The Dark Knight Returns (To The Box Office)
If box office predictions are accurate, The Dark Knight will end this weekend with an astonishing $313 million in the bank. After just 10 days.
To put that figure in perspective, The Fellowship of the Ring earned $314 million. In its entire run.
Batman is on pace to topple Star Wars for the #2 spot on the All Time Domestic Box Office list. At the top: Titanic, with an unfathomable $600 million.
To put that figure in perspective, the James Cameron juggernaut was #1 on the weekend box office charts for weeks. 15 weeks, to be exact. From December 15th to March 29th, when it lost the crown to Lost in Space. Ouch.
I bring up these boring industry numbers because all the talk of a posthumous oscar for Heath Ledger seems to overshadow the more obvious nominations for Best Director and Best Picture.
If Titanic and The Lord of the Rings can win Oscars, why not The Dark Knight?
The one hurdle, in my mind, is tone.
The two previous winners, The Departed and No Country For Old Men, share the same amoral commercial-cinematic space as The Dark Knight.
The fickle creatures that are Academy voters may need something lighter. Wall-E, for example.
If the The Dark Knight is nominated - or dare I say win - it might truly represent the apogee of the superhero/comic genre.
Until the Judge Dredd franchise relaunch, of course.
To put that figure in perspective, The Fellowship of the Ring earned $314 million. In its entire run.
Batman is on pace to topple Star Wars for the #2 spot on the All Time Domestic Box Office list. At the top: Titanic, with an unfathomable $600 million.
To put that figure in perspective, the James Cameron juggernaut was #1 on the weekend box office charts for weeks. 15 weeks, to be exact. From December 15th to March 29th, when it lost the crown to Lost in Space. Ouch.
I bring up these boring industry numbers because all the talk of a posthumous oscar for Heath Ledger seems to overshadow the more obvious nominations for Best Director and Best Picture.
If Titanic and The Lord of the Rings can win Oscars, why not The Dark Knight?
The one hurdle, in my mind, is tone.
The two previous winners, The Departed and No Country For Old Men, share the same amoral commercial-cinematic space as The Dark Knight.
The fickle creatures that are Academy voters may need something lighter. Wall-E, for example.
If the The Dark Knight is nominated - or dare I say win - it might truly represent the apogee of the superhero/comic genre.
Until the Judge Dredd franchise relaunch, of course.
posted by d l wright at 7/26/2008 05:17:00 PM
5 Comments:
still number 1
394 million and counting.
it's highly unlikely, but if this gets close to titanic i'll go two or three more times. or at least buy tickets two or three more times.
do it for morgan freeman! :(
i think it will plateau somewhere around $500 million.
let's say $524 million.
even though it may come close to titanic's domestic record, the dark knight won't even approach cameron's 1.8 billion dollar international mark. second closest is the return of the king with 1.1 billion.
honestly, what was the world doing in 1998?
something was up. . .
NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney, all of them were making ridiculous amounts of money during the same general time period.
I'd be happy with dark knight "only" breaking Titanic's domestic record. Like I said, I don't think it will, but a guy can dream right?
Yeah. I'd say $500 Million is doable. but there's no way Batman is catching that boat. Maybe if he didn't do the stupid Batman voice he'd a had a chance.
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