Hollywood delays box-office reports following theater shooting - Detroit Free Press

NEW YORK -- Hollywood studios aligned in a rare show of solidarity to give their weekend box-office reporting a rest because of the shootings in Colorado at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."

Sony, Fox, Disney and Universal said Saturday that they are joining "Dark Knight Rises" distributor Warner Bros. in withholding their box-office numbers for the weekend.

Warner said Friday that it would forgo the usual revenue reports until Monday out of respect for the victims and their families.

Sunday box-office estimates are a weekly routine for Hollywood, with studios jostling for bragging rights as having the No. 1 movie and always aiming to break revenue records.