From www.stuff.co.nz (via The Dominion Post)Despite a challenge from The Dark Knight, Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King is still king at the New Zealand box office. The latest Batman film, which broke box office records for an opening weekend in the United States, made $1.8 million in New Zealand, $800,000 short of the $2.6 million record accomplished by The Return of the King in 2003. However, The Dark Knight had the biggest opening weekend for a film so far this year, beating Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($1.6 million), I Am Legend and Iron Man (both $1.3 million).
Day: July 28, 2008
Ruth let us in on a Canadian Convention next month called FanExpo Canada 2008. LOTR alums include Sean Astin and Brad Dourif. Other guests of note include WES CRAVEN, BUZZ ALDRIN, KATE MULGREW, EDWARD JAMES OLMOS, BRENT SPINER, MICHAEL ROSENBAUM, JAMIE BAMBER, KRISTY SWANSON, JEREMY BULLOCH, ALEX ROSS and HENRY WINKLER (what? Yeah I wrote that). [FanExpo Canada 2008]