The Dark Knight Box Office Comparisons

Box Office For Monday, Jun. 17: (1) Man of Steel $12.6M (2) This Is the End $3.4M (3) Now You See Me $1.5M

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The Dark Knight Opening Comparisons

Lee's Prediction: $146.378 million (3-day) an est. 4350 theaters (marked as

).
The Dark Knight weekend gross: $158.411 million (marked as

Also opening on Jul 18, 2008: Mamma Mia!

$48.745

$100.138$108.436

$135.635$151.117

$40.506

Director and Actor Comparisons (3-day opening weekend, in million $)

Christopher Nolan (dir) The Dark Knight Rises ($160.887), Inception ($62.785), The Prestige ($14.801)
Christian Bale: The Dark Knight Rises ($160.887), The Fighter ($0.320), Public Enemies ($25.272)
Michael Caine: Now You See Me ($29.255), The Dark Knight Rises ($160.887), Journey 2 ($27.335)

Title	Release	First Weekend	Theaters	Adjusted*	Adj. Avg.**

The Dark Knight	2008 Jul 18	$158,411,483	4366	$158,411,483	$36,283
Batman	1989 Jun 23	$40,505,884	2194	$72,890,287	$33,223
Batman & Robin	1997 Jun 27	$42,872,605	2934	$67,064,336	$22,858
Batman Returns	1992 Jun 19	$45,687,710	2644	$79,045,243	$29,896
Batman Begins	2005 Jun 15	$48,745,440	3858	$54,600,976	$14,153
Batman Forever	1995 Jun 16	$52,784,433	2842	$87,124,650	$30,656
X-Men	2000 Jul 14	$54,471,475	3025	$72,561,260	$23,987
Hannibal	2001 Feb 9	$58,003,121	3230	$73,710,161	$22,820
The Phantom Menace	1999 May 19	$64,810,970	2970	$91,964,973	$30,965
Attack of the Clones	2002 May 16	$80,027,814	3161	$99,068,915	$31,341
X2	2003 May 2	$85,558,731	3741	$101,875,902	$27,232
Spider-Man 2	2004 Jun 30	$88,156,227	4152	$101,762,333	$24,509
The Matrix Reloaded	2003 May 15	$91,774,413	3603	$109,276,996	$30,329
Indiana Jones 4	2008 May 22	$100,137,835	4260	$100,137,835	$23,507
X3	2006 May 26	$102,750,665	3690	$112,633,553	$30,524
Revenge of the Sith	2005 May 19	$108,435,841	3661	$121,461,675	$33,177
Pirates of Caribbean 3	2007 May 25	$114,732,820	4362	$119,735,705	$27,450
Spider-Man	2002 May 3	$114,844,116	3615	$142,169,095	$39,328
Pirates of Caribbean 2	2006 Jul 7	$135,634,554	4133	$148,680,320	$35,974
Spider-Man 3	2007 May 4	$151,116,516	4252	$157,705,899	$37,090

* adjusted for ticket prices (calculated in 2008 dollars) ** adjusted per theater gross ("crowdedness")

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About Box Office Comparisons
The box office line represents the potential extremes for 's opening weekend gross. The red notch is Lee's prediction. The red range around Lee's prediction represents the median average percent off of 500+ opening weekend predictions using abs(prediction - actual) / prediction. The actual opening weekend gross fell within the range 50% of the time. (1 pixel = approximately $221,221)

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