right, hopefully seeing it this tuesday again. nice one.

RIP heath ledger. geez, he's still young. i thought when i watched the film, he was like 70 years old :confused:

^whats that mean? just got back from seeing it for the third time. Gets better every time. RIP Heath Ledger

"Dark Knight" Catching up to "Titanic" and "Star Wars"

 

All AP Movie News `Dark Knight' stays on top with $26M

Sunday August 10 5:27 PM ET

 

Batman was higher than Hollywood's newest pot heads.

"The Dark Knight" took in $26 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for the fourth straight weekend, beating the stoner comedy "Pineapple Express," which opened in second place with $22.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The weekend haul lifted the Warner Bros. Batman sequel to No. 3 on the all-time domestic box-office charts with $441.5 million, behind only "Titanic" ($600.8 million) and the original "Star Wars" ($461 million).

 

The last movie to remain No. 1 for four consecutive weekends was "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in late 2003 and 2004, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. That movie did it during a much slower time of year, with nowhere near the competition "The Dark Knight" has faced during Hollywood's busy summer season.

"It's almost unheard of. Summer doesn't usually afford films that much of a wide-open playing field," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers.

"The Dark Knight" should surpass "Star Wars" to become No. 2 on the revenue chart by this coming weekend.

However, the numbers reflect today's higher admission prices, and "The Dark Knight" will not approach "Star Wars" or "Titanic" in terms of actual number of tickets sold. Taking inflation into account, "The Dark Knight" would need to pull in about $900 million to match the number of tickets sold for "Titanic" and about $1.2 billion to equal "Star Wars."

Even so, "The Dark Knight" has far outdone even its studio's expectations. Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said he would have been happy if the movie simply exceeded the $205 million domestic total of its predecessor, "Batman Begins."

It should top out at $510 million to $520 million, Fellman said.

"It has taken on a life of its own, and in doing so got so much positive press and word of mouth that older audiences who normally don't rush out to see movies or maybe only see two, three movies a year are coming out in large numbers," Fellman said. "It's a question of `We've been reading about this for three, four weeks now. Let's go see what it's all about.'"

Since opening Wednesday, Sony's "Pineapple Express" had taken in $40.5 million. The action comedy stars Seth Rogen as a pot smoker on the run from crooks after he witnesses a murder, with his lovably clueless dealer (James Franco) in tow.

While "Pineapple Express" was unable to dislodge "The Dark Knight," Sony executives were happy with a strong No. 2 finish given the juggernaut the Batman flick has become.

"Quite frankly, it's nice to know that everything else is still kind of doing some business," said Rory Bruer, Sony head of distribution. "We're so very satisfied to be at $40 million-plus after five days. You couldn't ask for more."

^Thats amazing. I absolutely LOVE this movie. Its Incredible and Heath LLedger is a ledgend. Everyone though gave a brilliant performance!!

It truly is the best movie I have ever seen, I have only seen it once though, I hope to see it again...

It might beat Titanic's US record, but it won't even come near it's worldwide record.

It might beat Titanic's US record, but it won't even come near it's worldwide record.

 

I agree. The rest of the world just wont care for it as much as we do.

 

I wouldnt be surprised if China bans the movie cuz it uses a Chinese guy as a bad guy.:rolleyes:

I agree. The rest of the world just wont care for it as much as we do.

 

I wouldnt be surprised if China bans the movie cuz it uses a Chinese guy as a bad guy.:rolleyes:

 

Well, they can translate it and claim it's a Korean guy. They might just buy that ;)

Well, they can translate it and claim it's a Korean guy. They might just buy that ;)

 

:laugh3:

I FINALLY saw this movie on Saturday. Man, I had been MISSING. Amazingg movie.

hey! in ireland we care! :lol:

 

great film, movie of the year undoubtedly. the best summer blockbuster there has been since i dont know when.

 

kicks a$$.

 

seen it three times, first when i was working in italy, then twice in dublin. everytime the audience was rapt.

 

just great moviemaking.

 

such a terrible shame bout heath tho. :sad: