A FilmDrunk reader writes of the picture, "found this little gem on the internet. consider posting it next time you talk about batman making fuckton of money." A gem indeed. The cartoonist truly is a modern day Thomas Nast – the bag with the dollar sign to indicate money? Brilliant!
There isn’t a metaphor out there that can fully convey how badly The Dark Knight is destroying the box office right now. The total is up to $312.4 million dollars domestically, meaning it reached the $300 million dollar barrier in 10 days, the fastest ever. The previous fastest being Pirates of the Caribbean 3, which reached it in 16 days.
Studio now believes that "Dark Knight" has a shot at making north of $500 million domestically, becoming only the second film to do so after "Titanic," which grossed $600.8 million in North America. The next two top-grossing pics after "Titanic" are the original "Star Wars," which ultimately grossed $461 million domestically — including re-releases — and "Shrek 2," which made $436 million domestically.
I think I speak for everyone here when I say, "Holy balls." Meanwhile this weekend, Step Brothers pulled in a respectable $30 million for the number two spot, and X-Files 2 was a big disappointment at $10.2 million, putting it at number four behind Mamma Mia. Sources say X-Files was shooting for high teens to low 20s in its first weekend, but since it only cost $29 million to make, it will probably turn a decent profit eventually. In other news, I bought this sportcoat off a wino for two dollars. *pops collar, does a twirl* I think it fits great.
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what color was the sportcoat?
Believe it or not, I haven’t seen this yet. I understand that it’s good, but is it "slap yo momma" good?
Oh, I guess so.
Rot, did you read His review?
Oh, has anyone seen X-Files? Was it any good? RT doesn’t seem to think much of it.
So I understand from my Brother-in-Law and his wife that the bag with the dollar sign has been trademarked by Gene Simmons. Does anybody know if he’s received royalties from the cartoonist? It would seem that the Demon Lizard God thingy is due about $1.35.
Hypothetically, if I wanted to have sex with a movie, where would I put my penis? Sprocket holes? Some kind of crevice in the projector? Cut a hole in the screen?
Hypothetically, of course.
Fek, (I’m being totally serious) I’ve actually managed to avoid reading any reviews and the only trailer I’ve watched is the first one that they released. I like to keep myself minty-fresh.
Rot, SPOILER ALERT! The Joker is the bad guy. Sorry bro, but you gotta get outta the house more often.
Well, Rotty, He would like to tell you that, if you change your mind, His review is spoiler free. It tells more what it was like watching the movie than what happened in the movie. ;)
i’ve missed so much today. the site just isn’t working very well for me. I didn’t see any new posts until about 2 minutes ago.
Brooklyn, go right for the hole at the center of the reel. If you tip the projectionist, they’ll let you be the ‘spindle’ for a showing or two.
So, at $10M, He will assume that is a "no" on XFiles…
Thanks Stoney. Mama Mia matinee, here I come…
Affy, there were no new posts until 2 minutes ago. It’s been a very high energy 2 minutes.
I would do an Infinity with Dark Knight, but would go A2M for Iron Man. In my opinion.
I would let Dark Knight do filthy and unforgivable things to me while my parents watched. Filthy, filthy things.
By the end of the month, The Dark Knight will bring an end to war and poverty, align the planets and bring them into universal harmony allowing meaningful contact with all forms of life.
I expect the next Batman movie to cure cancer, show us the one true god, and contain an exact map to the g-spot.
X-Files sounds like its pretty good from what I’ve seen. I’ll be seeing it soon.
Does this movie have the Prince Batman song and dance too?
I made $20 cuttin MeeMaw’s grass. Suck it Batman.
Another record broken: high grossing film featuring pencil related deaths
Let me first start off by saying that i fucking loved The Dark Knight, but these grosses don’t accurately reflect how many people are going to see the movie. they don’t take into account inflation. I mean it costs on average 7 dollars to get into a movie these days, so at $300 million that means avg 43 million people have gone to see this movie.
Star Wars made 307 million in 1977. the avg ticket price that year was $3. that means avg 102 million people went to Star Wars when it was in theatres. Well over twice as many as TDK. These gross figures are not an accurate reflection.
Dude…shut the fuck up.
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GLM- If you don’t like our shit, you’re retarded.
im just saying, its overstating it a bit when everyone is like, oh my fucking god look how much money its made, its the best movie of all time.
and just for the record, i think star wars is a fucking retarded movie, i only used it as an example because it was in the story
I am in Afghanistan and haven’t seen Dark Knight yet, but I will when I go home on leave in 3 weeks. But, even without seeing it it’s safe to say they will be making a third from the assload of money this thing has made, and the Joker will be in it (Thanks for giving that part away, Harry from AICN and Howard Stern)
Any of you fancypants film insiders know who might read for the role of the Joker in the third film? Who read for it for DK? I remember initially people thought it was gonna be Paul Bettany.?
Thanks for putting you ass on the line for us FartNugget. I haven’t heard anything yet, but I’m not really a fancypants film insider. I just play one on the interhighways. Keep your head down.