Studios eye box office record

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It’s Raining Remakes. Trade Roughage 7/18/08
Published 7/18/2008 by Christopher Campbell at SpoutBlog
... ?) is now in theaters, and blah blah blah record-breaking theater count blah blah blah possible record-breaking non-holiday weekend gross blah blah blah, as Karina would put it. ...

Batman, ABBA and... Lou Reed? Summer's Biggest Weekend is Upon Us [Defamer Attractions]
Published 7/18/2008 by STV at Defamer
... All that matters anymore are the numbers: Warners is unloading this thing on more than 9,000 screens worldwide, including 4,366 in the US. That's a record, reports Variety, though word on the street is that its 152-minute running time and multiplex competition will keep it from breaking Spider-Man 3's record $151 million opening last year. We're not so sure; $145 million isn't out of question, especially with IMAX screenings sold out literally everywhere and overflow heading into neighboring theaters. ...

Save Paul Dergarabedian! Don’t Go to the Movies This Weekend
Published 7/18/2008 at Vulture
... obvious-restater Paul Dergarabedian, the head of box-office analysis firm Media by Numbers. We've called, with no success, for entertainment reporters to stop depending on Dergarabedian's inane commentary. But we certainly wish the guy no physical harm — which is why we're so alarmed by the story in this morning's Variety speculating that the darkness-and-light one-two punch of The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia! could make this coming weekend the most lucrative in box-office history. What if Variety's right, and the box ...

'Dark Knight' Made More Money At Midnight Than 'Meet Dave' Will Make In 400 Years [Trade Roundup]
Published 7/18/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... (hmm...Meryl Streep and the hook from Madonna's "Hung Up," or Christian Bale shirtless...hmmmmmmm) could end up benefiting everyone, as the weekend is poised to shatter box office records. The Dark Knight already broke the one for midnight screenings. [Variety, ...