Hollywood studios withhold box-office results after Colorado theater shooting

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Guardian

Hollywood studios withhold box-office results after Colorado theater shooting

Distributors will wait until Monday to report weekend's income to avoid appearance of boasting amid tragedy

In the aftermath of the Colorado shooting during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, Hollywood studios banded together to withhold box-office reporting through the weekend, while Warner Bros frantically rushed to remove a movie trailer with now eerie relevance.

While the weekend is usually Hollywood's time to peddle its flashy offerings and tout its millions in box office, the second day of release for The Dark Knight Rises was anything but business as usual following the Aurora, Colorado, shootings that killed 12 and wounded 58 at a Friday midnight showing of the new Batman film.

"Words cannot express the horror that I feel," Christian Bale, who stars as the caped crusader in the film, said in a statement. "I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them."

All of the major studios in Hollywood said Saturday they were joining Dark Knight Rises distributor Warner Bros in withholding their box-office numbers for the weekend. Sony, Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal and Lionsgate followed Warner Bros' lead in forgoing the usual revenue report until Monday out of respect for the victims and their families.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/22/hollywood-box-office-colorado-shooting

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Hollywood trade publications Variety and Hollywood Reporter reported estimates of roughly $75m to $77m for the film on Friday, based on box-office insiders. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

[MinneapolisMatt]

1. My hat is off to Hollywood...

...they've handled this so very well. Very sensitive.

[may3rd]

2. Hollywoodland should hit the reset button

JMO

Everybodys a dreamer and everybodys a star
And everybodys in show biz, it doesnt't't matter who you are.

And those who are successful,
Be always on your guard,
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along hollywood boulevard.

I wish my life was a non-stop hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Great Kinks track that one.

Nice picture of Maureen O'Hara too. She's still alive - there's hope yet.

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. There's no way to analyze these results fairly from an industry perspective

If I read correctly, two fairly large overseas markets delayed the opening of "Dark Knight" until next week.