Looks like Mummy only dropped off a bit from Friday. However, there's another report going around saying that TDK beat out Mummy by a score of 45 to 42.5. We'll have to see what happens when the actuals come out. Regardless, this is going to be close.

And THANK GOD Wall-E got over the $200m mark.

I think The Dark Knight will be next week number 1 since there will be no competition on the box office next week

Since when is Pineapple Express not competition?

The one thing that might hold PE back is the fact that it's coming out on a Wednesday. The same could be said for Tropic Thunder, but, by that point, TDK will be in its fifth weekend, and PE will have been out for over a week, so it should be no problem for Thunder.

^ Pineapple Express's writer is the one that made the The 40 Year-Old Virgin and knocked up? i've just realized.. It means that will be a competition between them.. But i hope The Dark Knight will taken the number 1 spot..

But its having a very mediocre overseas run....Kung Fu Panda smashed it in a lot of countries...

BATMAN RULES AGAIN! 'The Dark Knight' finishes the weekend with $44.8M, down just 40%; 'Mummy 3' huge overseas, but just $42.5M domestic! 'Step Brothers' is a strong #3 with $15.5M! 'Swing Vote' a non-starter for Costner with $7M!

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) will wrap up the weekend with $42.5M, well behind industry expectation, which were for $50M+. Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight scored another $44.8M, pushing the Batman Begins sequel to $395.88M domestic.

Industry execs continue shaking their heads and saying that they have never seen anything like The Dark Knight. The film got a nice 37% bounce on Saturday, and I am standing by my projection of $480M domestic, which would make it the #2 grossing US movie of all-time, trailing only Titanic.

For The Mummy 3, despite a less-than-spectacular stateside start, it opened in 28 overseas territories with an estimated $59M. That is a bigger number than either of the 2 previous Mummy films managed in the same foreign markets. It should also be pointed out that Tomb of the Dragon Emperor will easily exceed $100M+ domestic (probably $125M-$135M) and the worldwide number should approach $400M.

http://news.fantasymoguls.com/origin...-friday-3.html

Now THAT was unexpected.........

The Dark Knight

The international boxoffice is behind by about 3 weeks, and Wall E hasn't opened up in a lot of countries yet.

*fanboy technicality moment*

actually, Pineapple Express was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the same team who wrote Superbad. Judd Apatow, who co-wrote 40YOV, wrote Knocked Up and directed both, is only a producer on it (with a story credit).

I think Pineapple Express should get quite a bit of money. The awareness for it is very high (23 thousand fans on Facebook), good reviews, and the movie is ****ing brilliant (saw it last Thursday). Moving it from Friday was a great decision in that it's now a full week before Tropic Thunder, and it's not out the same day as the Olympics starting up.

when it's all said and done, I see it ending up with around $105-110 mill, and then making a killing on DVD. very profitable for a movie that cost only $25 mill to make.

I just read an article from the yahoo movie page and it said that Wall E has taken in $95 million overseas so far.

oh i wanna read! can i get a link?

The Dark Knight now holds 27 records! It's officically over the $400 mark.

TDK owns the UNIVERSE.

TDK was amazing and I'm glad it's receiving the success it rightfully deserves.

i like how TDK crossed 400 million in 18 days, while Sherk 2, in second place, took more than double that and took 43 days! TDk has practically no competition...TDK for 525 illion BAR MINIMUM PLEASE! EVERYONE GO WATCH IT! dont go illegal when you can make the movie EPIC

Hell yeah!!!

Is' gonna be a photo-finish this weekend I think..........PE has a solid fan base but its theme is unlikely to appeal to many people like Superbad.

Im going to go see Batman again!! Best movie in YEARS!!

^ hands down!

this is Just for fun



'Dark Knight' Soars Past $400 Million
by Brandon Gray
August 6, 2008


On its 18th day of release, The Dark Knight sprinted past the $400 million mark, shattering yet another record in its amazing run. Shrek 2 was previously the fastest to the milestone, hitting the mark in 43 days. By day 19, the Batman juggernaut tallied $405.7 million and eclipsed the final gross of the vaunted Spider-Man, though it's still a ways off in admissions.

Over the weekend, The Dark Knight raked in $42.7 million, topping the chart for the third time in a row. Its 43 percent drop was about the same as Batman Begins and that picture was performing at a fraction of the level. Included in Dark Knight's weekend was an estimated $3.9 million from 94 IMAX sites, which was down 17 percent, and the format now accounts for around six percent of the movie's total gross. One record that was not achieved, however, was biggest third weekend. Spider-Man still holds that title with $45 million.



What makes The Dark Knight all the more impressive is that it will soon overtake Batman of 1989 as the most attended picture of the franchise. Adjusted for ticket price inflation, Batman would equal nearly $450 million today, and, more often than not, it's the first movie of a major franchise that's the most popular from Star Wars to Spider-Man to Harry Potter. What's more, Dark Knight's immediate predecessor, Batman Begins, made $205.3 million (or around $227 million adjusted), and Dark Knight's improvement on that picture is heretofore unheard of in the realm of blockbusters.

The weekend also saw the resurrection of the dusty Mummy franchise. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor outdrew Dark Knight on Friday but unraveled at a faster rate (as is increasingly the norm for big summer movies in their first weekends) to wind up with a solid $40.5 million on approximately 6,200 screens at 3,760 locations. In terms of admissions, it was by far the series' smallest start as the first Mummy's opening would equal over $60 million today and The Mummy Returns' would be around $85 million, adjusted for ticket price inflation.

It's been over seven years since the last Mummy movie, not counting The Scorpion King spin-off, and while the franchise's attempt at computer-generated Indiana Jones-type adventure stood out back then, there have been the Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure movies not to mention the latest Indiana Jones and Journey to the Center of the Earth and other hyper-spectacles since, diluting the impact of the new Mummy's offering of more of the same. The China setting was intended to shake things up, but that country is not iconic for mummies like the first two movies' Egypt. According to distributor Universal Pictures' research, 56 percent of Tomb of the Dragon Emperor's audience was over 25 years old and 52 percent was male, while 94 percent had seen the first Mummy and 93 percent the second Mummy.

The weekend's other new nationwide release, Swing Vote, struck out with a meager $6.2 million at 2,213 locations. Political comedy generally isn't the stuff of blockbusters, but this picture had a below par start.

Among holdovers, Step Brothers stocked $16.5 million, down 47 percent in its second weekend. The drop was slightly better than most Will Ferrell comedies, and the movie has grossed a sturdy $68.4 million in 12 days, which is inline with Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy through the same point in terms of attendance.

Mamma Mia! continued to be a super trouper, easing 29 percent over the weekend to $12.6 million and its total rose to $91.8 million in 19 days. By comparison, Hairspray fell 42 percent on the same weekend last year and grossed less. Also holding well were Journey to the Center of the Earth, off 31 percent, and Wall-E, which was down 28 percent and crossed the $200 million mark.

On the other hand, The X-Files: I Want to Believe collapsed 66 percent in its second weekend to an anemic $3.4 million. With $17.9 million in 12 days, the second adaptation of the paranormal television series has sold about as many tickets as the first X-Files did in its opening day.