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The Dark Knight is broadly considered to be one of the best comic book movies ever made. Released in July of 2008, the film quickly picked up superior reviews for its themes, layering, and compelling storylines.
Perhaps the film's greatest selling feature came out of tragedy, as star Heath Ledger, who played the villainous Joker, passed away after shooting of the film concluded. Ledger died in January of 2008. His performance in The Dark Knight is considered by many to be iconic, with some critics leading a campaign to have Ledger nominated for an Oscar.
Along with Ledger, the movie stars Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-face, Michael Caine as Alfred, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes.
The film gathered immense critical acclaim, but the praise was not unanimous. The overwhelming box office success of The Dark Knight made it just the second movie ever to earn more than $500 million at the North American box office.
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PS3 Wins Holiday Season With Unbelievable Bundles
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Every year the day after Thanksgiving offers countless one day sales. Some are great, others not so much. Well for us PlayStation fans there are countless options this year, especially for those looking to possibly add another console to their collection. There are a total of 5 great deals at various stores on this ...4 hours ago -
Notice! Topless Robot Will Be Back on Monday (Also: Tangerine)
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Hey, guys. I just wanted to let you know Ill be taking off Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving and post-glutton depression, respectively. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving, or at least that TR s foreign readers overeat and feel grateful for something, which is more or less the same thing. I did want to leave ...19 hours ago -
This Weeks Issue: New Moons record-breaking opening and where Hollywood goes from here
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Call it battle of the abs. Or the teen screams heard round the world. Either way, Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon did more business on its opening weekend than any other movie this year. Now that it’s the biggest fall opening ever at $142.8 million and its opening day ... Kristen Stewart Fans ...1 day ago -
Heath Ledger’s Former Home: Celebrity Real Estate
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Heath Ledger might have started his acting career as a young heartthrob in the teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You, but the talented actor spent years trying to shy away from this image and played against type-casting in dramas such as Monster’s Ball and Brokeback Mountain. For his role as Wyoming ranch hand, ...1 day ago -
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON Surpasses Expectations
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Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: New MoonThe Twilight Saga: New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz, and starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner, did even better than its studio, Summit Entertainment, had estimated.According to final box-office figures for the weekend, New Moon ...2 days ago -
Win one of two copies of the gripping Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem and learn the facts behind the Johnny Depp film Public Enemies
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Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem Fast paced, gripping and action-packed, Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem is the true story behind Michael Mann’s acclaimed movie Public Enemies. History will release Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem on December 8th, and to celebrate the upcoming DVD, FilmFetish is giving away two ...2 days ago -
Batman Toy: THE JOKER Nestle Cereal Box Premium WALLPAPER BACKGROUND
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Awhile back I got an e-mail from a Bat-Blog Fan who took a few photos of her favorite Batman Toys. Well, actually they were mostly toys of the Joker, but you get the idea! Her name is Biadza & this is a photo of THE JOKER ( Heath Ledger version ) Cereal Premium Figure in her collection. The pic was kinda BIG so I ...2 days ago -
‘The Dark Knight’ Holds Firm Against Stupid Sparkly “Vampires”
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It’s no secret. You would be hard-pressed to find a single robot on this site that gives two shits about anything Twilight – other than we think it is single-handedly detroying the vampire genre, but we won’t go there right now. Over the weekend, The Twilight Saga: New Moon set new records for a midnight ...2 days ago -
After New Moon, Does Hollywood Need New Blood?
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A look at the list of the 30 films that reaped the all-time highest-grossing weekends reveals how dependent the motion picture industry has become on on established properties - like novels, comic books and theme-park attractions - to provide its source material.2 days ago -
BATMAN "The Dark Knight" FAN ART From Finland!
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I love getting e-mails & the chance to meet Batman Fans from all over the world. Its so cool to me that Batman is so popular in many different countries. It really says a lot about what a great character he is. Like, this morning, I got a message from a Bat-Blog Reader named Kai who sent these very interesting ...3 days ago -
New Moon slays box office
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New Moon slayed its competition at the box office over the weekend. In its first three days, the Twilight sequel raked in $140.7 million dollars in North America to bring its worldwide total to $258.8 million. The North American numbers placed New Moon third all-time behind only The Dark Knight and ...3 days ago -
Box Office: Twilight Saga’s New Moon Crushes Weekend with $140 Million
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The sequel to the teen vampire series of ridiculous and almost unbelievable fame made a vampire style killing in the Box Office this weekend . Based on the Twilight book series by Stephanie Meyer, New Moon , took out its competition this weekend to take the number one spot in the box office. The film was ...3 days ago -
Batman and Spider-Man have a new nemesis: Twilight
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New Moon Move over, Joker and Green Goblin: Edward Cullens here to give you a real run for your money. New Moon , the second in a series of adaptations of author Stephenie Meyers teen-vampire Twilight saga, stunned Hollywood and shattered box-office records this past weekend by taking in $140.7 million over ...3 days ago -
Box Office: Fangirls Fuel A Record Breaking Weekend For ‘New Moon’
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Last week I mentally predicted that New Moon would come in around the $80 Million mark. Obviously, there is a reason that I am not in the business of box office predictions. New Moon grossed over $140 Million during its opening weekend, and broke a few records along the way. Fangirls (and a few fanboys) showed ...3 days ago -
New Moon Has Record Opening
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New Moon File Photo New Moon raked in $140 million dollars on it’s opening weekend. It did almost double as what Twilight did when it opened to $69 million. Only “The Dark Knight Returns” and “Spider-Man 3″ did better. A surprise at the box office was Sandra Bullock’s latest movie, “The Blind ...3 days ago -
Batman and Spider-Man Defeat Twilight
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Filed under: Marvel , DC , Movies Vampires, werewolves, needy teen girls who seem to rely on dudes to nausea-inducing extremes -- none of the above were able to best the Caped Crusader and everyones friendly neighborhood Web-Slinger... at least when it comes to a films opening ... Read more Permalink ...3 days ago -
New Moon Wolfs Up Box Office Records
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This was a movie weekend for the record books, according to Variety.New MoonNew Moon, the sequel to Twilight, took in $140.7 million, which may turn out to be the second-best weekend ever at the domestic United States box office in terms of overall ticket sales.3 days ago -
New Moon Trailer
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New Moon Trailer - MTV MOVIE AWARDSNew Moon is a fantasy-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer, and is the second book in the Twilight series. According to Meyer, the book is about losing true love. The title refers to the darkest phase of the lunar cycle, indicating that New Moon is about the darkest time ...3 days ago -
Twilight sequel sets new opening-day record
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon smashed the record for a single-day opening at the North American box office, and was on track to score one of the biggest weekend tallies of all time, according to preliminary data issued on Saturday. The vampire romance sequel earned $72.7 million across the United States and Canada on ...3 days ago -
Game-changer
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There was a point on Friday when I was reading that the midnight showings of New Moon ($26.3 million on Thursday night alone) were breaking box office numbers that I seriously thought The Dark Knights record $158.4 million opening weekend haul was in huge jeopardy.In the end though, Variety say Summit Entertainment ...3 days ago
