The Dark Knight (SPOILERS)

[pezdrake]

Titanic's domestic box office is: $600,788,188
Star Wars' is:$460,998,007
Dark Knight as of today: $441,541,000

I read an article that if it were to beat those movies based on actual amount of tickets sold it would have to do 900 million dollars to beat Star Wars and 1.2 billion dollars to beat Titanic.

You have the numbers flipped.  900 million box office would pass Titanic in tickets sold.  The 1.2 billion would beat Star wars adjusted for inflation.

I might be reading his post wrong Raven but I think he was right.  He was saying adjusted for ticket price increases, not inflation.  Since tickets only cost a couple of bucks in 1977, you have to sell a lot more money wise in order to equal the same amount of 1977 $ to equal the same number of tickets  - 10 bucks today = 1 ticket whereas 10 bucks in 1977 = 5 tickets. (I know I messed that explanation up but I think you get my meaning).

[MrTorso]

I did have the numbers flipped.

[Raven]

Here's the link.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26124600/

[Doctor Who?]

I just got back from seeing it a third time.

This time I was with my mom,she loved it despite the fact that she normally hates movies that are this dark.

I really hope this beats Titanic.

The theater was still packed today so who knows maybe it can.

Hey I was just thinking maybe the reason they didn't show Barbra Gordon wasn't because they diidn't even want to show her but maybe they plan on using Batgirl and they just didn't want to have to chooses an actress yet.

Oh yeah i really want to go back and see this a fourth time.

I can't say that about most movies.

[RoninFox]

Hey I was just thinking maybe the reason they didn't show Barbra Gordon wasn't because they didn't even want to show her but maybe they plan on using Batgirl and they just didn't want to have to chooses an actress yet.

I don't think that Nolan is interested in having Batgirl in there at all, but it might be an indication that if the series continues without him they'd have the option of casting anyone they wanted.  I thought the fact that they showed her so young was a way of telling the audience "remember, we're still near the begining here, Batgirl is a long way away." but I could be wrong and it doesn't explain why they wouldn't show her face.

Interesting that she isn't even listed as Barbara in cast list (at least according to IMDB)  Maybe since his wife is named Barbara in the movies they didn't want confusion.

[Doctor Who?]

Yeah that could be it.

I kind of think Batman could use a sidekick of some kind in the next movie,I mean with both the police and the underworld after him it couldn't hurt to have someone to watch his back.

Also now he doesn't really have any friends except Alfred.

[Mr.M]

"a sidekick of some kind"
You've heard of Robin, right? [not Robin Wright].
I really don't think Robin would be a good addition at all. Nolan is doing a fantastic job of keeping Batman's story dark
& I feel that Robin getting involved would mess up the whole feeling he has going now.
Regardless, it'll be very interesting to see where Nolan takes the next one [IF he does make any more- I'm hoping he will].
I think he's smart enough to only make what he feels will be a good film.
He's only made a handful & so far none of them have missed.

If anyone else decides to continue making them hopefully they wont screw it up the way Warner Bros
made Schumacher do. At least he apologized later.

[MrTorso]

I really don't want to see a Robin at all.

[Compound]

I really don't want to see a Robin at all.

Aw.... But she wanted to go to the mall with you.

[Cosmic Muse]

I really don't want to see a Robin at all.

The Tim Drake Robin from the comics isn't all that bad though. If a future director does use Robin, this is the Robin they should use.

[Doctor Who?]

I think the reason people don't want to see Robin on the big screen is the same reason why for years they didn't want to see Batman on the big screen,they are thinking of the Adam West version.

If anything Robin is even darker then Batman,he has his whole family wiped out in front of him and he seems to keep his feelings about it a lot more bottled up then Batman.

If the costume bothers you they can always change it they did a great job with Two Face,or they could just call him Nightwing right off the bat.

Also you could have a story were he is not really working with Batman he is just another guy in a costume that Batman can't catch.

I really don't think there is no way to do Robin good.

[RoninFox]

I think the reason people don't want to see Robin on the big screen is the same reason why for years they didn't want to see Batman on the big screen,they are thinking of the Adam West version.

If anything Robin is even darker then Batman,he has his whole family wiped out in front of him and he seems to keep his feelings about it a lot more bottled up then Batman.

If the costume bothers you they can always change it they did a great job with Two Face,or they could just call him Nightwing right off the bat.

Also you could have a story were he is not really working with Batman he is just another guy in a costume that Batman can't catch.

I really don't think there is no way to do Robin good.

It really isn't the same.  Robin has always been a way to lighten the image of Batman.  The character (Characters actually, as there've been many Robins) have had very dark moments, but the bulk of Robin's role is to be the lighthearted counterpoint.

[Doctor Who?]

But that doesn't mean he has to always be light harted,I mean for a long time The Joker was just a guy who pulled pranks and look how he turned out.

Look I am not saying I will riot if he is not in the next movie I am just saying I don't buy into this whole idea that there is no way to make Robin work.

[James of LinHood]

If the costume bothers you they can always change it they did a great job with Two Face,or they could just call him Nightwing right off the bat.

No pun intended, right?   

[Natureboy]

She's a fucking hack.

That's essentially what I was trying to say, but sometimes I get called out for being slightly ranty-bitchy, so I thought I'd try the calm explanation look on for size.   

But yeah, she's a fucking hack. 

Right, as her Academy Award proves, she just doesn't have the chops. 

sorry, had to point that out.

Her sex symbol status doesn't take away from the fact that she can be a great actress at times (certainly not in Mr. and Mrs. smith though)