Christopher Nolan will oversee the next SUPERMAN while preparing BATMAN 3!!

REPORT:
It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Chris Nolan! He'll Mentor Superman 3.0 And Prep 3rd Batman

The Dark Knight: $1,001,082,160

REPORT: After months of teetering on the brink of $1 billion in worldwide box office revenue, The Dark Knight has officially reached the milestone, distributor Warner Bros. announced today. The Batman sequel is the fourth movie in history to hit the mark, behind Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Breaking the worldwide gross down, The Dark Knight has made a phenomenal $533.1 million domestically and $468 million overseas. It's the only movie in the Top 20 of the all time worldwide chart where the domestic gross exceeds the foreign gross, which is a common trait among comic book-based pictures. On the all time domestic chart, The Dark Knight ranks second to Titanic, while it stands at No. 22 on the all time foreign chart. Warner Bros. noted that The Dark Knight's total includes the highest-grossing two-dimensional re-mastered IMAX release ever at $49.6 million domestic and $15.3 million overseas.

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Alan Horn, The President of Warner Bros, talks DARK KNIGHT, GREEN LANTERN, and More

This video debunks the rumors of any casting choices for the next Batman movie. This interview is dated December 18, 2008!

-Andres

Eddie Murphy to play Riddler in next Batman Film?!

THIS IS A HOAX!!! There is no script!!! Christopher Nolan hasn't resigned with WB and there is no such time for a Batman movie to come out 2010!! The Sun is lying and people are falling for it!!!!

-Andres

REPORT: The Beverly Hills Cop star, 47, has been signed up by British director CHRISTOPHER NOLAN to reprise the role played by JIM CARREY in 1995’s Batman Forever.

The surprise move follows speculation linking Pirates of the Caribbean star JOHNNY DEPP to the part.

The film, set for a 2010 release, is being developed under the working title Gotham.

Execs have also signed up rising Transformers star SHIA LABEOUF, 22, to play Robin.

CHRISTIAN BALE will return as Bruce Wayne, while MICHAEL CAINE will again play Bruce’s assistant Alfred.

Meanwhile, Brit RACHEL WEISZ is said to be up for the Catwoman role.

Insiders also revealed to The Sun the flick will end on a cliffhanger over whether Batman survives a blast at Wayne Towers.

Nolan had been tight-lipped about the future of the Batman films after being rocked by the January death of HEATH LEDGER — tipped to receive a posthumous Oscar for his role as The Joker in Batman Returns.

A film insider said: “Chris wasn’t sure if he wanted to do another movie but as soon as he decided to, he got the wheels in motion.

“Eddie’s a fantastic addition. Everyone’s excited to see what he does as the Riddler.”

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BOX OFFICE: The Dark Knight crosses $500m!

I told you so! The Dark Knight is only the second film to ever cross the $500m mark in yet another record 45 days!

Another "I told you so" was the Top 5 highest grossing films of the summer. Here are the Top 10 films of the summer:

1. The Dark Knight

2. Iron Man

3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

4. Hancock

5. WALL-E

6. Kung-fu Panda

7. Sex and the City

8. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

9. The Incredible Hulk

10. Wanted

*Refer back to this blog entry for my prediction of the Top 5 box office performers of the summer.

BOX OFFICE: "The Dark Knight" soars above "Star Wars"

This weekend, The Dark Knight surpassed Star Wars as the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time! Star Wars (A New Hope) is at $460 million including the tally of all its re-releases since the movie first debuted in 1977. The Dark Knight grossed over $471 million this weekend in just 31 days(!) well on its way to the $500 million!

The highest grossing movie ever remains Paramount's Titanic.

BOX OFFICE: Batman #1 for 4th Weekend in a row!

The Dark Knight takes in another $26 million for the weekend bringing its total to $441 million. Batman now ranks as the 3rd highest grossing movie of all time before adjusting for inflation, of course!

-Andres

BOX OFFICE: Batman Fastest to $400 million!

As of Monday The Dark Knight crossed the $400 million mark in a record 18 days! The previous record holder is Shrek 2 at 43 days. The Dark Knight did it in less than half of that time! Shrek 2 went on to gross $442 million. On Tuesday The Dark Knight will become the highest grossing comic book adaptation ever!

Over the weekend, The Dark Knight took first place again making it the only film this year to be #1 at the box office for 3 weeks in a row. The $42.6 million 3rd weekend return set up the epic crossover the $400 million Monday.

Now, let’s sit back and wait until this film becomes the fastest to cross $500 million!

PODCAST: The Joker Versus The Joker

So who's the better Joker? Find out what I think in this latest podcast!

Comments are always welcomed!

-Andres

BOX OFFICE: Batman Continues to Soar

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest broke and set records two years ago. I never thought its record would be broken this soon. Spider-Man 3 reclaimed it huge box office opening weekend a year later and I thought "No one could out do this."

As of today, The Dark Knight broken and set another record of crossing the $300 million mark previously set by Dead Man's Chest in 16 days which Batman did in 10 days. Yes, The Dark Knight will be the highest grossing comic book adaptation ever made. Mark my words, Batman will become the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time behind Titanic in the domestic box office without adjusting for inflation, of course.

So far, the Christopher Nolan directed flick has grossed $314.4 million in 10 days thanks to a strong second weekend draw of $75.6 million!

-Andres

UPDATED: Christian Bale Arrested in London!!!!!!

Batman star Christian Bale has been arrested by detectives investigating claims he assaulted his mother and sister.

SUN: Batman Star Christian Bailed

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BOX OFFICE: Batman Returns!

In 1989, Tim Burton's Batman set a box office record by opening to a then-impressive $40.5 million dollars. Adjust to inflation and it comes out to over $70 million! The film topped out at $251 million when adjusted to inflation comes out to nearly $435 million! Subsequent sequels would open to bigger weekends then the first film, but none would reach the heights Batman reached.

The Dark Knight changes that as it opened to not only the highest opening of the Bat films, but also the largest single-weekend opening in history at $158.4 million easily passing Spiderman 3's record of $151.1 million! The Dark Knight, in my opinion, has a shot at being the largest comic book movie adaptation ever. The current record holder is Spiderman at $404 million.

With this latest installment to the reengineered Batman franchise, DC Comics puts themselves on the map once again after Marvel Comics made a surprising smash hit with Ironman. In the next 3 years, Marvel Studios will be rolling out a bunch of films based on their most popular comics. Next year, DC Comics/Warner Bros. will have a shot drawing attention away from Marvel with the hotly anticipated Watchmen movie!

The next Superman installment is called The Man of Steel. If The Dark Knight is any indication that Warner Bros. finally got their groove together, then maybe Superman can return in a truly epic film he deserves!

Will The Dark Knight be the highest grossing comic book movie ever? It will greatly depend on receipts for next weekend. I'll let you know then!

-Andres

KCAL: Midnight Screenings For ‘Dark Knight’ Sold Out

CLIP: "You Wanna Play?"

The Dark Knight in theatres now!!!

CONTEST: And The Winner Is . . .

Congratulations to Alex S.!

Alex gets the $25 AMC Gift Card which he solemnly swears to use towards The Dark Knight!

A special thank you to everyone that participated and submitted their entries into the contest!

The Dark Knight opens at 12:01am Friday! See you all at the movies this weekend!

-Andres

Batman Preying On Box Office Record Books

REPORT: 'Dark Knight' Speeding Towards Friday: Selling, Selling, Selling ...90% Sold Out; Batman Will Play In Record 4,366 Venues

I told you so!
-Andres

THE COUNTDOWN:

The Dark Knight premires tomorrow!

CONTEST ENDS TOMORROW!!!!

There's still time to enter the contest! You can try multiple times to answer correctly so if in doubt, send it anyway! Contest submissions are trickling in so best answer soon!

CONTEST ENDS THURSDAY JULY 17 AT 6AM
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The Dark Knight (Review Date: July 16, 2008)

Download my review for The Dark Knight here or just click on the image above!

THE COUNTDOWN:

2 days until The Dark Knight!

CLIP: "The Night is Darkest Just Before the Dawn"

THE COUNTDOWN:
3 days until The Dark Knight!

The Dark Knight Trailer 3

THE COUNTDOWN:
4 days until The Dark Knight!