Dark Knight Movie Breaks Box Office Records

'Dark Knight' Turns in Golden Weekend

By David Germain, AP
From MovieFone.com

LOS ANGELES (July 20) - Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box office superheroes. "The Dark Knight" took in a record $158.3 million in its first weekend, said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released the "Batman Begins" sequel.

That topped Hollywood's previous best of $151.1 million, set by "Spider-Man 3" in May 2007.

"We knew it would be big, but we never expected to dominate the marketplace like we did," Fellman said. The movie should shoot past the $200 million mark by the end of the week, he said.

Factoring in higher admission prices, however, "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. Box office tracker Media By Numbers estimates today's average movie prices at $7.08, which means "The Dark Knight" would have sold 21.94 million tickets.

The movie's release was preceded by months of buzz and speculation over the performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, Batman's nemesis. Ledger, who died in January from an accidental prescription-drug overdose, played the Joker as a demonic presence, his performance prompting predictions that the role might earn him a posthumous Academy Award nomination. See Ledger's Glowing Reviews

The poll about Batman, Dark Knight answers as of July 21st.

Are you going to see 'Dark Knight'?

Absolutely	56%
Already did	36%
Not at all	8%

Total Votes: 60,842

What are you most interested in seeing?

Heath's Joker	54%
Everything	40%
Bale's Batman	4%
Morgan Freeman	2%

Total Votes: 56,984

Batman & Joker Speed Drawings - Getting Excited about the Dark Knight Moviut

Getting ready for the Dark Knight Movie coming on this Friday, July 18, 2008!



This Batman and Joker drawings are the latest YouTube release from one of my favorite You Tube video makers, he is super talented and totally worth the wait to see the end result and each step along the way! The wonders of Photoshop!



Batman and Joker costumes from the new Dark Knight movie will be available this Halloween in both child and adult sizes.

'Dark Knight' credits pay tribute to Ledger

Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on "The Dark Knight"


The end credits of the "Batman Begins" sequel include a farewell note to Ledger, who died in January from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs; and to special-effects technician Conway Wickliffe, who was killed last September in a stunt-car accident.

"In memory of our friends Heath Ledger & Conway Wickliffe," reads the tribute included in the credits, which went up Thursday on the Warner Bros. publicity Web site.

Ledger plays the villainous Joker in "The Dark Knight," who begins a reign of terror on Gotham City that pits him against conflicted hero Batman (Christian Bale).

Arriving in theaters July 18, the movie reteams Bale with director Christopher Nolan and returning co-stars Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman. Joining the cast are Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal.


Beginning months before Ledger's death, his frenetic performance and demented-clown makeup have been a cornerstone of the marketing campaign for the film.


"I needed a phenomenal actor, but he also had to be someone unafraid of taking on such an iconic role," Nolan says in the production notes for "The Dark Knight." "Heath created something entirely original. It's stunning, it's captivating. ... It's going to blow people away."

New Dark Knight Trailer and Joker Website Update

Check out the new Trailer for the new Batman movie called The Dark Knight:



This is one of the most anticipated movies of 2008 and Batman costumes will be among the most popular this year.

There has been a lot of hype surrounding the movie release. I last posted with images of the new Batman costume for the movie and Batman's new vehicle : The BatPod used in the film. There are also a few websites out that are officially related to the movie. One of which appears to be the Joker's web site (www.whysoserious.com) it formerly had a "rent a clown" theme, and now has a message cut out of newspaper clippings and if you click on each letter, it gives you a clue as to where something is that visitors should photograph and mail in, but give no address???


Official Batman Movie web site: http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/

Also check out: IBeliveinHarveyDent.com

New Dark Knight Trailer

Over at WhySoSerious.com, the Joker seems to up to his usual tricks, posting cool clues about the upcoming Batman flick. Our friends at Warner Bros. claim they have nothing to do with the site, but clearly powerful forces are at work here, reports MTV's moviesblog. The Dark Knight movie, the sequel to Batman Begins with Christian Bale, who does an awesome job in the role of Batman and Bruce Wayne. Michael Keaton was my favorite Batman, but I really love Christian Bale and Batman Begins is definitely my favorite Batman movie. Although the original with Adam West and the "Bat Shark Repellent" is surely a classic. I guess today's joke over at whysoserious.com is an auto redirect to http://www.rent-a-clown.com/.

So many rumors, false poster pictures and fake trailers are circulating the Internet, so for some facts, please visit The Dark Knight FAQ page over at IMDB.com

And here is a link to The New Dark Knight Teaser Trailer!

Stay tuned for more updates on the Dark Knight batman costume and other gadgets like the Bat Pod. It is one of batman's vehicles in the upcoming film and here is the clip from The Today Show with Al Roker and Meredith Viera at the helm:



In case you can't tell, I am a huge Batman fan, I even watch the Batman cartoons on TV. Have you seen them? They are pretty cool! It airs on both the WBKids and Cartoon Network. Batman also appears in the Justice League cartoon and in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon. Either the writer, director or producer of the Justice League cartoons must be a big Batman fan. His character there is awesome - just how you would picture Batman to be.

DC should really get together and plan out a live action Justice League movie - they already have a Batman and a Superman, a WonderWoman movie has been in negotiations for way too long and Superhero action flicks do so well - why not? Follow in marvel's foot steps with Hulk, Iron Man, and Thor Movies all leading up to a live action Avengers movie with the same actors. That will be cool! Can't wait to see them all.

So stay tuned for more Batman inside info: Same Bat Time & Same Bat Channel!

Dark Knight Joker Photo Update

Thanks to trevor and kidpogo95's comments, they let me know that I had posted the wrong picture of the Joker. Sorry!!!!The picture I posted was evidently a photoshopped photo of a different actor and was not Heath Ledger at all. So, here is the REAL picture of Heath Ledger as the Joker! I see there are all kinds of fake Joker pics all over the internet, so I guess it stands true that you can't believe everything you see on the internet!



So here you go, one scary Joker pic coming up: