Warner Bros. studio on Friday faced the prospect of seeing blockbuster "The Dark Knight Rises" sink at box offices after a tragic movie theater shooting in Denver, even as the film got off to a strong start across the United States and Canada.
Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc, said the film took in USD 30.6 million at screenings just after midnight, but those results could turn lower in the wake of a mass shooting at one showing of the movie in a Denver suburb.
"The Dark Knight Rises," which is based on the exploits of crime-fighting superhero Batman, is one of this year's major movie releases. Some box office watchers had believed its US and Canadian ticket sales could reach as high as USD 198 million over this debut weekend, just shy of the USD 207 million opening set by "The Avengers" earlier this year. The movie cost Warner Bros. USD 250 million to produce and tens of millions more to market.
But at a midnight premiere in Denver, a gunman wearing a gas mask and a |
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