What Will TDK's Final (Domestic) Box Office Total Be?
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~$610m
I think we're going to be looking at way more than this puny list can hold. 
I think the most impressive thing about The Dark Knight's box office run is that it's a sequel that has already made twice as much as its predecessor in just 19 days. That's unprecedented no matter how you look at it.
Well, everyone needs to also keep in mind that the INTL money will keep coming in even longer than domestic. When we're enjoying it on DVD, it will only then be leaving the last of the overseas markets. It still has not been released in a number of countries. When all is said and done, I see TDK doing $500 area domestic and $600 intl. Combined gross of $1.1 or so. We'll see. I think TDK has more of an INTL audience than prior Bat-films. It's the first time Bats had left the country. Those 20 minutes in Hong Kong could translate to a lot of money. It also portrays a fictional American city and government as bad, corrupt, crime-ridden. Seeing as our popularity in the INTL arena is so low, that our government is considered as bad and corrupt, it will appeal a little more to the INTL audience, as it won't be saying "oh look, america is wonderful!" and such.
If I had to make a guestimate here and now, I'd say TDK will leave domestic Box Office with $515-530 million. INTL, $630-650 million. That's a moderate guestimate - I hope I'm low-balling, lol.
If I had to make a guestimate here and now, I'd say TDK will leave domestic Box Office with $515-530 million. INTL, $630-650 million. That's a moderate guestimate - I hope I'm low-balling, lol.
I don't think it was twenty minutes. I'm guessing seven minutes
Didn't Austin Powers 2 make about as much in its first weekend as the original did in its entire run?
Btw, here's the current rankings for top grossing superhero movies of all time, adjusted for inflation:
1) Spider-Man
2) Batman (1989)
3) Spider-Man 2
4) The Dark Knight
5) Superman
Barring an epic collapse, Dark Knight will end up at #1 on that list.
I think your international numbers are a little high. The only Batman film to earn more money internationally than domestically was Batman and Robin, and that was only because it had an international star (Arnold) and underperformed in the United States. Even the more globe-trotting Batman Begins did better domesitcally than internationally.
For all those minutes The Dark Knight spends in Hong Kong, it doesn't have any international stars in it like The Mummy 3 (Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Anthony Wong) does. That's a movie that will do better internationally than domestically.
Now, make no mistake, The Dark Knight will have made a LOT of money when all is said and done, just not that much.
http://news.fantasymoguls.com/originalcontent/2008/08/america-riding.html
Thursday numbers indicate it is likely to be a close battle between "The Dark Knight" and "Pineapple Express" for the #1 spot for the traditional 3-day Friday-Sunday box office.
It pleases me to no end and encourages a slight uptake in my faith in humanity that it's not a forgone conclusion that a mindless druggie comedy will win, even in the face of the 4th weekend of a truly great film like TDK. The fact the battle will be close just warms my heart to the prospect that maybe, just maybe, there is some intellect in the movie going public after all. LOL.
I am, without a doubt, going to see TDK again tomorrow. Gotta do my part. LOL.
Thursday numbers indicate it is likely to be a close battle between "The Dark Knight" and "Pineapple Express" for the #1 spot for the traditional 3-day Friday-Sunday box office.
It pleases me to no end and encourages a slight uptake in my faith in humanity that it's not a forgone conclusion that a mindless druggie comedy will win, even in the face of the 4th weekend of a truly great film like TDK. The fact the battle will be close just warms my heart to the prospect that maybe, just maybe, there is some intellect in the movie going public after all. LOL.
I am, without a doubt, going to see TDK again tomorrow. Gotta do my part. LOL.
I hate to be the buzzkill, but Roger Ebert adores anything David Gordon Green does (just check out the first few lines of his Pineapple Express review).
Have you even seen Pineapple Express? It's fucking great and I've never smoked a drug in my life.
Yes, but that's a much smaller scale. Austin Powers: The Spy that Shagged Me made $54.9 million in its opening weekend to Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery's $53.8 million total, whereas The Dark Knight made $400 million in 19 days to Batman Begins' $205.3 million total. That's a huge increase as a sequel. I don't think we'll ever see that kind of jump from first film to second film again.
Very true. Technically Batman Begins is a sequel, but I see it separately from the previous films. In regards to Abram's film, I would argue that it is its own film, especially considering the talk of there being sequels (with the same cast) if it's successful.
And, to project WAY into the future, I wouldn't be surprised if a second Star Trek movie could do some real business (like the Dark Knight), IF this first Star Trek movie delivers the promise of being a good movie that removes the taste of the previous film out of our mouths, and the follow-up manages to deliver beyond the first film.
Okay, okay, a LOT of BIG ifs there...
Okay, okay, a LOT of BIG ifs there...
Okay, I'll revise my previous statement. We might see that kind of jump again someday but it won't happen for a long time.
