The Dark Knight is already a huge financial and critical success. Does anyone believe that TDK will gross more than Shrek 2 at the US Box-Office? I'm counting on it. What do you think will happen?
I'd be surprised if it doesn't go beyond $300 million. It's already done an estimated $261 million (according to boxofficemojo.com) and it's only been out there for a week so it's probably no stretch to think it can pull down that extra $40 million.
id estimate 500 mill. Repeated viewings from diehard fans and the Ledger thing will help. The fact that every kid I've seen go to this film passes out won't.
Quote from: Gotham Knight on Sat, 26 Jul 2008, 22:04The fact that every kid I've seen go to this film passes out won't.
Serious?
Actually, I advised a fried of mine not to take his son to see it (he's about 6).
Kids anywhere from really young to about 12 that I've seen in my packed theatre end up snoozing or in the case of the reeaaaaalllllly young kids, end up wandering around the theatre.
can't hold a kids attention for 2 and half hours with a film that doesn't really have but a few scenes of action in it.
If The Dark Knight gets to $300 Million by next week, it's a no-brainer that the film will make an estimate of $450 million by the end of its 14 week tenure in theatres. I mean, who wants Shrek 2 as the 3rd largest grossing film ever, TDK deserves that spot. No movie has or will ever defeat the box-office success of Titanic. The film made 600 million in the US alone. It's just never going to happen with any other movie, unless the movie has some type of miracle script, actors, direction, etc.
Quote from: Joker89 on Sun, 27 Jul 2008, 00:33
If The Dark Knight gets to $300 Million by next week, it's a no-brainer that the film will make an estimate of $450 million by the end of its 14 week tenure in theatres. I mean, who wants Shrek 2 as the 3rd largest grossing film ever, TDK deserves that spot. No movie has or will ever defeat the box-office success of Titanic. The film made 600 million in the US alone. It's just never going to happen with any other movie, unless the movie has some type of miracle script, actors, direction, etc.
Yeah, I think around or a little over $450 million in the U.S. is about right I think. The distribution guy for Warners thinks it will hit $400 million in 18 days. I really hope I'm wrong, but it will be tough to beat Titanic. Nothing would make me happier though ;D.
I read the story on Yahoo Movies, and all I can say is The Dark Knight will definately defeat Shrek 2 by the next two weeks. Though, I wouldn't get too carried away with TDK defeating Titanic at the box-office. Technically, TDK would have to gross $75 million every week, in order to take the #1 spot. But hey, let's sit back and see what happens.
Quote from: thecolorsblend on Sat, 26 Jul 2008, 19:41I'd be surprised if it doesn't go beyond $300 million.
Boy, what a stupid guess this turned out to be. It never occurred to me that TDK would have a huge weekend like it did.
This is why I don't like speculating on box office returns.
Warner Bros. will probably give Christopher Nolan the rights to make as many Batman films as he wants, if in fact TDK beats Titanic at the Box-Office. I think either way they already planned for another sequel due to the immediate success of TDK. So don't be surprised if they come out with"The Dark Knight Returns" in 4 years or so.
I dont think it will make more than Titanic. It does restrict a lot of young kids to go. Plus I dont think many people will go back to watch it unless they are really big Batman fans.
I think alot of the kids would go back to see The Dark Knight. Younger kids, no. But I know for sure that the 11 year olds, the 14 year olds and Everyone else in general, who enjoys watching any batman film, loves this film in particular.
Like I said, I'm not going to go over board with the predictions, but I'm pretty confident enough to say that TDK will take Shrek 2's spot as the 3rd highest grossing film in the US box-office. Then i'm sure Warner Bros. will have a sit down meeting, and probably hand the franchise over to Nolan. Nolan will probably make at least 1 more fantastic Batman film for the fans.
Quote from: Joker89 on Tue, 29 Jul 2008, 15:29
I think alot of the kids would go back to see The Dark Knight. Younger kids, no. But I know for sure that the 11 year olds, the 14 year olds and Everyone else in general, who enjoys watching any batman film, loves this film in particular.
Like I said, I'm not going to go over board with the predictions, but I'm pretty confident enough to say that TDK will take Shrek 2's spot as the 3rd highest grossing film in the US box-office. Then i'm sure Warner Bros. will have a sit down meeting, and probably hand the franchise over to Nolan. Nolan will probably make at least 1 more fantastic Batman film for the fans.
I disagree, I don't think it'll hold their attention spans more than one or two viewings. You also have to consider the mainstreem non fans that look at this film as the 6 Batman movie they've had paraided around that are going to quickly dismiss it as yet another Batman flick.
It was 440 million in 10 days (about 44 million per day). As of 28/7 it's 450 worldwide. Not too bad.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=darkknight.htm
There is nothing for me to say. Check out the box-office results for yourself, Gotham Knight. You will see that the multiple-viewings from MOST people, has contributed greatly to the sucess of The Dark Knight.
Quote from: Gotham Knight on Tue, 29 Jul 2008, 16:48
You also have to consider the mainstreem non fans that look at this film as the 6 Batman movie they've had paraided around that are going to quickly dismiss it as yet another Batman flick.
judging from all the "OMG dis is teh greatest movie EVAH!!!"'s I'm hearing people arn't dismissing it as yet another Batman flick.
Yeah, I'm not seeing much, well really none at all, dismissing this as simply another Batman movie in a line of Batman movies. It's clear this one is getting exceptionally high praise, and much adoration as well.
It's hard for me to fathom how a film like this could be this successful based strictly on fan appeal, or fans seeing it multiple times. Even families going to see it wouldn't necessarily generate figures like this given the graphic nature of some parts of the story. Repeat business (beyond the fan community) has to figure in to this somewhere. People see TDK... and then they bring a friend with them when they see it again. Also, you can't buy the kind of WOM TDK has.
I think the same thing went down with Iron Man.
I think because of it being a Batman movie, alot of people who aren't fans of the films, don't want to see it. However, because of the mainstream attention its getting, people are starting believe that this is no ordinary batman film, and it must be good if everyone's talking about it. Which would explain the high figures. People are all paying to see for themselves, why this movie is so interesting, along with Heath's performance as the Joker, etc.
Without a doubt, it's paying off and you can bet there will be another sequel. But it probably wouldn't do this good at the box-office.
something i was able to nab, a big ass cinema advert (for irish newspapers)
click on the thumbnail
(https://www.batman-online.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.batmanmovieonline.com%2Fgallery%2Fthumbs%2F1217681982.jpg&hash=27371a56b8fa1282e7c66d924517b79f52beff71) (http://www.batmanmovieonline.com/gallery.php?showpicture=1439)
The Dark Knight will gross at least $450 million in the US alone. It's that big of a deal, and I'm glad!!
When TDK first opened, I would've disagreed with you. I would've said $450 mill is completely out of the question. But it's closing in on $400 mill right now and it's only been out there for 17 days. If it misses the $450 mark, it won't be by much.
Quote from: thecolorsblend on Sun, 3 Aug 2008, 21:15
When TDK first opened, I would've disagreed with you. I would've said $450 mill is completely out of the question. But it's closing in on $400 mill right now and it's only been out there for 17 days. If it misses the $450 mark, it won't be by much.
I knew instantly the day after TDK opened that it would make at least $450 million and, it obviously had the biggest opening day at the box-office to prove it. So with that being said, I think TDK will remain in theatres for another 3 months or so and will gross well-over the $450 million mark.
As of today, The Dark Knight has earned a domestic gross of $517,680,000
That's amazing! My final prediction is that it will earn a domestic gross of $535 Million. Who disagrees?