordan - 8/3/2012, 1:53 PM
But so is the Total Recall remake (PG-13 i mean)
dnno1
dnno1 - 8/3/2012, 1:55 PM
@Azazel1, that sounds like a slap at Batman.
ULTIMOSPIDER
ULTIMOSPIDER - 8/3/2012, 1:59 PM
Welcome to the Party Richter !!!
ULTIMOSPIDER
ULTIMOSPIDER - 8/3/2012, 2:00 PM
Hey Dnno1....do you think that was a slap at Batman too? You goof !!!
Mysterion
Mysterion - 8/3/2012, 2:01 PM
Colin Farrell took a 2-3 year hiatus from Hollywood after a string of sh*tty movies, looks another hiatus is in the near future for him.
Sabconth
Sabconth - 8/3/2012, 2:03 PM
@ULTIMOSPIDER

I think you mean: Welcome to da pahty victah!
BarnaclePete
BarnaclePete - 8/3/2012, 2:03 PM
Isn't just reporting the final numbers enough? Do people really care this much to want to know projects three weeks in?
santoanderson
santoanderson - 8/3/2012, 2:05 PM
"Hope it doesn't suck too bad."

No joke, I've spoken with three other people who said the same thing before Total Recall. The studio should just put that at the end of the trailers: "Total Recall: Let's Hope it Doesn't Suck Too Bad".
Supes17
Supes17 - 8/3/2012, 2:10 PM

lol
Mysterion
Mysterion - 8/3/2012, 2:10 PM
My brother who works at the movie theater saw Total Recall already and said its a good popcorn action movie, just like the first one....
Supes17
Supes17 - 8/3/2012, 2:10 PM
Batman Does NOT like the sound of this...
Ruin818
Ruin818 - 8/3/2012, 2:11 PM
I give Total Recall "2 weeeks" before it stops grossing at all.
Sabconth
Sabconth - 8/3/2012, 2:14 PM
TheBigBoss917
TheBigBoss917 - 8/3/2012, 2:14 PM
Ashes2Phoenix
Ashes2Phoenix - 8/3/2012, 2:16 PM
Hey guys ! I put together a Dark knight Trilogy Tribute ! Check it out if you have a moment !

Darkknight23
Darkknight23 - 8/3/2012, 2:21 PM
Fire the analysts!
Sabconth
Sabconth - 8/3/2012, 2:26 PM
@Ashes2Phoenix

That was really fu*king good!

Nice balance between all 3 films and the chant over the ending was superb.
Bodwulf
Bodwulf - 8/3/2012, 2:32 PM
The "In Name Onlys"
RamonSuarez
RamonSuarez - 8/3/2012, 2:33 PM
Why do people continue to put stock in the predictions?

They are so consistently wrong.

I'll wait for the ACTUAL numbers to come in.
126thst
126thst - 8/3/2012, 2:36 PM
this movie will crash and burn.
UrbanKnight
UrbanKnight - 8/3/2012, 2:38 PM
If i hear its about as good as the OG one ill watch it.
If not its a rental.
TheBigBoss917
TheBigBoss917 - 8/3/2012, 2:45 PM
@Godzillafart What? by that logic Transoformers 2 is "better" than Spider Man 2
RamonSuarez
RamonSuarez - 8/3/2012, 2:49 PM
Seeing remakes like and Robocop this make me sad. They are cynical money grabs to cash in on previous ideas with minimal work.

The original Verhoven Total Recall was very raw and R-rated. It had style and even managed to make aspects of Phillip K. Dick's work about the illusory nature of "reality" accessible to mainstream audiences without going off the rail in a typical Phillip K. Dick way.

This just looks like a watered down PG version with nothing special to add to the original. Its like an artist who traces around a previous masterpiece and takes credit for the replicated sketch.
RamonSuarez
RamonSuarez - 8/3/2012, 2:50 PM
@TheBigBoss917

You do realize that the IGN poll wasn't dealing with a substantive or representative sample size, right?
Sabconth
Sabconth - 8/3/2012, 3:01 PM
@Yossarian



@Godzillafart

I suppose you're right, if they had another question asking which movies people preferred the results would probably be much closer.

Still doesn't change the fact that most users on the site thought TDKR had the better story and villain. Although those things aren't as important to everyone.
WaffeX
WaffeX - 8/3/2012, 3:11 PM
The Budget of Total Recall is 125 million dollar and not 200 million

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=totalrecall2012.htm
IrfonW
IrfonW - 8/3/2012, 3:16 PM
If total recall beats batman, it looks unlikely to make a billion?
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