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Weekend Box Office – THE AVENGERS Break Second Weekend Record with $103.1 Million DARK SHADOWS in Second with $28.8 Million

It’s another one for the record books. Along with the prize for highest first weekend in domestic history, The Avengers has now earned the highest second weekend with an estimated $103.1 million from 4,349 locations. That crushes Avatar’s former sophomore record of $75.6 million and represents a decline of just 50% - a better hold than The Dark Knight managed in its second frame. Even more exciting for Disney and Marvel, the worldwide estimate for The Avengers has now topped One Billion. Unfortunately, good news for The Avengers means not-so-good news for Dark Shadows. The latest collaboration of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp earned an estimated $28.8 million from 3,755 locations, or a bit less than The Avengers made on Friday alone. Title Weekend Total 1 The Avengers $103,160,000 $373.1 2 Dark Shadows $28,800,000 $28.8 3 Think Like A Man $6,300,000 $81.9 4 The Hunger Games $4, (Read More)

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/Filmcast Ep. 185 – Bullying Film Critics and Dark Shadows

This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam reflect on the online film world's quest for uniformity and discuss Tim Burton's latest collaboration with Johnny Depp, Dark Shadows. Special guest Laremy Legel joins us from film.com. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your ...

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Box Office Report: 'Avengers' Devours 'Dark Shadows,' Eyeing Record-Breaking Second Weekend

Pamela McClintock "Avengers" could become the first film in history to earn $100 million in its sophomore session after grossing $29.1 million on Friday Tim Burton and Johnny Depps' "Dark Shadows" soft with $9.7 million. read more

The Hollywood Reporter

Friday Box Office – No Light for DARK SHADOWS as THE AVENGERS Target Highest Second Weekend Record

For the second week in a row, we have just one movie to talk about. Too bad for Warner Brothers’ that it isn’t Dark Shadows. The eighth collaboration of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton opened to an estimated $9.7 million on Friday at 3,755 locations. That suggests a three-day total of around $28 million - well below the $35 million projected and not even close to good enough while The Avengers are around. After shattering the domestic record with its $207.4 million debut last weekend, the Disney/Marvel super-movie saw its domestic estimate climb to nearly $300 million in an unprecedented eight days. The Avengers’ sophomore frame is now expected to hit $100 million, a number that would demolish the previous record of $75.6 million set by Avatar. Worldwide, The Avengers has already earned over $850 million and is currently on pace to hit One Billion by Sunday.  Full details and analysis tomorr (Read More)

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'Dark Shadows' Brings The 'Teenage Angst' Out Of Chloe Moretz

Michelle Pfeiffer and Bella Heathcote also open up to MTV News about their characters. By Kara Warner Chlo&#235 Grace Moretz, Gulliver McGrath and Johnny Depp in "Dark Shadows" Photo: Peter Mountain/ Warner Bros. Although much ado has been made over "Dark Shadows" star Johnny Depp's portrayal of reluctant vampire Barnabas Collins , the Tim Burton-directed, 1970s-set vampire dramedy also features a cast of equally quirky characters and talented actors like Michelle Pfeiffer, Chlo&#235 Moretz and newcomer Bella Heathcote. Each and every character in the film has some serious baggage, which the audience becomes privy to over the course of the film. When MTV News caught up with Moretz and Heathcote recently, we asked them to give us the inside scoop on their characters: Moretz's saucy, over-sexual teenager Carolyn Collins and Heathcote, who plays double dut (Read More)

MTV

Johnny Depp delivers lots of campy fun in 'Dark Shadows'

ROGER EBERT: But ultimately director Tim Burton's bloodless vampire story lies inert in its archly crafted coffin.

The Chicago Sun Times

Dark Shadows - video review

Xan Brooks meets Tim Burton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloë Grace Moretz, the director and stars of the creepy, gothic comedy Dark Shadows. Plus, Peter Bradshaw joins Xan to review the film, which is the eighth collaboration between Burton and his leading man, Johnny Depp Henry BarnesElliot SmithXan BrooksPeter BradshawPhil Maynard

Flick Daily,

Johnny Depp Enjoyed Playing 'The Reluctant Vampire' In 'Dark Shadows'

Few actors will completely throw themselves at a role like Johnny Depp. He always seems fascinated by the character, and that interest really comes through when he speaks about his work. For "Dark Shadows," Depp&#039s interest in Barnabas Collins comes from the contradictions within the character. Yes, he&#039s a vampire, but he never wanted to be. For Depp, that&#039s where the fun comes in. "Playing the reluctant vampire, in a sense, who has been locked in a box for 200 years," Depp said, "it&#039s his misfortune to be let out in an age where things are probably at their most surreal in terms of 1972." That particular time period only makes things harder for Barnabas, and as Depp explained, there may not have been a stranger time for his 18th century vampire to wake up. The era seems odd just looking back 40 years later, but for a vampire who had been locked away in the 1700s, it (Read More)

Flick Daily,

'Dark Shadows': What the Critics Are Saying

THR Staff Tim Burton and Johnny Depp pair up once again for Warner Bros.' gothic horror comedy. read more

The Hollywood Reporter

Movie Review: Dark Shadows' Johnny Depp Rises With Throwback Laughs

Review in a Hurry: After 200 years in a casket, vampire Barnabas Collins awakens to the swinging 1970s. Unfortunately, the witch who cursed (and buried) him is also still around. Through Tim...

E! News

Seth Grahame Smith Talks DARK SHADOWS, the BEETLEJUICE Sequel, Tim Burton’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING, UNHOLY NIGHT, and More

With director Tim Burton's Dark Shadows opening this weekend, I recently got to interview screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith. Starring Johnny Depp as a vampire who awakens in 1972 after having been buried for 200 years, Dark Shadows is based on the 1970s TV series with the same name and it also stars Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Jackie Earle Haley, Gulliver McGrath, Helena Bonham Carter, Bella Heathcote, Ray Shirley, and Jonny Lee Miller.  For more on the film, here's 20 images, 9 clips and 12 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage from the set, and Matt's review. During my extended interview with Grahame-Smith, we talked about how he got involved in the project, his anxiety about having his first film released, how John August contributed to the project, deleted scenes, and what might be on the Blu-ray.  In addition, with Grahame-Smith involved in some other high profile pro (Read More)

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Review: ‘Dark Shadows’ Is Stale But Satisfying Thanks to Depp

Dark Shadows, the old ABC gothic soap opera, is such natural material for Tim Burton and Johnny Depp that you almost wonder why they bothered. Of all the movies and TV shows to remake, it’s perhaps the most logical choice for the men who brought us Beetlejuice and Captain Jack Sparrow, respectively, not to mention Edward Scissorhands and other offbeat luminaries in their partnership. Lighthearted macabre quirk is the tandem’s specialty and the primary operating mode of their new movie, a visually-pleasing haunted house/vampire comedy. But even if Dark Shadows is a case of safe, smooth sailing for its makers, it’s still far more spirited and thoughtfully made than most summer movie counterparts. And it boasts a great Depp performance. The actor long ago stopped playing actual people (save for the occasional historic figure), but in the realm of exaggerated Depp archetypes, the 200-year (Read More)

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'Dark Shadows' Brings Out Best In Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer

The film works most of the time, but its conclusion is sure to leave fans divided. By John Mitchell Eva Green and Johnny Depp in "Dark Shadows" Photo: Warner Bros finally hit theaters Friday (May 11), and let me tell you, it's a doozy. There's a lot to admire about Tim Burton's reimagined "Shadows" (and there are some problems as well), but the question that has lingered with me most since seeing the film is who exactly Tim Burton made it for. I'm not sure it was "Shadows" purists, those who ran home from school to soak up the strange, dark and wonderful late-'60s soap opera and who still have a strong connection to the style and feel of the original. It's probably not for fans of Burton and Johnny Depp's earlier collaborations either, even though the trailers and TV spots sell it like it's supposed to be. "Shadows" has long been talked about as a pa (Read More)

MTV

Johnny Depp & Michelle Pfeiffer Talk Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’

Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer talk about Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows' and Pfeiffer comments on Anne Hathaway playing Catwoman in 'Dark Knight Rises.'

ScreenRant

‘Dark Shadows’ Review

Does the latest Johnny Depp and Tim Burton pairing offer an enjoyable modern retelling of the classic 'Dark Shadows' TV series that both fans and casual moviegoers can enjoy? Read our review.

ScreenRant

Box Office Report: A Still-Super 'Avengers' Easily Eclipses 'Dark Shadows'

Gregg Kilday The Johnny Depp vampire movie, directed by Tim Burton, could prove more potent abroad. read more

Flick Daily,

Dialogue: Seth Grahame-Smith Dishes on ‘Dark Shadows,’ ‘Beetlejuice 2,’ ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ and ‘Night of the Living’

Seth Grahame-Smith is one busy gothic drama writer. Well known for his two New York Times best-selling novels, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the 36-year-old New York native recently adapted Vampire Hunter into a flick version. Scheduled to hit theaters on June 22, the flick was produced by Tim Burton, with whom Grahame-Smith just collaborated on this week’s Dark Shadows. He’s also finished scripting his first animated film, Night of the Living, and is working on a Beetlejuice sequel. Movies.com had the opportunity to talk with Seth Grahame-Smith about Dark Shadows, working with Tim Burton, the pressures of creating a Beetlejuice follow-up, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and much more. Movies.com: Dark Shadows seems to mark a lot... Read More

Flick Daily,

Box Office Update: A Still-Super 'Avengers' Easily Eclipses 'Dark Shadows'

Gregg Kilday The Johnny Depp vampire movie, directed by Tim Burton, could prove more potent abroad. read more

Flick Daily,

Box Office Update: A Still Super 'Avengers' Easily Eclipses 'Dark Shadows'

Gregg Kilday The Johnny Depp movie, directed by Tim Burton, could prove more potent abroad. read more

Flick Daily,

Box Office Report: A Still-Super 'Avengers' Easily Eclipses 'Dark Shadows'

Gregg Kilday The Johnny Depp vampire movie, directed by Tim Burton, could prove more potent abroad. read more

The Hollywood Reporter