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The Dark Knight Rises Heads to No. 1 in the Box Office

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Some Moviegoers were said to be hesitant to attend The Dark Knight Rises , but a number of people apparently made the trek over the weekend. The final installment in the Batman trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan grossed over $64 million over the weekend, landing atop the box office for a second week. Another holdover, Ice Age: Continental Drift took second over the weekend, grossing a cool $13.3 million. 1. The Dark Knight Rises Gross: $64,075,000 (Cume: $289,086,000) Screens: 4,404 (PSA: $14,549) Weeks: 2 (Change: – 60%) IMAX cashed in at $9 million over the weekend for a North American total of $38 million. The feature grossed $122.1 million overseas. 2. Ice Age: Continental Drift (3-D, Animated) Gross: $13,300,000 (Cume: $114,847,214) Screens: 3,869 (PSA: $3,438) Weeks: 3 (Change: -35%) Perhaps not a shocker, this is the top choice for families. 3. The Watch Gross: $13 million Screens: 3,168 (PSA: $4,104) New The Fox comedy only appealed to some moviegoers in its first weekend outing. 4. Step Up: Revolution (3-D) Gross: $11.8 million Screens: 2,567 (PSA: $4,597) New Also a so-so opening at best for this newcomer. With a production budget of $33 million this title has a ways to go to break even. 5. Ted Gross: $7,353,150 (Cume: $193,618,750) Screens: 3,129 (PSA: $2,350) Weeks: 5 (Change: – 27%) The R-rated comedy continues to attract crowds well into its release. 6. The Amazing Spider-Man (3-D) Gross: $6.8 million (Cume: $242,053,000) Screens: 3,160 (PSA: $2,152) Weeks: 4 (Change: – 38%) 7. Brave (3-D, Animated) Gross: $4,237,000 (Cume: $217,261,000) Screens: 2,551 (PSA: $1,661) Weeks: 6 (Change: -30%) 8. Magic Mike Gross: $2.58 million (Cume: $107,587,000) Screens: 2,075 (PSA: $1,243) Weeks: 5 (Change: – 40%) 9. Savages Gross: $1,753,360 (Cume: $43,898,930) Screens: 1,414 (PSA: $1,240) Weeks: 4 (Change: – 48%) 10. Moonrise Kingdom Gross: $1,387,359 (Cume: $38,396,927) Screens: 853 (PSA: $1,626) Weeks: 10 (Change: – 24%) The Wes Anderson-directed feature has had strong staying power and one of the summer’s strongest specialty releases.

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Yes, Yes, My Precious! Hobbit Trilogy Confirmed

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That sound you hear is the cheering of  hairy-footed Tolkien addicts everywhere. At 11:30 a.m. Monday morning, the lord of The Lord of the Rings franchise Peter Jackson confirmed via his Facebook page that The Hobbit would indeed be a trilogy. “It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made,” Jackson wrote. “Recently Fran [Walsh], Phil [Boyens] and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the first movie — and a large chunk of the second. We were really pleased with the way the story was coming together, in particular, the strength of the characters and the cast who have brought them to life.  All of which gave rise to a simple question: do we take this chance to tell more of the tale? And the answer from our perspective as the filmmakers, and as fans, was an unreserved ‘yes.'” “We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance,” Jackson continued.  “The richness of the story of  The Hobbit , as well as some of the related material in the appendices of  The Lord of the Rings , allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.” You could almost hear trumpets sounding when Jackson added: “So, without further ado and on behalf of New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Wingnut Films, and the entire cast and crew of “The Hobbit” films, I’d like to announce that two films will become three. It has been an unexpected journey indeed, and in the words of Professor Tolkien himself, “a tale that grew in the telling.” Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

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Shooting Victims Wear Batman T-shirts to Hearing; Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Moves Forward: Biz Break

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Also in Monday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs, The Producers Guild launches an online jobs board. The Weinstein Company’s The Intouchables will be feted by Christopher Reeve foundation; Henry Rollins takes a role in an upcoming thriller; and remembering French filmmaker Chris Marker. Producers Guild Launches Job Board Guild members and employers can access the new Producers Guild Job Board online via this website . Overseen by the Producers Guild of America Website Committee, construction on the new site began in February 2012. Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to Honor The Intouchables Harvey Weinstein will accept the Dana Reeve HOPE Award on behalf of The Weinstein Company and directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache at New York gala November 28th. The foundation provides care to people living with paralysis and advancing research. Henry Rollins Joins Dark Prophet Rollins will play the role of General Adam Luther, the mastermind behind the Black Box in the thriller. Dark Prophet is an original web and TV series which follows Dai Shepherd, an extraordinarily gifted, yet rebellious music student with time-traveling abilities who discovers that government intelligence agency, Black Box, has a catastrophic secret embedded in song patterns–Dai is the key to saving the world as we know it. Around the ‘net… Colorado Shooting Victims Wear Batman T-Shirts to Court Hearing Victims, friends and family were led into the courtroom before the hearing. Cameras weren’t allowed inside. “He attacked us out of cowardice, but we will attack back in strength,” one person who was in the theater during the tragedy said. THR reports . Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio to be Animated ShadowMachine will produce the stop-motion animated movie that is being co directed by Del Toro and Gris Grimly based on the classic by Carlo Collodi. They join the Jim Henson Company and running the project from ShadowMachine’s L.A. studios, Deadline reports . R.I.P. Chris Marker French filmmaker Chris Marker has died. His body of work included the classic La Jetee , a post-apocalyptic movie often ranked as one of the best time-travel films ever made. It served as an inspiration for Terry Gilliam’s 1995 feature Twelve Monkeys , Washington Post reports .

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