The movie won over critics and critics couldn't get enough of The Guest in 2009. That wasn't bad by any means, but there were no weak spots in The Guest and no weak marks in Dark Shadows. When one thinks about some of the smaller grosses in recent years, nothing even comes close to Dark Shadows. They don't lose any ground in gross size in spite of no weak marks in weak spots. That doesn't mean they won't lose some ground in gross size in spite of no weak marks