The final entry in director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, still in 4,242 theaters, has been No. 1 since opening on July 20. It has grossed $354 million in North America for Warner Bros., $570 million worldwide.
“Total Recall” grossed $9.2 million on its first day and looks on pace for a three-day total of around $27 million. Colin Farrell stars in Sony’s remake of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi classic, which is playing in 3,601 theaters.
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The showing of the top two films were in line with expectations, but the overall box office may still be feeling the effects of the Olympics and fallout from the Colorado shootings. It’s on a pace nearly 25 percent down from the same frame last year, when “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” drove the weekend with a $54 million opening.
Fox's tween-targeting “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days,” the weekend’s other wide opener, brought in $6 million Friday and will likely wind up with around $17 million for the three days.
Two other Fox films, “Ice Age: Continental Drift” and “The Watch," are battling for fourth place, on pace for weekends of $8 million and $6 million respectively.
Universal’s comedy “Ted” crossed the $200 million overall domestic gross mark in its sixth week and is looking at $5.5 million for the three days.
Summit's "Step Up Revolution" is on track to make $5.3 million in its second week.
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“Dark Knight Rises” will take a third-week victory lap at the North American box office this weekend say industry analysts, who predict a $37 million three-day haul. But the focus will be on the “Total Recall” remake starring Colin Farrell.
Sony, buoyed by a late surge in tracking, is looking for its redo of the 1990 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger to open at $30 million or a little lower. The analysts, who set their projections earlier, see it bowing at around $23 million. That's dangerously close to the weekend’s other wide opener, Fox’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days,” pegged for $21 million.
Hard to imagine Arnold getting beat up by a wimpy kid, isn’t it? That's part of the intrigue going into the weekend, in which neither the Olympics' second weekend nor the lingering effects of the Colorado shootings aftermath are expected to be much of a factor.
The creative team and the marketing department at Sony faced the same conundrum with “Total Recall” all movie re-dos deal with: How do you offer a take fresh enough to attract new moviegoers without alienating devoted fans of the original?
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It can be done. Fox scored with last summer’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” which opened to $54 million in the U.S."
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