‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Holds Off ‘Total Recall’ For Third Straight Week Atop Box Office
Warner Brothers’ The Dark Knight Rises continues to reign over the box office for a third consecutive week as the superhero pic claimed another $36.4 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic tally to $354.6 million. This trails The Dark Knight, which had already claimed $393 million in the same period.
Meanwhile, Sony’s Total Recall remake, starring Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale, came in at a distant second place with a soft $26 million opening. Costing over $125 million to produce, the movie came on the low end of studio’s expectations as the Olympics continue to take their toll on box office sales.
The Len Wiseman sci-fi pic appealed to an older audience as males made up 58% of the audience and viewers over the age of 30 made up 53%. The film drew a lowly 31% Rotten Tomatoes composite score and earned a “C+” CinemaScore from exit polling. Let’s just state that Colin Farrell is no Arnie!
Family pic Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days also made its debut this past weekend and opened in third place with $14.7 million. It’s a disappointing performance as the previous two installments claimed upward of $22 million during their opening frame. Nonetheless, the movie only cost $22 million for Fox to produce and it won’t hurt the studio’s bottom line.
Wimpy Kid 3 earned an A- CinemaScore from audience and there is hope that it will do well over the coming weeks as the sole family fare before school starts again.
Domestic ticket sales were down 25 percent from the same weekend last year.
Weekend Box Office |
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| 1. Iron Man 3 | $72.5M |
| 2. The Great Gatsby | $51.1M |
| 3. Pain and Gain | $5.0M |
| 4. Tyler Perry Presents Peeples | $4.5M |
| 5. 42 | $4.7M |
| 6. Oblivion | $3.9M |
| 7. The Croods | $3.6M |
| 8. The Big Wedding | $2.5M |
| 9. Mud | $2.3M |
| 10. Oz The Great and Powerful | $0.8M |
14 Comments
Yey for TDKR! Total Recall looks horrible.
I might rent Total Recall but yea, no way I would see it in theater
Making a remake of any Arnie movie is a mistake. He IS the movie! It’s like re-making ‘Rocky’ without Stallone. Dumb move.
Well put Dan. Kinda like Terminator Salvation, a movie that didn’t feel like a Terminator movie at all.
It’s good that TDKR is still #1 and doing well. It’s been a very poor summer to say the least. Not a lot of hits this year but lots of misses including a very bad summer for Taylor Kitsch. 3 flops this year.
Yea. Not much to see in theater. I guess the next one is The Bourne Legacy for me.
Not surprised at all. I actually thought Total Recall would earn less as the theater I was in was almost empty and it was Friday night!
So you actually saw it? Muahaha
He..he.. yeah, my hubby got a 2 for 1 deal so it’s only $5.50 for each of us, so not a terrible waste
It is a similar story on the Uk. I got to a screening a good 15 mins before the lights were going down and found it to be completely sold out. First time that has ever happened to me.
tut tut dan, you know the rules are to be in your seat 30 mins before the trailers
Cool Cool Cool
I am pretty pleased for TDKR.
I never ever thought I’d say this, but I thought Total Recall 2012 was actually decent. Decent…..but not much more than that. It’s true that Colin is no Arnie, but I’d say it wasn’t a bad update overall. It just won’t resonate in the years to come like the classic.
Glad to see TDKR still doing well. And Ted, for fantasy league purposes.
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