The Dark Knight > The Mummy

Vegito728 · #1 08-04-2008, 12:18 AM

The Dark Knight > The Mummy

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As most readers know, we normally never cover box office stats, but considering history is being made this year with The Dark Knight, I can't help but mention the latest news.

This past weekend resulted in an interesting turn of events, as Universal's The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ended up performing well below early estimates, only taking in $42.5 million. In comparison, The Dark Knight kicked Brendan Fraser's **** and earned another $43.8 million, beating The Mummy for the #1 spot this weekend for the third weekend in a row.

However, the big news is that this puts the cumulative domestic total for Nolan's sequel up to $395 million. In just over two weeks, The Dark Knight has already pushed its way up to the #8 spot on the all-time box office totals list, right below Spider-Man - and this is just the beginning!

What the heck was Entertainment Weekly thinking when they only predicted $255 million?! The best part is that most of the movies that are up at the top of the all-time box office totals list only reach that point after months of showing in the theater.

Steve Mason of Fantasy Moguls is already predicting that The Dark Knight is going to make enough on Monday to beat out Spider-Man for the highest grossing comic book movie of all-time.

Mason's prediction is that The Dark Knight will end up with a domestic total of $480 million by the end of its run (which could be through to November). That would it put in the #2 spot directly below Titanic, which holds the record with an unbeatable $600 million domestically. That would also put it directly above Star Wars, which has earned $461 million since 1977.

The other great part about this news is that The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor got its **** kicked. On Friday, I was reading news saying that The Mummy might finally give Batman a run for his money and just barely nudge it out for the #1 spot.

But anyone who was seen both of those movies knows that The Mummy doesn't even deserve one cent of the $42.5 million that it made. Thankfully The Dark Knight prevailed and is on its way to going down in history.

It's truly gratifying to see The Dark Knight doing as well as I originally predicted and proving all of the nay-sayers wrong. However, I'm not going to start any fights about who was right or wrong. Instead, let's just focus on the incredible success of one of the best movies of the decade. And I leave you all with one last question… Will it beat Titanic?

Source: The Dark Knight Kicks The Mummy's **** - Headed for $480 Million! « FirstShowing.net

TDK is just tearing the box office up. I'll be surprised if it surpasses the Titanic but I'd love to see it happen.

Because really, TDK >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Titanic

Hybrix · #2 08-04-2008, 12:22 AM

Titanic hit a whole different crowd though. The date crowd of all ages. Sure people go to TDK on dates too but Titanic will be hard to "sink" at the box office.

SuiGeneris · #3 08-04-2008, 12:27 AM

I'm sorry TDK >>>>>> Any movie out in the past decade. Hands down.

Hybrix · #4 08-04-2008, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SuiGeneris

I'm sorry TDK >>>>>> Any movie out in the past decade. Hands down.

Wow... fanboy much? I 100% disagree with everything you just said.. Seriously it was a good movie but it wasn't the BEST movie made in the last 10 years...

Wade8813 · #5 08-04-2008, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Hybrix

Wow... fanboy much? I 100% disagree with everything you just said.. Seriously it was a good movie but it wasn't the BEST movie made in the last 10 years...

I agree with Sui. I'll admit, I'm a fanboy, but I'm a fan of a lot of the other things from movies from the last 10 years, but none of them even compare to TDK. My friend wasn't even going to go, except we already had the ticket - and he was awed by the movie.

Besides, I don't think you have to be a fanboy to pick the movie that's setting box office records, and is currently ranked #1 on imdb.com...

Constantine · #6 08-04-2008, 06:59 AM

I heard the Mummy sucked so hard it could be a $50,000 hooker.

micfranklin · #7 08-04-2008, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SuiGeneris

I'm sorry TDK >>>>>> Any movie out in the past decade. Hands down.

Lord of the Rings?

Constantine · #8 08-04-2008, 07:23 AM

Lord of the Rings is pretty high up there. But I would probably put TDK just above Return of the King.

DLFerguson · #9 08-04-2008, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Hybrix

Wow... fanboy much? I 100% disagree with everything you just said.. Seriously it was a good movie but it wasn't the BEST movie made in the last 10 years...

I agree. THE DARK KNIGHT is the best movie I've seen this year so far but if anybody thinks it's the best movie of the decade...well, I would suggest that they haven't seen enough movies.

And I don't understand why there's this need to see other movies fail to ensure THE DARK KNIGHT's 'success'. There's nothing wrong with "The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor" no, it's not as good as the first two but it's an enjoyable Saturday Afternoon high adventure popcorn movie. I want to see both movies find their audience and make boatloads of money so that we can all see more movies in both the superhero and the pulp adventure genres made.

micfranklin · #10 08-04-2008, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Constantine

Lord of the Rings is pretty high up there. But I would probably put TDK just above Return of the King.

Really? Why?

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