Batman is Far From Dark @ the Box Office

I must say that Christian Bale is the most Successful Batman ever. He is cleaning up the cities and small towns, one box office at a time. Pulling in a whopping $155,340,000 and counting. Which is for a weekend, we have yet to see what it does over the life of its box office rampage.

From what was predicted about this summer, I can honestly say that I am not a fortune teller, but the numbers are pretty darn close. With Batman 100 million short of knocking down the mark set for it by Entertainment Weekly and plenty of time to go, I think the success is there and I fear not to say inevitable. Although there are some misses, with Chronicles of Narnia, Speed Racer, and the Hulk Struggling to make back its money. I think with the overall outlook, minus speed racer, we have a success of a summer, that will be one for the books. Sorry Speedy but you just did not cut it in the domestic market.

We will see what happens, the rest of the summer is still here, so I am sure we will see some surprises over the course of the next 4 weeks. So keep your finger crossed and enjoy this summers movie buffet.

Check this weekends stats ( July 18-20 )

Also take a look at the all time Summer list and be the judge of it yourself.

Weekend Box Office :::: May 9-11 2008 (IRON MAN REIGNS SUPREME)

I was over at the Invisible-Cinema, and The Invisible Woman posted the numbers for this past weekend box office. Something of the norm, however it was the comments that inspired my thoughts on this past weekend and American Cinema overall. I am beginning to see a pattern in movies that is far different that of the past.

So here is what I had to say in response to some of the comments:


As far as this past weekend in film, I have much to say, but will keep it short. With two possibilities.

American film audiences are becoming smarter, and are realizing that they will own or purchase the movie if it is of suitable home viewing. They have become complacent in the home video market and spend more time now creating there in home theater systems.

Or

Speed racer sucks so much that it does not matter what it does oversees, it is a piece of garbage hyped up and over worked. Of course they are going to be happy to see the live action version in its native creative atmosphere, but here in the US we require darker not these bright colors. Americans do not like colorized action, we prefer the dark near dramatic variety.

Just an opinion.

I would like to get more feedback and I will fill in the blanks as I keep in eye on Invisible Cinema on this one.