Dark Knight...has reached the $500+ million mark

[Hector]

Movies - 'Dark Knight' swings past $500 million mark

[toys2cool]

awesome,I had no doubt

[The Bat]

And $900 Million World wide!! Yeah Baby!!!!


The Dark Knight takes down Spiderman!!!

[Vortigern99]

Interesting to note that TDK would have had to sell $900 million worth of tickets to match the number of tickets Titanic sold in 1997. I don't know how many tickets Star Wars sold from 1977-1997, but I betcha it was more than both its rivals -- even though it's now in 3rd place, box office totals-wise.

[Hector]

Interesting to note that TDK would have had to sell $900 million worth of tickets to match the number of tickets Titanic sold in 1997. I don't know how many tickets Star Wars sold from 1977-1997, but I betcha it was more than both its rivals -- even though it's now in 3rd place, box office totals-wise.

Gone With the Wind is the champ on adjusted inflation:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

[jw1991]

Gone With the Wind is the champ on adjusted inflation:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

It seems like GWTW doesn't get props for being the highest grossing movie of all time (adjusted). I only hear and read that Titanic is the highest grossing and that eventhough TDK is sneaking up on the 600Mill mark, it really wouldn't count because with adjusted, it would need to make 900 million with the adjustment. I wish TDK would hit 901 million just to stop the comparison

[spaceace35]

TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic: $504,696,000 54.8%
+ Foreign: $417,000,000 45.2%

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= Worldwide: $921,696,000

The Dark Knight (2008)

[Hotfoot]

Why? It wasn't that great of a movie.

[Goblin19]

Of course, those past movies, even as recently as Titanic, don't face the same entertainment challenges as movies do today. GWTW didn't go up against TV, at all. There's a few movies in cinema history that stick out as phenomenon. GWTW, Star Wars, Titanic, and The Dark Knight all fit that bill.

[Hector]

Good points. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

[LOU]

Let's not forget to mention the grandaddy of the term "blockbuster" and a film that has become a cultural phenomenon...Spielberg's classic JAWS!!!!!!!! The very first film in history to break the 100 million mark!

Take a look at this trailer...I am actually in this doc and I appear in the trailer amongst my Jaws collection (black Jaws shirt)...the trailer is narrated by original Jaws trailer narrator Percy Rodriguez. You'll probably recognize his voice as he phrases the opening dialogue the same as the original Jaws theatrical trailer.

The Shark is Still Working :: Trailer

Going back on-topic though, I LOVED The Dark Knight and I didn't think I would be that fond of it as I'll always love Nicholson's Joker; but man was it a great film! Can't wait for the DVD and I hope it cleans house at the box office and knocks the terrible Titanic from the top spot!