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During Time Warner’s earnings call yesterday, CEO Jeff Bewkes said that the studio would like to ensure Batman and Superman and perhaps Sherlock Holmes become long-lasting franchises, such as what they have/had with Harry Potter: “We look at Harry Potter. It’s fantastic to have franchises that last that long. We want to do that with [...]
Without the help of high-profile Oscar nominations such as Best Picture, Best Director or Best Writing, the re-launch of last year’s highest grossing film, and the second highest grossing film of all-time, The Dark Knight, was modestly successful. The film played in 350 theaters (+344 from the weekend prior) and grossed $667,397 (#26) for a [...]
The Dark Knight screenwriter Jonathan Nolan has responded to the fan outrage caused by the film being snubbed out of several Oscar nominations. Via darkcampaign.com: “hey — not sure who to address this to as it looks like a collective effort, but I just wanted to pass along my thanks. It’s truly humbling that you [...]
The Dark Knight producer Charles Roven was asked by MTV whether they would’ve done anything different with Ledger’s Joker if they knew the actor wouldn’t be reprising the role: “We have to separate the actors from the role,” said Roven. “On a personal level, Heath was a friend of mine. We had worked together before [...]
The prospects of The Dark Knight receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, a feat many suspected a comic-book movie would never achieve, have increased greatly over the past few days. That’s because the film has received several key nominations by: the Producer’s Guild of America, the Writer’s Guild of America and today, the Director’s Guild of [...]
Instead of fighting with Chinese censors, Warner Bros. has opted to forgo a Chinese release of The Dark Knight: “Based on a number of pre-release conditions that are being attached to ‘The Dark Knight’ as well as cultural sensitivities to some elements of the film, we have opted to forego a theatrical release of the [...]
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced that The Dark Knight has sold 13.5 million DVD and Blu-ray disc copies worldwide (US, UK, Canada, Japan, Benelux and Australia). That figure includes a record-breaking 1.7 million Blu-ray Discs worldwide, including 1 million domestically. The Dark Knight took the world by storm on Blu-ray and DVD, breaking records for [...]
In its first day of release this past Tuesday, Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight sold 3 million copies on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States, Canada and the UK. 600,000 of those copies were Blu-ray, the most ever for the format, beating the record previously held by Marvel/Paramount’s Iron Man, which sold 260,000 Blu-ray [...] |
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