Batman Dark Kinght Shatters All Records

July 21st, 2008 — Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Movies, Warner Bros

Holy Moly Batman “The Dark Knight” took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for “Spider-Man 3″ in May 2007 and pacing Hollywood to its biggest weekend ever, according to studio estimates Sunday.

 Batman Dark Knight

“We knew it would be big, but we never expected to dominate the marketplace like we did,” said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released “The Dark Knight.” The movie should shoot past the $200 million mark by the end of the week, he said.

Hollywood set an overall revenue record of $253 million for a three-day weekend, beating the $218.4 million haul over the weekend of July 7, 2006, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers.

Factoring in higher admission prices, “Spider-Man 3″ may have sold slightly more tickets than “The Dark Knight.” At 2007’s average price of $6.88, “Spider-Man 3″ sold 21.96 million tickets over opening weekend. Media By Numbers estimates today’s average movie prices at $7.08, which means “The Dark Knight” would have sold 21.94 million tickets.

Dark Knight Stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, directed by Christopher Nolan

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Heath Ledger The Dark Side

July 16th, 2008 — Celeb Photos, Celebs, Drugs, Movies, Oscars

It’s Going To Blow People Away

The tone on the set was dark and gloomy, but the sudden death of Heath Ledger added an additional and unwanted morbidity to the aura surrounding British director Christopher Nolan’s Batman sequel, The Dark Knight.

Heath Ledger The Joker

Back From The Grave!

“What Heath brought to The Joker is difficult to describe,” says Nolan. “There’s an extraordinary intensity to it and he’s absolutely terrifying.”

“We wanted him to represent pure, unadulterated evil,” he says, “and I needed a phenomenal actor, but he also had to be someone unafraid of taking on such an iconic role. Heath created something entirely original. It’s stunning, captivating. It’s going to blow people away.”

“The Joker is terrifying because there appears no rhyme or reason for what he does; he’s just a force of nature,” says Nolan. “With Two-Face, you see his transformation and you understand where his anger and his grief come from.”

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