The Dark Knight

[Atticus Chaos 0]

Titanic had great special effects, great actors with real chemistry, great directing...etc. Its just that script that lets it down it. I remember one film critic summed it up when he said 'at the end, all these innocent people have died horribly, but the audience is only supposed to care about the love story and the fact that Jack is dead.'

[Anakin Flair 0]

The Mummy 3 isn't getting mediocre reviews, its getting BAD reviews. RottenTomatoes.com has it at like 10 percent, so I don't think anyone is going to see that now. Hell, people didn't want to see it anyway, but they might have bit if it didn't get badmouthed that much. However, now that they've heard its terrible, I think they're just staying away from it. I even went back and watched the first 2, and I completely forgot how fun those movies were. I think the first one is actually a pretty fun movie, and Returns wasn't as good, but it had its moments. But looking at the trailers for the new one, I just got the "Why?" vibe from it, as it looked nothing at all like a Mummy movie.

 

PRoblem with this new Mummy movie is overkill. Not only do you have 'The Mummy', but you also have the army of clay soldiers (which they kind of already used in teh last movie with the Army of the Undead), abominable snowmen, and a three-headed dragon- and thayt's just what they showed us in the trailers.

[DarKnight 0]

PRoblem with this new Mummy movie is overkill. Not only do you have 'The Mummy', but you also have the army of clay soldiers (which they kind of already used in teh last movie with the Army of the Undead), abominable snowmen, and a three-headed dragon- and thayt's just what they showed us in the trailers.

 

Yeah, it made the movie just look overproduced and stupid. I don't think TDK will beat out Titanic, but hey I wouldn't mind. I understand that Titanic made the kind of money it did considering during the late 97 and most of 98 had nothing out, and lots of teenage girls went to see it, but I don't think the movie is that good to win best picture and all that. Its really a **1/2 cheesy romance kind of movie. And a lot of people since have made fun of it, and wonder why it won best picture.

[RedJed 0]

So if Mummy didn't beat Dark Knight out of number one, who do you think will? I'm not counting on Pineapple Express doing it next week......what else big is on the horizon that might?

[BlackFlagg 0]

only thing I can see would prob be Clone Wars, otherwise it'll probably only get knocked out of #1 when it's numbers start to go down enough for something else with moderate interest jumps in to overtake it

[bob_barron 0]

Pineapple might beat it, though opening on Wednesday will hurt its chances. If Pineapple can't beat, Tropic Thunder surely will

[Atticus Chaos 0]

PRoblem with this new Mummy movie is overkill. Not only do you have 'The Mummy', but you also have the army of clay soldiers (which they kind of already used in teh last movie with the Army of the Undead), abominable snowmen, and a three-headed dragon- and thayt's just what they showed us in the trailers.

 

Yeah, it made the movie just look overproduced and stupid. I don't think TDK will beat out Titanic, but hey I wouldn't mind. I understand that Titanic made the kind of money it did considering during the late 97 and most of 98 had nothing out, and lots of teenage girls went to see it, but I don't think the movie is that good to win best picture and all that. Its really a **1/2 cheesy romance kind of movie. And a lot of people since have made fun of it, and wonder why it won best picture.

 

 

I always thought Titanic ruined Leonardo's career for a while. It was years before anyone took him seriously again.

 

Personally, I would have given the best picture award to LA confidential. I did think Kate Winslet should have won best actress though.

[Youth N Asia 0]

It's hard to take Leo serious in the roles he's doing now...looks like he hasn't aged in 10 years

[Anakin Flair 0]

Just pulled this off of Yahoo!.com:

 

LOS ANGELES - Even an army of the undead could not dislodge Batman from his box-office perch.

 

The Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" hauled in $43.8 million to rank as Hollywood's top movie for the third-straight weekend, fending off "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," which opened a close second with $42.5 million.

 

"The Dark Knight" has soared to a $394.9 million haul in just 17 days, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Warner Bros. release should sail past the $400 million mark by Monday or Tuesday, said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner.

 

That would be on the film's 18th or 19th day of release, another record for "The Dark Knight," which had an all-time high opening weekend of $158.4 million. The previous $400 million record-holder was "Shrek 2," which hit that mark in 43 days.

 

"It's a film that is just rewriting the record books every day and redefining our notions of what a blockbuster can be," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers.

 

"The Dark Knight" will top $500 million, predicted Fellman, who would not speculate on whether it could approach the all-time domestic revenue record of "Titanic" at $600.8 million.

 

Even if it edged past that mark, "The Dark Knight" would lag behind "Titanic" in terms of actual tickets sold. Admission prices are up more than 50 percent since "Titanic" came out in 1997, according to Media By Numbers. "The Dark Knight" would have to take in about $900 million to match the number of tickets that "Titanic" sold.

 

In terms of revenue alone, however, "The Dark Knight" will pass the original "Star Wars," which is No. 2 behind "Titanic" with $461 million, and such hits as "Shrek 2" ($436.5 million), "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" ($434.9 million) and "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace" ($431.1 million).

 

Early anticipation over Heath Ledger's diabolical performance as Batman foe the Joker built to a frenzy in the months after the actor's death from an accidental prescription drug overdose in January.

 

A huge opening weekend was guaranteed, but the movie has sustained its audience from stellar reviews and audience buzz.

 

"The movie has grown in terms of its base audience from primarily what was conceived as a young male movie to a movie for everybody, from 8 to 80," Fellman said. "They're going to see it because of the reviews, they're going to see it because of the word of mouth. They're going just to see what it's all about, and they all like it."

 

"The Dark Knight" also has taken in $202.5 million overseas, opening in six more markets in August, among them Japan, France and Russia.

 

Universal's third "Mummy" flick sends Brendan Fraser's adventurer and his wife, played this time by Maria Bello, to China, where they battle a resurrected ancient ruler, played by Jet Li, and his undead minions.

 

Though it put up strong numbers, the new installment had the smallest opening of the three movies. "The Mummy" debuted with $43.4 million in 1999 and "The Mummy Returns" did $68.1 million in 2001.

 

Along with its $42.5 million domestic haul, the new "Mummy" tale pulled in $59.5 million in 28 countries overseas.

 

"The Dark Knight" almost certainly took away some business from the "The Mummy," since both movies competed for the same action crowds.

 

"It looked like we could do somewhere between $45 and $50 million, but no one could have foreseen the juggernaut `The Dark Knight' has become," said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal.

 

Disney's "Swing Vote," about a presidential election that hinges on the lone ballot of an over-the-hill slacker played by Kevin Costner, opened weakly with $6.3 million, coming in at No. 6.

 

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

 

1. "The Dark Knight," $43.8 million.

 

2. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," $42.5 million.

 

3. "Step Brothers," $16.3 million.

 

4. "Mamma Mia!", $13.1 million.

 

5. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," $6.9 million.

 

6. "Swing Vote," $6.3 million.

 

7. "Hancock," $5.2 million.

 

8. "WALL-E," $4.7 million.

 

9. "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," $3.4 million.

 

10. "Space Chimps," $2.8 million.

 

It was a close call, Mummy might even be number one next week unless something else comes out. But as it's been said, the only major thing coming out soon is Clone Wars.

[Atticus Chaos 0]

It's hard to take Leo serious in the roles he's doing now...looks like he hasn't aged in 10 years

 

I disagree. I'd actually compare DiCaprio to Ledger, in that in the earlier in their careers they were just written off as teen heartthrobs, but later shocked everyone by how talented they were. I used to think of Charlize Theron as another Hollywood bimbo as well, but then I saw her in monster and was very surprised at how good she was.

 

I don't know if actors just drastically improve over time, or they need to be excited about the material to really put their hearts into it. Looking at some of Ledger's films, (Ned Kelly, Casonova) he must have been phoning it in because he's pretty bland in them.

[bob_barron 0]

It was a close call, Mummy might even be number one next week unless something else comes out. But as it's been said, the only major thing comming [sic] out soon is Clone Wars.

 

No, there's no chance of Mummy being #1 next week, since it will fall by more than 50 percent, and TDK will not.

 

Plus, Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder are coming out. Pineapple Express has a good chance, but Tropic Thunder will do it if Pineapple doesn't.

 

And let's not Downhome words.

 

[ZGangsta 0]

It was a close call, Mummy might even be number one next week unless something else comes out. But as it's been said, the only major thing comming out soon is Clone Wars.

No way in hell will the Mummy come in first next week with the reviews it's getting. Even with good reviews it's wouldn't drop less than Dark Knight.

It will have a big second weekend drop so it won't even beat TDK. And Pineapple Express opens on a Wednesday so it probably won't have a big enough weekend to beat TDK either.

[Anakin Flair 0]

I speak gooder english.

 

And I forgot Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express were coming out next week.

[cabbageboy 0]

Yeah I have to admit I am surprised that The Mummy didn't beat out TDK this weekend. Let's see what the weekend actuals ended up being though. The hideous reviews that this Mummy is getting didn't help it any, but to be honest I thought it was silly fun. Nothing great but nothing I'm flat out embarrassed having seen.

 

Pineapple Express at this rate may not do it next week. Knocked Up and Superbad only had 30-33 million openings last year and this looks much more in the vein of a stoner comedy with violence.

[Atticus Chaos 0]

The mummy 3 cost like $175 million to make, so it if does have a huge drop off next week, it might do down as one of the big flops of the summer.

[bob_barron 0]

Domestically, but the movie was made to make a killing overseas. It will be fine

[Atticus Chaos 0]

That's true, I suppose. Speed 2 is regarded as a flop, but that did well enough overseas to make a profit.

[cabbageboy 0]

Speed 2 did 164 million worldwide on a 160 million budget. Considering theaters get a big cut I'd say that lost a ton of money. It would have had to do about 300+ million to make any real money.

 

The new Mummy movie is going to have to make about 400 million worldwide I would think to even begin any serious talk of a 4th one.

[DarKnight 0]

Making money worldwide doesn't mean anything really. It depends on the interest of the market the movie comes out in, so yes, in total every movie that comes out should make a profit worldwide (unless your Eddie Murphy), but the real accomplishment is making back your budget in certain markets, like making back the budget in the US, and making back the budget overseas means you had a smash hit, and will obviously have a sequel. But if the movie doesn't make back the budget in the US or overseas, then there just wasn't any interest in the movie in both markets. I'm still puzzled how Speed 2 made that much money overseas.

[EricMM 0]

I repeat that I went to see the Joker, when I saw it a second time.

 

It's not even becaues I like LEDGER that much, it's because I like THE JOKER. Perhaps it is because I never really took in any of the Batman comics as a wee one, and was shaped solely by the cartoon, but there is no doubt that Joker is the pinnacle of comic book villany to me, and the crueler the better. But always laughing.

 

It's just my preference, I suppose. Maybe it DOES have to do with the fact that we won't ever see THAT joker again.

 

I'm not dogging two face, EASILY the best shot in the movie is how CGI has gotten so spiffy that they could reproduce that old cartoon trick of having twoface go on his speech while having shadows hide his burned side. I LOVED his exposition at the end, the look of it. But it still didn't compare to the Joker, for me.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

"You thought we could be decent men...in an indecent time!"

 

Preach on Two-Face.

[DarKnight 0]

You thought we could be decent men...in an indecent time!"

 

Preach on Two-Face.

 

There were many great lines in this. I especially liked "From this height, the fall wouldn't kill me", "I'm counting on it". Thats one major thing that was missing in the previous 4 movies, no Batman interrogation scenes.

[Yuna_Firerose 0]

The new Mummy movie is going to have to make about 400 million worldwide I would think to even begin any serious talk of a 4th one.

 

There are already talks for an M4.

 

Ugh. Personally, I'm glad I stopped with M2. Didn't even see Scorpion King. Of which there's a sequel to. (A sequel to prequel of a sequel to a remake. How... embarassing.)

[DarKnight 0]

Trust me, that Mummy 4 movie ain't happening. Hell it took 7 years for this new one to be made, and no one cares, which I knew would happen. Its like the Talk of the Indiana Jones spinoff movie starring his son, that won't happen either, because who would care?

[Steviekick 0]

M3 opened up as the top movie last weekend in 26 other countries. If it continues to do well overseas and gets at least $120 million domestic I'm sure Universal will greenlight M4.

 

 

 

 

[bobobrazil1984 0]

Going for viewing #3 today. And yes, mostly for the Joker. i could watch the Ledger scenes over and over again - it's like he's RIPPED out of all of my favorite Joker comics. Just ridiculously awesome.

[DarKnight 0]

M3 opened up as the top movie last weekend in 26 other countries. If it continues to do well overseas and gets at least $120 million domestic I'm sure Universal will greenlight M4.

 

Well, Batman & Robin didn't do awful business either, but look what happened to that supposed sequel Batman:Triumphant, it never got made, or you could say it became Batman Begins, but that is a reboot starting the franchise over.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

My expectations for this movie were higher than any in recent years, and I came away with what is probably the best movie watching experience I have had...ever. To see a movie of this calibur with a packed house has set the bar of future movie ventures so high I'm not sure anything else will reach it. I didn't think it could top the recent awesomeness of Iron Man, but this one does, and by a fair margin, and I loved Iron Man.

 

All the cast members put up a great performance, but Heath Ledger stole the entire movie (Watching Nicholson's Joker will never feel right again.)

 

This movie deserves a second, Hell maybe even third veiwing in the theater and will be part of my DVD collection the very day it's released.

 

10 out of 10. Easily. This just isn't a great comic book film, it's a great movie in it's own right. To sum up, everyone involved with The Dark Knight should be proud of themselves. It's a resounding success on all fronts and hopefully it'll win some Academy awards in the future.

[Steviekick 0]

M3 opened up as the top movie last weekend in 26 other countries. If it continues to do well overseas and gets at least $120 million domestic I'm sure Universal will greenlight M4.

 

Well, Batman & Robin didn't do awful business either, but look what happened to that supposed sequel Batman:Triumphant, it never got made, or you could say it became Batman Begins, but that is a reboot starting the franchise over.

 

That's the difference...B&R is regarded as just an awful joke of a film, where M3 will be remembered as just another dumb Mummy film.

[DarKnight 0]

Batman & Robin actually has a better rating on RottenTomatoes.com. I think it is at 12% wheras this Mummy movie is at 09%. I will watch this Mummy movie when it comes out on DVD though, since this movie sounds hilarious. Yetis, 3 headed dragons, Brenden Frasier not looking much older than his son, and other stuff makes this movie sound funny to watch.