Will You See 'The Dark Knight' Again?

'Dark Knight' Beats Spidey with $158 Million
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The much-anticipated superhero thriller ‘The Dark Knight’ broke the weekend opening record by earning an estimated $158.4 million, shattering the previous record set last year by 'Spider-Man 3,'  Warner Bros. confirmed.

Speaking about the record-breaking opening, Christian Bale told Britain's GMTV such amounts of money are hard to fathom. "It's Monopoly money to me – I can't even comprehend it." The star said studio financial expectations don't really affect him before his movies come out. "I always actually approach every movie as though no one is ever going to see it," he told GMTV.

'The Dark Knight' started off on Friday by setting a one-day box office record, taking in $66.4 million its opening day, according to distributor Warner Bros.

The movie beat out 'Spider-Man 3,' which earned $151.1 million during its weekend opening in May 2007, as well the two last 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films, 'Shrek the Third,' 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith' and the 'Harry Potter' series.

Warner Bros’ latest take on Batman, with a budget of $180 million, stars Bale as billionaire Bruce Wayne, whose alter ego attempts to protect Gotham City from a host of pesky villains. This time around, Batman, who gets romantic with a sexy crusader named Rachel Dawes, (Maggie Gyllenhaal), raises the stakes in his war on crime.

He also teams up with Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker (Heath Ledger). While other forces plot against the group, the Joker's crimes grow even deadlier.

Fellow cast members have lauded Ledger's dark portrayal of evil -- a dramatic contrast from the actor's own persona -- and prompted many in the industry to predict the role will earn the late actor an Academy Award.

Warner Bros. is now predicting 'The Dark Knight' could gross as much as $220 million its first week. The studio reported that audience demographics for the film were ideally broad, with males representing 52 percent of patrons and ticket-buyers evenly split between those under 25 and older moviegoers.

Published 7/21/08.

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  • SERIOUSLY THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!! And by the way, "I haven't seen it yet and I don't plan to. I'm not into Batman and I don't see what the big deal about Heath Ledger is. I mean, I know it's his last film ever berfore he died, but I've never heard of...
    Anonymous 12/31/08 Reply
  • worst movie ever.(NOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!:D)
    Anonymous 12/31/08 Reply
  • your a dumbass
    Anonymous 12/2/08 Reply
  • You sound like you intend to not like this movie no matter what so it may be good to wait it out. You can enjoy this movie years later and thank god you passed it up this time. You'll appreciate it more later.
    Anonymous 11/2/08 Reply
    • Warner Brothers should be smart and wait to release the DVD/BluRay until AFTER the rerelease in January. That way- they will definitely get more people into the theatres. They will get those people like me who can't wait to own the movie on BluRay...
      Anonymous 11/2/08
  • I really enjoyed it i loved the joker realy good movie do another!
    Anonymous 10/9/08 Reply
    • I think the joker did a very good job and the action was really good! All in all it did very well enjoyed it!
      Anonymous 10/9/08
  • It would of been funny if Lara Spencer took the pie in the face instead of Brad Garrett at the Emmys
    Anonymous 9/23/08 Reply
  • it is the best acting and the best movie i have ever seen
    ariel 9/22/08 Reply
  • Saw it on opening day. It was a good flick but nothing epic. Nothing even close to epic. Especially towards the end where it was VERY rushed. Especially in the case of two face. Heath Ledgers acting was good but nothing revolutionary. A few witty...
    Anonymous 9/16/08 Reply
  • i am definetly going to see it again i have already seen it twice and hoping to see it 2 more times in imax and then at a regular theater
    Anonymous 9/14/08 Reply
  • ya for sure! ive seen it 3 times, i wanna see it on imax if it's re-released...
    Anonymous 9/12/08 Reply
  • You might be aware that there are people into Batman, people who heard of Heath Ledger before, people who watched the movie and can judge if it was oscar worthy or not, and people who are not into Batman but are into Christopher Nolan's work and are...
    Anonymous 9/3/08 Reply
  • You might be aware that there are people into Batman, people who heard of Heath Ledger before, people who watched the movie and can judge if it was oscar worthy or not, and people who are not into Batman but are into Christopher Nolan's work and are...
    Anonymous 9/3/08 Reply
  • I've seen it three times so far and am going back to see it again in IMAX!! Cannot get enough of this movie. Heath is mesmerizing!
    Anonymous 9/1/08 Reply
  • I saw "the Dark Knight" and I though it was the best movie of the year so far. I'm going to see it again in late September. If the film is still playing in theatres.
    GeorgeJobson 8/12/08 Reply
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