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TDKR will easily cruise past $600m at least. Cant see it topping TDK though for as other people have mentioned you cant buy the sort of publicity you get when one of the leads dies.
I reckon Heath popping off must have put at least 15-20% on the box office.
However although the Oscar was probably largely sympathy I do think it was a fantastic performance and deserved - although without the death factor would a superhero film be getting nominated? Did jack Nicholson get nominated in 89? I cant remmber.
i think it will easily get to $400 million... i estimate that it should also easily eclipse the $500 million mark as well
Casino Royale pulled in $594.2 million worldwide
Quantum Of Solace pulled in $586.1 million worldwide
and with the average ticket prices steadily increasing year after year, i think it's a safe bet that it'll get over $500 million - even with Twilight opening a week after it... and then The Hobbit later on around Christmas.
Yeah good point. I think I was reckoning it in pounds but then put dollars.
Ah, that would explain the major box office hit that was The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (ledgers last movie) which also cleaned up at the Oscars and broke every record ever made.
... oh wait
Yeah well seeing as
a) Ledger had completed so little of the film that they recast his part
b) when has a Terry Gilliam film ever cleaned up at either box office or Oscars?
I think your argument lacks substance.
TDK was always going to break the 500m barrier but the fact that it was a very good film in its own right, not just for fans of Batman, multiplied by Ledgers death boosted takings expoentially.
Dr Parnassus was never going to make much but I'm sure that Ledgers death must have put a bit on it. Difference is 15% of 800m odd sends you into the stratoshpere. 15% of 20m is barely noticeable in box ofice terms.
Also, its been 4 years. People need to let it go and move on.
Now, even tho I'm a comic book fanatic who has read thousands of BM comics, I'm not a fan of the Nolan BM series. They're very well made but something's "off" there for me. I'd *love* to see a Nolan Bond movie, but I can't get into live-action BM movies much.
So, for me, Bond23 is going to be waaaaay better than TDKR!!
I don't think this will be so for the average movie goer...
Btw since we're talking about batman, here's the ugly truth how Batman started... :D