{"id":15047,"date":"2012-08-05T01:18:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T06:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=15047"},"modified":"2012-08-05T01:18:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T06:18:32","slug":"dark-knight-rises-dominates-total-recall-at-box-office-wimpy-kid-is-wimpy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/08\/05\/dark-knight-rises-dominates-total-recall-at-box-office-wimpy-kid-is-wimpy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dark Knight Rises&#8221; Dominates &#8220;Total Recall&#8221; at Box Office; &#8220;Wimpy Kid&#8221; is Wimpy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All indications Friday were that &#8220;The Dark Knight Rises&#8221; would hold off &#8220;Total Recall&#8221; for a third consecutive weekend box office victory, but few realized how dominant its victory would be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TDKR&#8221; is still underperforming in comparison to predecessor &#8220;The Dark Knight,&#8221; let alone fellow summer release &#8220;The Avengers,&#8221; but its estimated $36 million weekend will be more than enough to top the lukewarm &#8220;Total Recall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Colin Farrell-led remake, budgeted at $125 million, will earn about $26.5 million this weekend, according to estimates posted by Deadline.  That marks a slight decline from Friday&#8217;s forecasts, which were eyeing an opening weekend in the $28 million range.<\/p>\n<p>Third place will belong to &#8220;Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days,&#8221; but the third film in that series is not performing particularly well.  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