When all is said and done, by the time the last theater turns off its lights in America Sunday night there will be a new reigning champ in movie making and that will be Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.”
Taking the crown fully away from “Spider Man 3,” the previous holder of the box office record at a little over $151 million for its 3-day premiere, “The Dark Knight,” starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart will exceed $155 million for its weekend debut.
Lagging way, way, way behind in second will likely be the Meryl Streep sing-fest “Mamma Mia” at around $27 million. The rest of the top ten will continue to be all the SF and genre films that have dominated the box office for the past two months.
The new listing for all-time top three box office 3-day champs now stands at
1. The Dark Knight ~$155,340,000
2. Spider-Man 3 $151,116,516
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest $135,634,554
Be sure to look for the Weekend Final Top Ten on Slice of SciFi this Tuesday.
I just viewed Dark Night, I give a lots of credits to the Director and the Script writer specially the part of the Joker “How everyone sees live, what everyone expect from everyone and what the live game is”.
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This makes me happy. It means that for once, when millions of people go out to see a movie, they’re going to see something good. It’s a nice change from the usual (having seen Titanic, I have no idea how that film got such huge box office takings).
I’ve seen it twice already, and I plan to see it several more times. And every time I went the cinema was about half-full, which is pretty good for where I live.
It is rare to see a movie that outperforms its own hype, but this one is it. I mean, forget Superhero movies, this is simply one of the greatest MOVIES ever made.
I don’t know, Harvey’s transition to the dark was kind of weak I think. For being so against criminality it seems he dropped his morals too quickly.
I just realized, even though I only watched it once so far but I’m still watching it in my head. I liked it only slightly fractionatescimally less than Batman Begins. I just really like Batman screen time and he was a bit diluted in the mix and spending a lot of time putting out fires. But what a mix it was. Part of the appeal about Batman is him taking control of his demons and Joker acting as a true nemesis works to take that control away. I was so frustrated in the interrogation scene because, well, you can’t scare Joker because he just doesn’t care. It’s like trying to punch a ghost! If I had to think of an origin story that made sense for this joker then he’s an ex CIA (master infiltrator) guy who lost everything. I think I could keep typing infinitely because I’m still watching in my head. Ooooh I just saw the scene where Batman says “I’m counting on it.†You all know the one.
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I agree on that point, but that aspect has always been a bit lame in the past. The thing that got me was that his story was far more plausible than anything I’ve ever seen before. Mostly, they didn’t turn him into a cartoon-character. No goofy-assed bi-color suit or anything. 😉
Finally a film of this type you can get your teeth into! I agree with Michael R M about the plausibility – sets a benchmark all other comic transition movies. One question though as an non-comic reader – did I miss a clue to whats in the next movie ? Please tell me there’ll be BM3……
The thing that impresses me most about this film, (after seeing it three times this weekend) is the story of Harvey Dent. Best adaptation of that storyline EVAR!
Just hope it doesn’t come out too soon: I’d rather wait a little and get another great movie than hurry it and end up with something like Superman III!
If they do do a third one, I hope they do the Bane/Azrael storyline. Of all th things wrong with Batman & Robin the thing that pissed me off the most was how badly they botched the Bane character. “no, Schumacher you fool, the whole point was that Bane was really smart!”