Box Office Mojo reports that
Dark Shadows made $550,000 from midnight showings, putting it on course for an opening weekend of $35 - $40 million.
Marvel's The Avengers (it's main competition) is expected to reach anywhere between $75 million and $100 million domestically. The above projections may in fact be a little high as
John Carter and
Think Like a Man made a similar amount during midnight showings and ended up grossing less than $35 million in total. However, the Tim Burton helmed film is also opening internationally this weekend (where
The Avengers has already been on release for over two weeks) and should perform fairly well. Stay tuned to CBM this evening for my review of
Dark Shadows.
STARRING:
Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins
Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard,
Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins
Chloë Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard
Gulliver McGrath as David Collins
Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis
RELEASE DATE: May 11th, 2012.
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