BOX OFFICE: Warner Bros. Release Official Figures For THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

BOX OFFICE: Warner Bros. Release Official Figures For THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

It appears as if the tragic shooting at a Colorado movie theatre during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises had a big impact on the domestic box office gross of the threequel. However, it still had the third highest opening weekend ever. Hit the jump for the figures.

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By JoshWilding - Jul 23, 2012 02:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: Twitter (@ERCboxoffice)


Warner Bros. and several other box office tracking agencies decided not to release box office figures over the weekend as a sign of respect to those affected by the shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Unsurprisingly, this tragic event clearly put off many moviegoers in North America as The Dark Knight Rises made a domestic total of $160,887,295 (quite a way off the estimated $180+ million figures thrown around by analysts last week). Regardless, this still gives Christopher Nolan's epic finale the third highest opening weekend ever, below Marvel's The Avengers and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and above The Dark Knight and The Hunger Games. It earned $75.7 million on Friday, $44.9 million on Saturday and $40.2 million on Sunday. Meanwhile, it opened to $88 million internationally from 17 markets (it opens in another 40 next weekend) which included $22.5 million from the UK, $15.7 million from Korea and $15.5 million from Australia. That gives it a current worldwide cume of $248.9 million. The Dark Knight Rises has received an 'A' CinemaScore rating from audiences and you can read my 5* review of the film by clicking HERE.







Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ "The Dark Knight Rises" is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on “Batman Begins” and the record-breaking blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.


STARRING:

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine as Alfred
Gary Oldman as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Tom Hardy as Bane
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake
Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate
Josh Pence as Ra's Al Ghul

RELEASE DATE: July 20th, 2012


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JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 7/23/2012, 2:17 PM
Still good, could've been better.
Jordanstine
Jordanstine - 7/23/2012, 2:20 PM
The Dark Knight Rises

Total = $160,887,295

Friday $75,754,897
Saturay $44,931,966
Sunday $40,200,432

What's surprising is that if you take away Friday's midnight number ($30 million), Friday basically is the same number as Saturday.

Too bad no one is ever going to know how much Rises would've done without the shooting, just like no one would ever know how TDK would've done without Ledger's death.
blvdnoise
blvdnoise - 7/23/2012, 2:21 PM
I saw it twice.. Such a great film. It's just not fair.
ksommer
ksommer - 7/23/2012, 2:23 PM
3rd all time is still amazing. That being said, I don't think anything will beat $207 Million until Avengers 2.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 7/23/2012, 2:24 PM
Cool!! Wish it could have been better, just because it was such a great film.
musashi
musashi - 7/23/2012, 2:25 PM
We'll never know what kind of impact the tragedy had on TDKR. 160million is very impressive.
ksommer
ksommer - 7/23/2012, 2:25 PM
I also think that this might be an indicator that the reason why TDK was so impressive (BO wise) is because of the Joker, a more recognizable villian.
Cth
Cth - 7/23/2012, 2:25 PM
"We'll never be able to know how much money this tragedy cost Warner Bros.," Exhibitor Relations box-office analyst Jeff Bock said Monday. "I think it's safe to say it [would've made] $15 million-$20 million more if that had never happened."
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 7/23/2012, 2:26 PM
@ksommer Yeah, I think Avengers 2 will beat Avengers. Tickets will probably be $0.50-1.00 more than it is now when that comes out.
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 7/23/2012, 2:29 PM
@Vegaking stop talking
third3ye
third3ye - 7/23/2012, 2:30 PM
The film will make up the lost revenue from the shooting scare over time, this should still be the #4 movie globally after its run. Shame that it took about a $20M hit from the shooting tragedy to take away some of the opening weekend thunder but the movie will do fine in the long run.
stevengil
stevengil - 7/23/2012, 2:30 PM
I wonder if folks will come out to see the film in the coming weeks. My wife and I saw the movie this weekend. But we still need to take our 2 children who were gone for the weekend. But I basically had to drag my wife to go because she was stuck to the TV watching the shooting coverage.
Gottostophate
Gottostophate - 7/23/2012, 2:30 PM
Vegakingblade wow you just want to piss people off dont you. Look what you say about BO it clear you just spiten shit to make people mad. You pathetic man
ksommer
ksommer - 7/23/2012, 2:31 PM
Since we are talking box office, I could see Marvel re-releasing Avengers a month before Avengers 2 to try and top Titanic and to build more hype.
Xandera
Xandera - 7/23/2012, 2:31 PM
It did pretty good, all things considered...




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Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 7/23/2012, 2:32 PM
It did fine, although attendance-wise it did less than The Dark Knight... I'm sure that's largely due to the tragedy, but actually improving beyond TDK's attendance with Bane as the marquee match up was always a long shot.

Now it's about $455m behind The Avengers domestic total... Are there people who still believe it can make up that difference and take the year's box office crown? Personally, I think it's going to have an uphill battle to hit $450m total, let alone in addition to this opening.
Cth
Cth - 7/23/2012, 2:32 PM
Look up who Exhibitor Relations are first, then please come back to the thread, ok?
LOL
LOL - 7/23/2012, 2:32 PM
thatcoldblackcloud
thatcoldblackcloud - 7/23/2012, 2:33 PM
---> "...and you can read my 5* review of the film by clicking HERE. "

LOL...SHAMELESS.
marantaz
marantaz - 7/23/2012, 2:33 PM
No, actually, I think those numbers fall right in line with what was to be expected. Lots of tickets were sold in advance (remember the stories predicting it was outpacing The Avengers in pre-sales?), and the only place that didn't show the movie after the shooting was the theatre in Aurora, as far as I know, so this is about what I expected it to do. I don't think the shooting had much impact at all. I think Ledger's death (and performance) had a greater impact. How much it drops in the next two weeks be the real story.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 7/23/2012, 2:33 PM
Oh, and again... Spidey plunged 68% this weekend. That's huge. He slammed into a Bat shaped brick wall.
FilmsFan
FilmsFan - 7/23/2012, 2:34 PM
Its a Phenomenal film!

A great great experience!

It'll be HUGE eventually!
Without shooting, Avengers record was in serious danger!

Still it's great & as movie is so great & got great reviews & audience reception; it'll do great!!
Jordanstine
Jordanstine - 7/23/2012, 2:35 PM
@ERCboxoffice

In 332 IMAX theatres, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES rang up $19,011,476 which is $57,263 per.

So in other words, TDKR did $141.9 million without IMAX.
ksommer
ksommer - 7/23/2012, 2:35 PM
@Chewtoy, I don't think it's possible for TDKR to match the 600 million plus. I think it should be happy with $450m domestic. I think it's going to not have the legs that TDK had, it doesn't have as big of critical acclaim.
DraculaX
DraculaX - 7/23/2012, 2:36 PM
Avengers held the biggest box office opening of all time

TDKR held the biggest 2D box office opening of all time.

Either way, we all win.
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/23/2012, 2:37 PM
it might have a better second week than the first.
superotherside
superotherside - 7/23/2012, 2:37 PM
Glad it's doing so well, now WB can get serious and make more films on other heroes. Oh but bring on a rebooted Batman!
DraculaX
DraculaX - 7/23/2012, 2:38 PM
It was a team up movie vs a solo movie. Go figure. If anything from DC would have a chance at breaking the box office is a Justice League or Batman/Superman movie.
SandMan101
SandMan101 - 7/23/2012, 2:38 PM
I think the only movie that will beat the avengers record will be the justice league movie!! FTW
LOL
LOL - 7/23/2012, 2:39 PM
@FilmsFan... A film is a film. The shooting was already beyond the Avengers vs TDKR box money idiocy when lives have been wasted. Who cares about who did better in box office winnings when some people won't be able to get their lives back together because of what happened. Both movies were good, just enjoy them for what they are, enough said.
kirynthemighty
kirynthemighty - 7/23/2012, 2:41 PM
me personally i totally agree with Vegakingblade. All that shit is pure speculation. It maybe had an impact and if it did I seriously doubt it was $20 f$*&ing million. Instead of making excuses and getting but hurt about facts you should be proud of TDKR making $160+ million on opening, thats a hell of a feat, why shit all over it with making excuses. say good job Nolan on making an impressive $160 million opening weekend. Jesus and drop the Avengers BS too. I am so sick of the comparison i could freakin vomit. STFU and enjoy the movies and be glad they're making that kind of change so we can enjoy more movies in the future.
IrfonW
IrfonW - 7/23/2012, 2:42 PM
You guys do realise the film has the third highest opening ever?

That's not bad at all
Greengo
Greengo - 7/23/2012, 2:43 PM
Friday 7pm showing @ IMAX was sold out and when I went it had empty seats.

I think it had a $30million impact. But that's just a guess/opinion.
AsianVersionOfET
AsianVersionOfET - 7/23/2012, 2:43 PM
This movie will be remembered for ages.
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/23/2012, 2:43 PM
its all about the numbers,the numbers we should be thinking about are 12 & 59.
Greengo
Greengo - 7/23/2012, 2:43 PM
Good point @ marvel72- now go watch it!
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 7/23/2012, 2:43 PM
@Vegaking what happened to those other 4 or 5 posts you had bashing others agreeing that the shooting had an effect? Oh yeah, you deleted them. Good move. Pretty sure we've all heard your opinion on the matter already. No need to keep saying it over and over again.
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