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So The Dark Knight posts still another best-ever. Media By Numbers is reporting that early estimates show Warner Bros' latest Batman installment crossing the $400,031,000 domestic gross milestone yesterday after only 18 days in release. This beats 2004's Shrek 2 and its 43-day sprint to $400 million. Final figures today.
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How long till it hits $500M? 4 more weeks?
It will be close, I think. It should just cross that mark, if at all.
It will certainly cross the $500M mark. $400M in 18 days? That is unreal. It’s just the $600M mark I;m not certain of.
I see it playing in theaters at least until the end of Sept. I mean why not? Iron Man played all summer. According to Box Office Mojo it’s had 94 days in release…and made another half mill this weekend, in its 13th week.
What might help it get to $600M is if the studio brings it back for 4-6 weeks at the beginning of 2009 if Heath Ledger is nominated for an Oscar. Also when it breaks $500M there might be a serious push of geeks online campaigning to get TDK to beat Titanic.
And keep in mine its only competition this weekend is Pineapple Express. So that will be 4 weeks at number one. I can’t recall the last move that did that.
Pshaw.. of course it’ll hit 500m.. and now that the word on the street that ‘it can’t possibly hit 600m’, fanboys will make it their mission to get it to that mark. It’s a summer when vacation money is being spent on staying home and it’s better to sit in an air conditioned theatre than sitting at home watching the garbage that’s on there this summer (never before have seen such a summer of nothing.. but then, maybe I’m more aware of it because I am spending my vacation money by staying at home).
I think it will sail way past 500 million. Don’t know if it will make 600 in US theater grosses, but it will pass the billion mark in total gross for sure. It is outperforming the Lord of the Rings movies, so it should beat their individual earnings. There’s not a lot to stand in its way in the next month or so.
Its the repeat business that will make the difference – my daughter’s seen it twice and is stil clamoring to go again — if she’s typical, the movie is not losing any steam yet.
500 is going to happen before the end of August.
600, however, is not.
As far as a ‘re-release” upon any nominations–not gonna happen. Don’t you know by now that oscar nods are used to push dvds? (DK has a holiday dvd release date.)
$500 million is a guarantee, though as much of a fan of the movie as I am, I don’t see it hitting “Titanic” territory. One last point, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that “Pineapple Express” could upset “TDK” this weekend. The Apatow-Rogen factory has built up a pretty good track record with its own significant fanbase — one that stretches from young male geeks to older, even conservative-leaning, adults. That could give TDK a run for the money.
It will probably get another $100m in the next 3 weeks. Assuming that it takes in another $30m this weekend (probably will). Come monday, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it past the $450m mark. If it passes $460m this weekend, it’ll take the #2 spot away from Star Wars. Once that’s done, here comes Titanic.
I agree with the last 2 posters who said that this will not beat Titanic and that it will end somewhere in the $500 million range. And I also agree that it will finally be beaten by Pineapple Express this weekend. I have absolutely never been tempted to see any movie Apatow has done and even I’m finding PE’s trailers tempting.
I estimate PE to make around $33 million just from the weekend, not counting the midnight sneaks. Which means that TDK would have to have a ridiculously small weekend drop to top PE’s weekend total, which I don’t think will happen. I say around $26 million for TDK’s fourth weekend.
Nothing on TV.
Am I the only one that loves USA networks summer line-up.
Burn Notice
Monk
Psych
Makes my pathetic broke summer worthwhile.
No one–not the studio, not Chris Nolan, and not most box-office prognosticators (including this one) predicted this level of success for TDK. What I’m more interested in is WHY (other than it widely being perceived an awesome movie – but quality rarely guarantees money-making ability) it’s done so incredibly well. Why’s it hit such a nerve? Is it mostly the massive buildup after BATMAN BEGINS hit the DVD circuit?
Anyway, right now I think $500 million domestically and $1 billion worldwide is a lock. After that, I have no idea.
TDK will finish around 500-520mil. It will not break 600mil because it is going to start losing theaters and screen counts over the coming weeks. 16 wide releases are coming starting this weekend up to Sept, which will take up space in theaters. TDK is entering it’s 4th weekend and it’s weekend take will finally fall behind that of Titanic which made 28mil on it’s 4th weekend (Titanic followed that by making 30 and 25 mil on it’s 5th and 6th weekends…).
Guy Fawkes –
Speaking only for myself — I can tell you why it hit such a nerve with me — why I’ll take my daughter to it again (and probably again) — because the people on the endangered boats made the choices they did.
Because it turns out the good fight is worth fighting —
but that’s just me.
It’s funny to hear these people commenting here as if they really know what they’re talking about.
Guy Fawkes –
I’m assuming the movie has done so well because of none other than Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger fan or not, people are curious to see his performance because that’s what everyone is talking about, especially now with the Oscar buzz going on. For me in particular, I wanted to see this movie since day one strictly because of Heath Ledger – I was a huge fan and was very eager to see him as the joker. Now that he’s passed, it was even more of a reason to see the movie.
I have now seen it more than once… a) because it really was a damn good movie and b) Heath’s performance was absolutely brilliant and I was just in awe of him.
Will it beat Titanic? Who knows! But wouldn’t that be something!
My take on why DK2 is popular with the massess has more to do with the whole movie itself.
All the supporting cast was simply at their best. I am not saying the character Batman was not any good but it was the 2 baddies and the rest of the cast that made the movie such a hit with the audiences.
I must say the Director hit paydirt by casting the right role to the right actor, for the last movie to do this superbly (for me that is) is Shrek with Fiona, Donkey and Shrek himself (Diaz, Murphy and Meyers respectively)
If you haven’t noticed, unlike many other comic caper, DK2 rely not so much on CGI or fancy gizmo but on its actors to bring life to the characters and to the movie itself.
That is why it’s a hit with all age types and especially so with the older crowds.
DK2 will be the lone 500M grosser for sure with Titanic still being the number one movie of all time. (forget about the inflation adjustment yadah yadah). For such a feat, DK2 has to be pleased.
> It’s funny to hear these people commenting here
> as if they really know what they’re talking about.
Actually, they’re commenting as though they have an opinion. Which they do.
The Dark Night has been the only movie I have ever gone to see at the cinema twice, and I actually want to watch it a third time. I watched it the first time because of the hype surrounding Heath Ledger’s performance, and I wanted to see it for myself. I watched it a second time because I felt the first time I was genuinely on the edge of my seat, anticipating the next moments of the film the whole time, so it was worth watching it a second time to catch details that I missed the first time. Why do I want to watch it a third time? I want to watch it just once more in the big screen before cinemas stop playing it.