Batman Begins led the box office on Friday with an estimated $15.2M in its third day of release pushing its total to $39.4M. The Friday tally came in lower than last Friday's $18.6M launch of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, although the Caped Crusader debuted on Wednesday pulling much of its fan base out on Wednesday and Thursday. For the Friday-to-Sunday session, Batman Begins might collect $42-46M givng Warner Bros. $66-70M over five days. By comparison, openings for the last two films in the franchise were $52.8M for 1995's Batman Forever and $42.9M for 1997's Batman & Robin. Both bowed in June on a Friday.

Universal opened its mother-daughter comedy The Perfect Man on Friday with an estimated $2.2M. The Hilary Duff-Heather Locklear pic should take in about $6M over the weekend.

Among holdovers, Friday-to-Friday declines were 54% for Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 49% for The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, and 56% for The Honeymooners.

They were hoping for $100-115M over 5 days. Oh well. I wonder if they'll be willing to bankroll a sequel. Maybe this one will have legs, unlike Batman & Robin. Probably not.
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i think the 'Tom & Katie' media overkill had something to do with it. i've heard a few people say that this was a boring movie. very long and drawn out at the begining.

Oh well...

the only people excited about this film are fanboys...

i have no interest in seeing this thing..


and i waited in line to see Batman...I love Batman....but this? for some reason i know i should be excited to see it..

but im just not...

The first 45 minutes are decent enough, after that
everything gets tired and B R I N G...

Christian Bale makes a great Bruce Wayne though
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ah y'all just a bunch of haters

VoicesCarry said:

This is a horrible piece of shit... As expected...
And is it me or is Brad Pitt just a really overrated and plain crap "actor"? He's on par with Keanu Reeves...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

12 Monkeys....

talent when he wants to be..

sosgemini said:

And "Fight Club"... "Se7en" is great movie but he was totally miscast in it and his acting was just atrocious...
Come to think of it, these 3 movies are the only movies he's been in I actually liked or were any good... (I don't count "True Romance"... Sitting on a couch with a bong in one's hand does not make one an actor...)

Neversin.

Neversin said:

Yeah but they had good directors. Bloke is still a boring fucker. No presence. But then, not many do to be fair. But he just "so pretty" that gays and girls see past that.

Neversin said:

I thought Brad did a pretty good job in "Kalifornia" as a deranged lunatic killer.

KaleidoscopeEyes said:

let's not forget 'Meet Joe Black'.....

abierman said:

I never saw that!

KaleidoscopeEyes said:

consider yourself lucky!

abierman said:

Yeah it was pretty dull.

Brad in "troy"


He aint nothing special. Looks get u too much attension these days.
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This one's going to be a rental for me.

thank you doctor for bringing the discussion back to batman..