8:00 am - 07/21/2012
Warner Bros., the studio behind “The Dark Knight Rises,” has decided to not report box office figures for the movie until Monday in the wake of the shooting rampage in Colorado at a screening of the film.
A gunman wearing a gas mask and clad in body armor opened fire in a theater packed for a showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” around 12:38 a.m. on Friday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 58 others. Police arrested the alleged shooter, James E. Holmes, a 24-year-old graduate student in neuroscience at the University of Colorado Denver.
Typically blockbuster films release information on how many millions of dollars a movie has grossed–and any records the project may have broken–every day of the first weekend of release, and sometimes longer.
A few hours ago, Warner Bros. released this statement: “Out of respect for the victims and their families, Warner Bros. Pictures will not be reporting box office numbers for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ throughout the weekend. Box office numbers will be released on Monday.”
Warner Bros. has released the following statement to E! News:
"Due to the tragic events in Aurora, Colorado, Warner Bros. Pictures has cancelled the previously scheduled personal appearances by the cast and filmmakers in Mexico and Japan on behalf of The Dark Knight Rises. However, in an effort not to disappoint the dedicated fans of the film, we will proceed with our previously scheduled special screenings for invited guests and promotional winners."
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"TDKR" Box Office Gross Delayed + Red Carpet Premieres Cancelled
Warner Bros., the studio behind “The Dark Knight Rises,” has decided to not report box office figures for the movie until Monday in the wake of the shooting rampage in Colorado at a screening of the film.
A gunman wearing a gas mask and clad in body armor opened fire in a theater packed for a showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” around 12:38 a.m. on Friday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 58 others. Police arrested the alleged shooter, James E. Holmes, a 24-year-old graduate student in neuroscience at the University of Colorado Denver.
Typically blockbuster films release information on how many millions of dollars a movie has grossed–and any records the project may have broken–every day of the first weekend of release, and sometimes longer.
A few hours ago, Warner Bros. released this statement: “Out of respect for the victims and their families, Warner Bros. Pictures will not be reporting box office numbers for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ throughout the weekend. Box office numbers will be released on Monday.”
Warner Bros. has released the following statement to E! News:
"Due to the tragic events in Aurora, Colorado, Warner Bros. Pictures has cancelled the previously scheduled personal appearances by the cast and filmmakers in Mexico and Japan on behalf of The Dark Knight Rises. However, in an effort not to disappoint the dedicated fans of the film, we will proceed with our previously scheduled special screenings for invited guests and promotional winners."
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Edited at 2012-07-21 02:02 pm (UTC)
They had mad cops all over the Plano Cinemark though but still didn't stop me from being a little panicked.
I mean, if anything, now is the safest time to go to the movies. There is police presence and some places are even checking bags.
he shouldn't have the power of scaring people out of seeing the movie.
i'm still going in the opening week
Edited at 2012-07-21 02:04 pm (UTC)
there have been other ones in europe already- there was one in spain the same night as the london premiere (lol awkward since all the stars were in london)
Just sad.
Other families get to grieve their loved ones on the date of death but celebrate them on their birthdays. But no, the killer had to take even that from Alex Sullivan's family.
I felt stupid because I don't know him, but my heart just broke for his family. Seeing his father so desperate to find him and now knowing what happened, I just cried.
i went to an 8 o'clock showing last night- it was playing at staggered times on three different screens at my theatre -and they were all sold out through an 11 o'clock showing- and my screen was packed. a guy in my row made the observation that some people have a 'don't let the terrorists win' mentality about it.
also, as we talked about a lot in the threads yesterday, it is unnerving to sit through that scene, and the entire theatre was on edge through that point, but there was a great sense of camaraderie (i felt).
I feel like anything could happen to anyone, anywhere. You just never know. But that doesn't mean you have to stop living or doing things you enjoy. I feel like if this horrible incident stops people from going to the movies, then this guy got what he wanted and more in my opinion :-/
People were very much 'can't let the terrorists win' then too, the only sign anything was different was the bullet hole in the wall next to my table.
Eta: I will still see it in the cinema though, just in a few weeks instead of tomorrow night like I was going to.
Edited at 2012-07-21 02:46 pm (UTC)
When a bomb exploded here in a big mall, I avoided malls for about a month.
but then again, I hate going to see the movies in general, especially when it's a packed theater.
i know one thing though, i'll always be watching people coming in and out of the theater from now on
ugh this sick fuck should rot in jail.
one of the reasons i decided to not study law anymore was i couldn't imagine having to defend someone like this.
Ugh.
/Needavacationfromthisplanet.
that terrorist knew exactly what he was doing, if he doesn't get life in prison...smdh
If he were in a state that had the death penalty, he'd be guaranteed the needle.
idk i mean i appreciate the justice system in america for the whole "innocent until proven guilty" and no cruel and unusual punishment thing, i really do, but sometimes i wish there was a way to take people like this sick fuck and just shoot them.
"Pierce Morgan and Bloomberg are now tweeting about tougher gun laws...STOP! It wasn't the gun that killed these people. It was a crazy man! Chances are this crazy man didn't have his gun legally. Most who do things like this use an illegal weapon. Tough gun laws stop law bidding people from protecting themselves. These laws don't prevent animals like this guy from getting one. If people were aloud to carry a registered weapon, maybe there would have only been 2 shots...one in the air from the gunman and one in the gunman from someone who was carrying legally."
Such a fucking idiot. On many levels.
this dude had all his fire arms obtained legally. Just like the V tech shooter, just like the dude who shot the congresswoman etc.
And can you ever think of a time when fighting fire with fire ever worked? Again, what a fucking idiot.
Facebook has a way of exposing ignorance of people holy fuck.
also, didn't police say that all of his firearms/ammunition were purchased legally over a 2-3 month period before the incident? this means that he was able to legally purchase an AR-15 assault rifle. that's all kinds of effed up to me.
edit: agree with above
Edited at 2012-07-21 02:29 pm (UTC)
People who make these arguments are so frustrating it hurts. And especially in this particular case they are completely wrong. The dude was wearing full-on Kevlar protective gear, so all that a gun toting "law bidding" citizen would add would be more panic, confusion and bullets to an already fucked up situation.
The folks with gun boners seem to care a whole lot more about weapons than they do about people.
When I picture a proactive gun carrying citizen, the image that comes to my mind is more often George Zimmerman than it is the person who stops a massacre, s2s.
WTF??!
I loathe when people think having a gun makes them Rick from the motherfucking Walking Dead. There's a huge difference between shooting a paper target on a safe range and shooting a human being in a chaotic situation. If someone in the audience had a gun, they probably would have got more people hurt.
Edited at 2012-07-21 04:34 pm (UTC)
BITCH just stop.
But of course no one wants to take about that, let's just focus on the fact that this happened in a movie theatre and that it was during the latest batman film...
And this complete refusal of the media not labeling this dude a terrorist, which is what he fucking is, is just astounding. These arm chair psychological assessments of this dude, ultimately giving him an excuse or reasoning for his actions and therefore implying that he is absolved from the personal responsibility aspect is just....
I guarantee if this dude was anything but white we would NOT be having this conversation of the state of his mental health like it fucking matters.
if this guy wasn't white the media would have another "perspective" on this.
and I agree that ppl shouldn't be mentioning the movie as some sort of focal point of the whole situation
I hope they release more about his "motives" soon.
And I was watching Dateline last night when they were talking about this, and they finished it with, "A very dark night, indeed". Ugh, so tasteless.
BUT I do think that if the killer was of Middle Eastern descent, I'm sure the media and a lot of people would call him a terrorist without batting an eyelash.
he is a terrorist. it is what i am telling the younger kids in my family and i hope they go to school and spread that knowledge.