Batman & Tragedy

Warner Bros. released the total box office gross for the opening of Christoper Nolan's grand finale to his trio of Batman films. Overshadowed by news of a tragic shooting in Colorado on Saturday, the studio announced the film at a total of 160.9m over the weekend making it the third highest opener behind The Avengers and the second Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. Projections before the opening came in at 180m-200m gross total prompting a debate on the effect of shooting. Some sources report the movie to have not been affected at all while the Huffington Post reports an estimated twenty percent decrease in projected attendance rate. Major news outlets have been relentlessly covering aspects of the event such as reported martyrdom to issues of Colorado gun legality. Was your choice whether or not to see the film somewhat based on the tragedy? FN Magazine sends out thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families.