Posted on August 10th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Several box office number crunchers predicted yesterday that The Dark Knight would top new release Pineapple Express on its way to leading the box office for the 4th weekend in a row. As of Sunday, it appears Batman has pulled it off $26 million to $22.4.
It makes a good headline but it’s meaningless.
Had Pineapple Express [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the news in the last 24 hours or so.
The LA Times speculates on whether The Dark Knight will surpass Titanic’s hallowed $600.8 million domestic box office mark, but unless you account for inflation (ticket prices averaged $4.69 in 1998 compared to an expected $7 this year), it doesn’t [...]
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Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Though I make a point of not talking about box office totals, it’s kind of impossible to avoid talking about what’s going on with The Dark Knight this weekend. In this case, the numbers are interesting for a few reasons and they also allow me to continue procrastinating my review.
For one thing, the totals are [...]
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