<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Filmonic &#187; The Dark Knight</title> <atom:link href="http://filmonic.com/tag/the-dark-knight/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://filmonic.com</link> <description>Movie news, trailers, reviews and release dates</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 19:14:59 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Box Office: Fastest films to $400 million</title><link>http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-400-million</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-400-million#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 10:31:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Box Office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avatar 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shrek 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spider-Man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Amazing Spider-Man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Avengers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Avengers 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight Rises]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Titanic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toy Story 3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=15869</guid> <description><![CDATA[On Thursday The Avengers passed the $400 million mark and, as promised some time ago, here are the top 10 fastest films to reach that number at the box office in North America, unadjusted for inflation. Did you know The Avengers is only the 10th film to ever reach $400 million (in a single box [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-400-million">Box Office: Fastest films to $400 million</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/newavengersposter2.jpg" alt="newavengersposter2" title="Box Office: Fastest films to $400 million" width="590" height="278" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15134" /> On Thursday <strong>The Avengers</strong> passed the $400 million mark and, as <a href="http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-300-million" target="_blank">promised</a> some time ago, here are the top 10 fastest films to reach that number at the box office in North America, unadjusted for inflation.</p><p><span id="more-15869"></span>Did you know<strong> The Avengers</strong> is only the 10th film to ever reach $400 million (in a single box office run)? So if you think about it for a second, this is the not just the top 10 fastest to $400 million, it&#8217;s the entire damn list. Now for those wondering, <strong>The Hunger Games</strong> sits at $388.5 million after 56 days and should pass $390 million by the end of the weekend. There is still a good chance that Katniss Everdeen will eventually make her way to $400 million.</p><p>10. <strong>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</strong> (2009) &#8211; It took 74 days for this mess to reach $400.1 million, finishing with $402.1 million.</p><p>9. <strong>Star Wars: Episode 1 &#8211; The Phantom Menace</strong> (1999) &#8211; Only the 2nd film to ever pass the mark in a single theatrical run, <strong>The Phantom Menace</strong> needed 67 days to make $401.4 million, stopping at $431 million.</p><p>8. <strong>Spider-Man</strong> (2002) &#8211; Taking 66 days to reach $400 million, arguably one of the most popular superheroes of all time, Spider-Man ended its run with $403.7 million. This year&#8217;s reboot of the series, <strong>The Amazing Spider-Man</strong>, can only dream of such heights. But crazy things can happen, just look at <strong>The Avengers</strong>.</p><p>7. <strong>Titanic</strong> (1997) &#8211; The highest grossing film of all time for 12 years, <strong>Titanic</strong> hit $402.5 million in 66 days, closing its initial theatrical run with $600.7 million. Thanks to a 3D re-release back in April this year, the film now sits at $658.4 million.</p><p>6. <strong>Toy Story 3</strong> (2010) &#8211; This animated masterpiece made it to $400 million in 58 days, running out of juice at $415 million.</p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.jpg" alt="pirates of the caribbean dead mans chest" title="Box Office: Fastest films to $400 million" width="590" height="259" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15878" /></p><p>5. <strong>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest</strong> (2006) &#8211; Johnny Depp, pirates, Jerry Bruckheimer, Legolas, Keira Knightley, and a huge Kraken were just some of the ingredients of this Disney blockbuster. It needed 45 days to reach $401.2 million and the film ran out of booty to plunder at $423.3 million.</p><p>4. <strong>Shrek 2</strong> (2004) &#8211; While not exactly on the same level as <strong>Toy Story 3</strong> quality-wise, it made a lot of money, and still the highest grossing animated film of all time. This one took 43 days to gross $400.9 million, totalling $441.2 million in the end.</p><p>3. <strong>Avatar</strong> (2009) &#8211; This little film made $415 million in 23 days and didn&#8217;t stop until $749.7 million during its initial run. Now <strong>Avatar</strong>, the current highest grossing film of all time (unadjusted for inflation), has made $760.5 million, a number you won&#8217;t see beaten for quite some time.</p><p>2. <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> (2008) &#8211; While <strong>Avatar</strong> made the most green, this film is the undisputed king of reaching milestones in record time. Unfortunately that statement is no longer true because there is a new champion in town. Regardless, <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> made $400 million in 18 days and with a total of $533.3 million it is still the #1 highest grossing superhero film of all time in North America, at least for two more weeks or so.</p><p>1. <strong>The Avengers</strong> (2012) &#8211; After an opening weekend of $207.4 million, this film was bound to break more than a few records during its box office run. So it was fastest to $100 million, $200 million, $300 million, and now $400 million in just 14 days. Right now not even the sky seems to be the limit for this superhero juggernaut, ready to win yet another weekend.</p><p>With more and more movies making epic amounts of money extremely fast, reaching $400 million is not as hard as it once was and there are definitely a few contenders on the horizon. No matter how you look at it, <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong> will make a lot money, very much guaranteed a top 5 on the chart above. Then there&#8217;s <strong>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</strong>, <strong>Avatar 2</strong> (2015), <strong>Avengers 2</strong> (?) which are all very likely to end up on this list in the years to come.</p><p>So besides <strong>The Avengers</strong>, what other film you see making over $500 million next?</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-400-million">Box Office: Fastest films to $400 million</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-400-million/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Fastest films to $300 million</title><link>http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-300-million</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-300-million#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:18:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Box Office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forest Gump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pirates of the Caribbean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shrek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Star Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Hunger Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Top 10]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toy Story 3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Transformers]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=15568</guid> <description><![CDATA[A week ago we looked at the highest 10-day grossers of all time, now I bring you sort of a sequel to that list, the top 10 fastest films to ever reach $300 million in North America. Now as is with most sequels, there might be more than a few similarities, after all, sequels come [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-300-million">Box Office: Fastest films to $300 million</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  alt="avatar2016" src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/avatar2016.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="590" height="257" title="Box Office: Fastest films to $300 million" /> A week ago we looked at the <a href="http://filmonic.com/highest-10-day-grossing-movies-of-all-time">highest 10-day grossers of all time</a>, now I bring you sort of a sequel to that list, the top 10 fastest films to ever reach $300 million in North America. Now as is with most sequels, there might be more than a few similarities, after all, sequels come from a lack of original ideas, right? But you&#8217;ll notice a few changes like, for example, the complete absence of a certain web crawler that was featured twice last time around. And yes, <strong>The Hunger Games</strong> has a spot on this top 10.</p><p><span id="more-15568"></span>10. <strong>Transformers: Dark of the Moon</strong> (2011) &#8211; This took 19 days to reach $302.8 million and ended up with $352.3 million. Interestingly, <strong>Dark of the Moon</strong> just barely missed the last top 10 with $223.3 million in 10 days ($225.1 million was the number for 10th place).</p><p>9. <strong>Toy Story 3</strong> (2010) &#8211; The 3rd entry in the Pixar animated series needed 18 days to get to $301.8 million. That&#8217;s like 3 weekends and a day, very impressive and hopefully, when <strong>Toy Story 4</strong> comes out (and as long as it&#8217;s just as good), it will get there faster. <strong>Toy Story 3</strong> finished with $415 million.</p><p>8. <strong>Shrek 2</strong> (2004) &#8211; Another film that wasn&#8217;t in my last top 10, <strong>Shrek 2</strong> made it to $300 million in 18 days but unlike <strong>Toy Story 3</strong>, it got there with $302.6 million. Box office wise, this was the highpoint of the franchise with a total of $441.2 million.</p><p>7. <strong>Star Wars: Episode 3 &#8211; Revenge of the Sith</strong> (2005) &#8211; 17 days to reach $300.3 million and it ended up with $380.2 million. While this is the fastest in the series to reach that mark, it&#8217;s only 3rd when taking into account the overall totals (if we don&#8217;t include re-releases, it&#8217;s 2nd after <strong>Phantom Menace</strong>).</p><p>6. <strong>The Hunger Games</strong> (2012) &#8211; The newest film on this list, it got here in 17 days with $302.4 million. Since every single film found here ended up with at least $350 million, it&#8217;s safe to say <strong>The Hunger Games</strong> should at the very least match that number at the end of its run.</p><p>5. <strong>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest</strong> (2006) &#8211; 16 days with $311.3 million and this one finished with $423.3 million. It remains by far the highest grossing film in the franchise.</p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/deathly-hallows-part-2.jpg" alt="deathly hallows part 2" title="Box Office: Fastest films to $300 million" width="590" height="255" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15581" /></p><p>4. <strong>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2</strong> (2011) &#8211; The last Harry Potter adventure needed 15 days to hit $303 million and finished with $381 million. This was only the 3rd Potter film to pass $300 million and it got there much faster than <strong>The Philosopher&#8217;s Stone</strong> (52 days) and <strong>Half-Blood Prince</strong> (77 days).</p><p>3. <strong>Avatar</strong> (2009) &#8211; The current highest grossing film of all time got to $308.8 million in 15 days and didn&#8217;t stop before $749.7 million (during its initial run). What&#8217;s more surprising than the success of this film is the fact we doubted James Cameron again, just like we did when <strong>Titanic</strong> was on the verge of release. While I don&#8217;t think <strong>Avatar 2</strong> will match the total of the original, it should reach $300 million much faster.</p><p>2. <strong>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</strong> (2009) &#8211; Here stands probably the most hated film on this top 10. Trashed by everyone, <strong>Revenge of the Fallen</strong> still managed to hit $305.5 million in just 14 days and was out of juice at $402.1 million, where it stopped.</p><p>1. <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> (2008) &#8211; Batman got to $313.7 million in only 10 days, absolutely trashing every gross speed record by a wide margin. The film went on to a $533.3 million total, making it (at the time) only the 2nd film to ever pass the $500 million mark. This summer <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong> has a lot to live up to and I&#8217;m hoping it can deliver.</p><p>A few last words are supposed to come here and since I&#8217;m all out of ideas, I&#8217;ll finish this in a very factual way while trying to maintain my serious face in the process. You see, only 37 films have made it past $300 million in North America and while <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> was the fastest (10 days, in case you skipped to the end, cheater), <strong>Forest Gump</strong> came in last place (193 days). Also for the <strong>Lord of the Rings</strong> fans out there (I&#8217;m one) that might be wondering why there&#8217;s no film from the trilogy on here, well, they were a few years ago. Now <strong>Return of the King</strong> is the highest of the franchise in 14th with 24 days to hit 300 million.</p><p>I promise I&#8217;ll do a fastest to $400 million top 10 as soon as we have a new film reach that mark. What film you think will be the next to make $400 million?</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-300-million">Box Office: Fastest films to $300 million</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/box-office-fastest-films-to-300-million/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Highest 10-day grossing movies of all time</title><link>http://filmonic.com/highest-10-day-grossing-movies-of-all-time</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/highest-10-day-grossing-movies-of-all-time#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:54:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Box Office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Independence Day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jurassic Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pirates of the Caribbean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spider-Man 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spider-Man 3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Star Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Hunger Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Twilight Saga: New Moon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Top 10]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toy Story 3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=15473</guid> <description><![CDATA[The first 10 days of a film&#8217;s release usually cover the debut weekend and the following week up to the end of the 2nd weekend. The Hunger Games made $248.4 million in that time and while it&#8217;s a lot of money, other movies made more. I thought this would be an interesting chart to look [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/highest-10-day-grossing-movies-of-all-time">Box Office: Highest 10-day grossing movies of all time</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dark-knight.jpg" alt="dark knight" title="Box Office: Highest 10 day grossing movies of all time" width="590" height="251" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15518" /> The first 10 days of a film&#8217;s release usually cover the debut weekend and the following week up to the end of the 2nd weekend. <strong>The Hunger Games</strong> made $248.4 million in that time and while it&#8217;s a lot of money, other movies made more. I thought this would be an interesting chart to look at so today I give you the top 10 highest 10-day grossers of all time in North America, unadjusted for inflation. Interesting fact, <strong>The Hunger Games</strong> is the only non-sequel you&#8217;ll find in this top 10.</p><p><span id="more-15473"></span>10. <strong>Spider-Man 2</strong> (2004) $225.1 million ($373.5 million total) &#8211; <strong>Spider-Man</strong> films have always made a lot of money in a short amount of time, so obviously the 2nd one was no different. It should be noted this opened on a Wednesday, so it had a different gross pattern compared to other films found here.</p><p>9. <strong>Toy Story 3</strong> (2010) $226.8 million ($415 million) &#8211; The 3rd and, at the time, supposedly last <strong>Toy Story</strong>, was a huge success. With its 10-day accounting for only 54.7% of the total gross, <strong>Toy Story 3</strong> has no other equal on this chart when it comes to box office legs.</p><p>8. <strong>The Twilight Saga: New Moon</strong> (2009) $230.9 ($296.6 million) &#8211; The fastest selling <strong>Twilight</strong> is not the biggest. <strong>New Moon</strong> was a very frontloaded flick that in fact made 77.9% of its total in the first 10 days of release. For reference, the first <strong>Twilight</strong> made $119.7 million in 10 days, or about 62.1% of its $192.7 million total.</p><p>7. <strong>Star Wars: Episode III &#8211; Revenge of the Sith</strong> (2005) $236.9 million ($380.2 million) &#8211; Can&#8217;t have a &#8220;top something of all time&#8221; without a <strong>Star Wars</strong> flick, now can we. Take <strong>The Phantom Menace</strong>, that was the biggest 10-day grosser of all time for a good 2 and a half years. Then <strong>Revenge of the Sith</strong> held that same title for about 1 year and 2 months.</p><p>6. <strong>Spider-Man 3</strong> (2007) $240.2 million ($336.5 million) &#8211; Notice how this one was $15 million ahead of <strong>Spider-Man 2</strong> after 10 days yet it finished $37 million lower, ouch. This year in July Sony is rebooting the series with <strong>The Amazing Spider-Man</strong>. Expectations are high and it won&#8217;t be an easy task for that film to match previous incarnations of the friendly neighborhood spider.</p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  alt="hunnger games sequel" src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hunnger-games-sequel.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="590" height="253" title="Box Office: Highest 10 day grossing movies of all time" /></p><p>5. <strong>The Hunger Games</strong> (2012) $248.4 million ($248.4 million, still running) &#8211; Oh look, something that isn&#8217;t a sequel! Really impressive for Katniss Everdeen&#8217;s first adventure and I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing <strong>Catching Fire</strong> or the two part <strong>Mockingjay</strong> crack this top 10 in the future.</p><p>4. <strong>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest</strong> (2006) $258.3 million ($423.3 million) &#8211; Arghhh, there be pirates here matey, one is Jack Sparrow, nay, Captain Jack Sparrow! The 2003 origin was one of the most popular films of that year, both with audiences and critics, so a sequel was expected to perform well. Funny that <strong>On Stranger Tides</strong> made less in its entire run than <strong>Dead Man&#8217;s Chest</strong> made in just 10 days. Those Pirates aren&#8217;t as popular as they used to be.</p><p>3. <strong>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</strong> (2009) $269 million ($402.1 million) &#8211; Like Pirates, this came after a very successful first entry. But, while <strong>Dead Man&#8217;s Chest</strong> isn&#8217;t exactly a favorite among Pirate fans, although still decent, <strong>Revenge of the Fallen</strong> is considered the black sheep of the <strong>Transformers</strong> series.</p><p>2. <strong>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2</strong> (2011) $273.5 million ($381 million) &#8211; The final chapter in the most popular movie franchise of all time, <strong>Deathly Hallows Part 2</strong>, for the most part, did not disappoint. Interesting enough, at one point <strong>Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone</strong> (2001) was the biggest 10-day grosser of all time, for about 6 months. That&#8217;s one thing the final Potter could not achieve.</p><p>1. <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> (2008) $313.7 million ($533.3 million) &#8211; If you didn&#8217;t see this one coming, then you are a terrible liar. With <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong> just 3 and a half months away, I can&#8217;t wait to see where that will fall into this top 10. My best bet is at the very least 4th with a chance of 1st.</p><p>With movies making more money and faster than ever before, these kinds of charts change all the time so over the years the title of highest 10-day grosser of all time went to films that aren&#8217;t here anymore.  In order we&#8217;ve had <strong>Jurassic Park</strong> (1993) with 120.1 million ($357 million), then stolen by <strong>Independence Day</strong> (1996) with $124.2 million ($306.1 million) and after that <strong>The Lost World: Jurassic park</strong> (1997) with $138.9 million ($229 million).</p><p>If you have any favorites on this list, maybe even contributed to their gross by purchasing a ticket, which one was it?</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/highest-10-day-grossing-movies-of-all-time">Box Office: Highest 10-day grossing movies of all time</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/highest-10-day-grossing-movies-of-all-time/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New The Dark Knight Rises set videos</title><link>http://filmonic.com/new-the-dark-knight-rises-set-videos</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/new-the-dark-knight-rises-set-videos#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:02:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anne Hathaway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Batman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christian Bale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cillian Murphy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gary Oldman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liam Neeson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marion Cotillard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Caine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Morgan Freeman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight Rises]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tom Hardy]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=14127</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anarchy ensues on the streets of Gotham City, at least that&#8217;s what we get out of the recent batch of videos coming from the set of The Dark Knight Rises, now filming in New York. Three videos showing different takes from what looks like an important scene in the movie found their way onto YouTube [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/new-the-dark-knight-rises-set-videos">New The Dark Knight Rises set videos</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Batman_Bane_640.jpg" alt="Batman Bane 640" title="New The Dark Knight Rises set videos" width="500" height="255" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14131" /> Anarchy ensues on the streets of Gotham City, at least that&#8217;s what we get out of the recent batch of videos coming from the set of <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong>, now filming in New York. Three videos showing different takes from what looks like an important scene in the movie found their way onto YouTube and thanks to <a href="http://movies.ign.com/articles/121/1211771p1.html" target="_blank">IGN</a>, we have them here for you. As always, if you want to go into <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong> spoiler-free, I recommend you skip this.<br /> <span id="more-14127"></span><br /> <iframe width="590" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u1XPStEaSwQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p><iframe width="590" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u7zsOLSFNzQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p><iframe width="590" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UUuwHpoXWLg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p>In the last video we see Batman going up against Bane in the middle of the street, surrounded by people beating the crap out of each other. <strong>SPOILER</strong>, if you ask me, it doesn&#8217;t seem like he&#8217;s winning that fight. Also, with so many extras on the set, this looks really expensive, not to mention they are filming on Wall Street no less. This could end up costing easily $250 million when done. But considering <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> made over $1 billion in box office receipts worldwide, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. spared no expenses on this one.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a video showing some photos of Batman and Bane from the set:</p><p><iframe width="590" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KA6Se4lYHms" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p>Directed by Christopher Nolan, <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong> stars Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine and Liam Neeson. Set to open July 20th 2012, <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong> is easily one of the most highly anticipated movies of next year and videos like this only serve to send the hype meter into overdrive.</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/new-the-dark-knight-rises-set-videos">New The Dark Knight Rises set videos</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/new-the-dark-knight-rises-set-videos/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Superheroes at the box office (Part 9)</title><link>http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-9</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-9#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Batman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Box Office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hancock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hellboy 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kick-Ass]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spider-Man 3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Superhero]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight Rises]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Spirit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wanted]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Watchmen]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=13245</guid> <description><![CDATA[After a somewhat long break we are back to superheroes. Last time around we were in 2008 looking at what was arguably the best year yet for the genre. Today we&#8217;ll look at a few comic book characters brought for the first time on the big screen, an original black hero, two sequels, a spin-off [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-9">Superheroes at the box office (Part 9)</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  alt="The Joker Batman 3" src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/The-Joker-Batman-3.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="255" title="Superheroes at the box office (Part 9)" /> After a somewhat long break we are back to superheroes. <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-8" target="_blank">Last time around</a> we were in 2008 looking at what was arguably the best year yet for the genre. Today we&#8217;ll look at a few comic book characters brought for the first time on the big screen, an original black hero, two sequels, a spin-off and a once considered impossible to adapt graphic novel. But first there&#8217;s a little something that must be done.</p><p><span id="more-13245"></span>Before we get going I have to give <strong>Spider-Man 3</strong> a second look just to clear some things. I understand very well that last time I came across way to harsh on Sam Raimi, blaming him for a lot more then he deserved blaming. What I didn&#8217;t mention was how Sony handled the project and how they forced Venom into Raimi&#8217;s story with a crowbar. This explains why the Symbiote plot was so underdeveloped and why it seemed shoehorned into the overall plot. Now I&#8217;m not saying Raimi is a saint, he could have handled certain plot points a lot better and his direction was all over the place compared to previous entries. Throwing that to the side, I blame Sony and only Sony for how <strong>Spider-Man 4</strong> was handled (read cancelled) and I have to be honest, if it wasn&#8217;t for Mark Webb (<strong>500 Days of Summer</strong>) directing <strong>The Amazing Spider-Man</strong>, I would not be interested in that reboot.</p><p>Back to 2008, we start with <strong>Wanted</strong>, the Mark Miller comic turned big budget movie starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman. This isn&#8217;t your typical superhero but the dude can curve bullets and he fights a secret worldwide assassin organization, so you could say he qualifies to be in here. <strong>Wanted</strong> made $134.5 million in North America and $341.6 million worldwide. A sequel has been considered and then dropped but there&#8217;s still a chance we might get <strong>Wanted 2</strong> in the future.</p><p>Released on the 2nd of July 2008 starring Will Smith, <strong>Hancock</strong> became the first original superhero movie to hit big. It made $227.9 million in North American and $624.3 million worldwide, mostly thanks to the huge drawing power of its star, Will Smith. <strong>Hancock 2</strong> is categorized as being in development on IMDB for a 2013 proposed release.</p><p><strong>Hellboy 2: The Golden Army</strong> came out on July 11th 2008. You see, the original <strong>Hellboy</strong> (2004), while loved by fans, wasn&#8217;t a particularly big hit grossing only $99.3 million worldwide on a $66 million budget, so Sony dropped it. Few years later, Universal stepped in and gave Guillermo del Toro $85 million to make the sequel fans expected. <strong>Hellboy 2: The Golden Army</strong> was well received by just about everyone but, turns out releasing just a week before the most hotly anticipated title of the year isn&#8217;t a good idea, even more so when said title is also a superhero movie. With $160.3 million worldwide <strong>Hellboy 2</strong> didn&#8217;t cover its budget so the 3rd planned entry is now on hold. Unfortunately with time passing by so fast and Ron Perlman (Hellboy) not getting any younger (61), not to mention Guillermo del Toro being so busy with other projects, <strong>Hellboy 3</strong> is starting to look like a pipe dream.</p><p>July 18th 2008, the day <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> opened in theaters. Now for those living under a rock, this is the sequel to 2005&#8242;s <strong>Batman Begins</strong>, the fantastic reboot of the cape crusader handled by the brilliant mind of Christopher Nolan. Now <strong>Batman Begins</strong> made $372.7 million worldwide, a good number, certainly not enough to prepare us for how big <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> would become. I won&#8217;t make a big deal out of it but the untimely death of Heath Ledger (28 at the time), playing the Joker in the movie, turned more then a few heads and ears. But it was the movie that kept building hype and if <strong>Spider-Man 3</strong> taught us anything, hugely anticipated popular superhero movies can become extremely popular at the box office. <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> was no different, grossing $158.4 million opening weekend, a new record at the time (second today). It generated $533.3 million in North America becoming the 2nd highest grosser ever (3rd today) and by far the biggest superhero movie (a title it still holds). <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> made over $1 billion worldwide (4th movie to ever get there) turning Batman in Warner&#8217;s biggest moneymaker and going as far as having them move <strong>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</strong> (that was set to open in November 2008) to summer 2009 just so they had a big movie the following year, since they already had their fill for 2008. <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong>, followup to this, will open in July 2012.</p><p>As you might remember, 2008 started bad for superhero movies with the godawful <strong>Superhero Movie</strong>. It was only fitting that it would end on that same note with <strong>The Spirit</strong>. This is a movie I can only describe in so many words and those would be: REALLY BAD. <strong>The Spirit</strong> made only $39 million worldwide, so a massive disappointment on all accounts.</p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/watchmen.jpg" alt="watchmen" title="Superheroes at the box office (Part 9)" width="500" height="250" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13550" /></p><p><strong>Watchmen</strong>, the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of the most celebrated graphic novel ever, came out in March 2009 under the direction of Zack Snyder of <strong>300</strong> fame. Thought by many to be impossible to adapt, making <strong>Watchmen</strong> was anything but an easy task. When it finally came out, the movie was appreciated for a lot of things it did (or tried to do) but not nearly as much as I think it deserved. For anyone interested in a more complex, brainy, superhero flick, I definitely recommend you watch this. It gets a lot more hate then it should, blue penis aside. A 163 minute R-rated superhero movie is not what you would call commercial so <strong>Watchmen </strong>only made $185.2 million worldwide on a $130 million budget. Warner were not too happy about that.</p><p>In May 2009 it was time for Fox to dust off that old X-Men license once again with a spin-off titled <strong>X-Men Origins: Wolverine</strong>. The movie tells the story of Wolverine and how he became the character we knew in the <strong>X-Men</strong> movie trilogy. Arguably the most popular of the X-Men, this was the obvious choice for a spin-off and it payed off, at least financially since fans didn&#8217;t particularly enjoy this one all that much. On a budget of $150 million, <strong>X-Men Origins: Wolverine</strong> made $373 million worldwide and a sequel simply titled <strong>The Wolverine</strong> is planned for sometime in 2013 (and yes, I am well aware they are not calling it a proper sequel).</p><p>Finally on today&#8217;s order is <strong>Kick-Ass</strong>, a weird yet awesome flick based again on a Mark Miller (<strong>Wanted</strong>) comic. Coming out in April 2010, just before the big summer craziness, <strong>Kick-Ass</strong> had a lot of internet hype that unfortunately didn&#8217;t translate into big numbers at the box office. It made only $96.1 million worldwide on a $30 million budget, so at least it made back some money. The idea of a sequel has been thrown around but so far nothing is certain.</p><p>We started in 1978 and we&#8217;re already in 2010, now there&#8217;s just one more part left to go and I promise it won&#8217;t take as long as this one. Until then, if you&#8217;ve missed any of the previous parts, you can check them right here in the links: <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-1-2011" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-2-2011" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-3" target="_blank">Part 3</a>, <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-4" target="_blank">Part 4</a>, <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-5" target="_blank">Part 5</a>, <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-6" target="_blank">Part 6</a>, <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-7" target="_blank">Part 7</a> and <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-8" target="_blank">Part 8</a>.</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-9">Superheroes at the box office (Part 9)</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/superheroes-at-the-box-office-part-9/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Star Trek 2 will be like The Dark Knight according to Damon Lindelof</title><link>http://filmonic.com/star-trek-2-will-be-like-the-dark-knight-according-to-damon-lindelof</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/star-trek-2-will-be-like-the-dark-knight-according-to-damon-lindelof#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:09:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liam Goodwin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Damon Lindelof]]></category> <category><![CDATA[J.J. Abrams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Star Trek 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=10299</guid> <description><![CDATA[Star Trek 2 won&#8217;t begin filming until next year but Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and Roberto Orci have been working on the script with the aim of turning in a &#8220;pretty good draft&#8221; to the studio by the end of the year. No plot details are known at the moment, but in a recent interview [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/star-trek-2-will-be-like-the-dark-knight-according-to-damon-lindelof">Star Trek 2 will be like The Dark Knight according to Damon Lindelof</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  alt="star trek sequel" src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/star-trek-sequel.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="249" title="Star Trek 2 will be like The Dark Knight according to Damon Lindelof" /><strong>Star Trek 2</strong> won&#8217;t begin filming until next year but Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and Roberto Orci have been working on the script with <a href="http://filmonic.com/roberto-orci-gives-an-update-on-star-trek-2">the aim of turning in</a> a &#8220;pretty good draft&#8221; to the studio by the end of the year. No plot details are known at the moment, but in a recent interview Lindelof said all the right things by comparing <strong>Star Trek 2</strong> to <strong>The Dark Knight</strong>.</p><p><span id="more-10299"></span>From <a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b196696_star_trek_producer_sequels_gonna_get.html?cmpid=sn-000000-twitterfeed-365-movies&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=twitterfeed&#038;utm_campaign=twitterfeed_celebrities_movies">E!</a> (via <a href="http://screenrant.com/damon-lindelof-star-trek-2-dark-knight-schrad-75206/">Screenrant</a>):</p><blockquote><p>“We’re looking at a movie like The Dark Knight, which went one step beyond Batman Begins… It was really about something, and at the same time it was a superhero movie. We don’t want to abandon all the things that made the first movie work…but we also really want the movie to thematically resonate.”</p></blockquote><p>Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Anton Yelchin and John Cho are all expected to return, and while J.J Abrams is expected to sit in the directors chair once again it has not yet been confirmed.</p><p>Paramount has set a release date for June 29, 2012,</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/star-trek-2-will-be-like-the-dark-knight-according-to-damon-lindelof">Star Trek 2 will be like The Dark Knight according to Damon Lindelof</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/star-trek-2-will-be-like-the-dark-knight-according-to-damon-lindelof/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Will Alice in Wonderland overtake The Dark Knight?</title><link>http://filmonic.com/will-alice-in-wonderland-overtake-the-dark-knight-2010</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/will-alice-in-wonderland-overtake-the-dark-knight-2010#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:30:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liam Goodwin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alice in Wonderland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Box Office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Johnny Depp]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tim Burton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=9408</guid> <description><![CDATA[As I type Tim Burton&#8217;s Alice in Wonderland currently sits at $980 million worldwide, with $600+ million coming from overseas. It has overtaken all of the Harry Potter films and is just $20 million away from crossing the $1 billion mark, and overtaking The Dark Knight‘s $1,001,921,825 in the process. Obviously 3D ticket prices had [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/will-alice-in-wonderland-overtake-the-dark-knight-2010">Will Alice in Wonderland overtake The Dark Knight?</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  alt="alice in wonderland trailer1" src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/alice-in-wonderland-trailer1.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="260" title="Will Alice in Wonderland overtake The Dark Knight?" />As I type Tim Burton&#8217;s <strong>Alice in Wonderland</strong> <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/">currently sits at $980 million worldwide</a>, with $600+ million coming from overseas. It has overtaken all of the <strong>Harry Potter</strong> films and is just $20 million away from crossing the $1 billion mark, and overtaking <strong>The Dark Knight</strong>‘s $1,001,921,825 in the process.</p><p><span id="more-9408"></span>Obviously 3D ticket prices had a huge impact on <strong>Wonderland</strong>&#8216;s gross and if you take inflation into account it wouldn&#8217;t be in the top 10, but based on gross alone it may end up joining <strong>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest </strong>and <strong>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</strong> in the $1 billion club.</p><p>With the final Harry Potter movies set to be released in 3D they will likely overtake <strong>Wonderland</strong>, and if <strong>Batman 3</strong> gets made in 3D it might have a shot too, but until then i&#8217;m sure Disney will be eagerly watching the numbers to see how <strong>Alice in Wonderland</strong> fares over the next few weeks.</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/will-alice-in-wonderland-overtake-the-dark-knight-2010">Will Alice in Wonderland overtake The Dark Knight?</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/will-alice-in-wonderland-overtake-the-dark-knight-2010/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iron Man 2 ready for box office records</title><link>http://filmonic.com/iron-man-2-ready-for-box-office-records-2010</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/iron-man-2-ready-for-box-office-records-2010#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 23:18:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Box Office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Box Office Predictions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iron Man 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=9352</guid> <description><![CDATA[Iron Man 2 blasts onto 4380 theaters this weekend in what is the largest wide opening ever. This is the only movie opening wide (who would have the guts to take on this two thousand pound gorilla anyway) and the expectations are way out there. After opening to over $100 million from 53 markets around [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/iron-man-2-ready-for-box-office-records-2010">Iron Man 2 ready for box office records</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-9354" href="http://filmonic.com/iron-man-2-ready-for-box-office-records-2010/iron_man_2_poster_thumb-thumb"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9354" src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Iron_Man_2_poster_thumb-thumb.jpg" alt="Iron Man 2 poster thumb thumb" width="500" height="285" title="Iron Man 2 ready for box office records" /></a></p><p><strong>Iron Man</strong> 2 blasts onto 4380 theaters this weekend in what is the largest wide opening ever. This is the only movie opening wide (who would have the guts to take on this two thousand pound gorilla anyway) and the expectations are way out there.</p><p>After opening to over $100 million from 53 markets around the world last weekend, experts are joggling figures that go as high as <strong>The Dark Knight</strong>&#8216;s record opening weekend from 2 years ago, $158.4 million. I personally have my expectations a little lower, about $25-$30 million less to be more exact. I wish it would score more then $140 million but as it is I don&#8217;t see that happening. Going for a $130-$135 million opening and I hope in a few hours when the first numbers come out, I will be proven wrong and it will be higher then a certain vampire movie that managed $142.8 million little over 5 months ago, enough for the 3rd highest opening ever in North America (<strong>Spider-Man 3</strong> is in second place with $151.1 million).<span id="more-9352"></span></p><p>Now how higher could it go after the initial weekend, well it depends on how well people embrace this movie, and with the competition left this month, I don&#8217;t see <strong>Iron Man 2</strong> getting a multiplier bigger then <strong>Iron Man 1</strong>. A multiplier is the total gross of a movie divided by the opening weekend. So say a movie opened with $100 million and made $300 million, that means it had a multiplier of 3. So with that number in mind, if <strong>Iron Man 2</strong> opens with $130-$135 million, it could potentially go on to gross around $400 million or more just in North America, add to that another 350-400 from around the world and Paramount has a movie that could potentially go as high as $800 million worldwide, that&#8217;s a good $220 million more then the first one.</p><p>After seeing it over the week, I can see that while it may not be as fresh and overall great as the first one, it is still a good summer blockbuster, a fun movie that will leaving you wanting more (read <strong>Iron Man 3</strong>).</p><p>Anyway, the summer has officially started at the box office and you can expect interesting stuff happening in the next months thanks to some high profile movies that are getting ever so close to us with each passing day (I will be all over <strong>Prince of Persia</strong> when it comes out and if it sucks, well, then I guess I will have to hurt someone or something, probably an inanimate object since I&#8217;m not the violent type).</p><ol><li><strong>Iron Man 2</strong> (Par) <strong>$135 million</strong> (NEW)</li><li><strong>A Nightmare on Elm Street</strong> (WB) <strong>$10 million</strong> ($49.2M)</li><li><strong>How to Train Your Dragon</strong> (Par/DW) <strong>$7 million</strong> ($201.3M)</li><li><strong>Date Night</strong> (Fox) <strong>$5.5 million</strong> ($81M)</li><li><strong>The Back-Up Plan</strong> (CBS) <strong>$4 million</strong> ($29M)</li></ol><p>How far do you think <strong>Iron Man 2</strong> can go both in North America and Worldwide?</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/iron-man-2-ready-for-box-office-records-2010">Iron Man 2 ready for box office records</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/iron-man-2-ready-for-box-office-records-2010/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Avatar smashes The Dark Knight&#8217;s Blu-ray record</title><link>http://filmonic.com/avatar-smashes-the-dark-knights-blu-ray-record-2010</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/avatar-smashes-the-dark-knights-blu-ray-record-2010#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:31:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liam Goodwin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[3D]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=9225</guid> <description><![CDATA[As some of you may know, Avatar was released on DVD and Blu-ray yesterday (April 22nd aka Earth Day) and it seems to have done rather well. 20th Century Fox announced today that Avatar sold 1.5 million Blu-ray units on its first day of release, breaking the record of 600,000 units held by The Dark [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/avatar-smashes-the-dark-knights-blu-ray-record-2010">Avatar smashes The Dark Knight&#8217;s Blu-ray record</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  alt="avatar china" src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/avatar-china.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="270" title="Avatar smashes The Dark Knights Blu ray record" />As some of you may know, <strong>Avatar </strong>was released on DVD and Blu-ray yesterday (April 22nd aka Earth Day) and it seems to have done rather well. 20th Century Fox <a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=65435">announced</a> today that <strong>Avatar </strong>sold 1.5 million Blu-ray units on its first day of release, breaking the record of 600,000 units held by <strong>The Dark Knight</strong> since 2008.</p><p><span id="more-9225"></span>Fox expect to sell well over 4 million combined Blu-ray and DVD units of the movie in total, which may or may not include the release of the extended and 3D versions later this year.</p><p>If you don&#8217;t want to wait until November for the special edition, then you can buy <strong>Avatar </strong>via these links:</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VPE1B6?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=filmonic-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B002VPE1B6">Avatar [Blu-ray]</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VPE1AW?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=filmonic-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B002VPE1AW">Avatar [DVD]</a></p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/avatar-smashes-the-dark-knights-blu-ray-record-2010">Avatar smashes The Dark Knight&#8217;s Blu-ray record</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/avatar-smashes-the-dark-knights-blu-ray-record-2010/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christopher Nolan overseeing the next Superman installment; Batman 3 officially moving forward</title><link>http://filmonic.com/christopher-nolan-overseeing-superman-installment-2010</link> <comments>http://filmonic.com/christopher-nolan-overseeing-superman-installment-2010#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:04:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Pearson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Superman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Superman 3.0]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight Rises]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Warner Bros.]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://filmonic.com/?p=8622</guid> <description><![CDATA[Now here&#8217;s something to get excited about! Warner Bros. has reportedly sealed the deal for Christopher Nolan to return to the director&#8217;s chair for his rabidly-anticipated sequel to The Dark Knight. As if that weren&#8217;t good news enough, the A-list director is going to take on a &#8220;godfather&#8221; role to the Superman film franchise, overseeing [...]<p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/christopher-nolan-overseeing-superman-installment-2010">Christopher Nolan overseeing the next Superman installment; Batman 3 officially moving forward</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  alt="christopher nolan 499x271" src="http://fcdn.filmonic.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/christopher-nolan-499x271.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="499" height="271" title="Christopher Nolan overseeing the next Superman installment; Batman 3 officially moving forward" />Now here&#8217;s something to get excited about! Warner Bros. has reportedly sealed the deal for Christopher Nolan to return to the director&#8217;s chair for his rabidly-anticipated sequel to <strong>The Dark Knight</strong>. As if that weren&#8217;t good news enough, the A-list director is going to take on a &#8220;godfather&#8221; role to the <strong>Superman</strong> film franchise, overseeing the development of a fresh vision of The Man of Steel.</p><p><a title="http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-chris-nolan-hell-mentor-superman-3-0-while-preparing-3rd-batman/" href="http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-chris-nolan-hell-mentor-superman-3-0-while-preparing-3rd-batman/" target="_blank">Deadline.com brings the report</a>, and they try to make clear that Nolan is not attached to write or direct the new Superman incarnation, which WILL NOT be a followup to Bryan Singer&#8217;s 2006 <strong>Superman Returns</strong>. The studio is trusting Nolan to guide the movie into a new direction, and just in the nick of time &#8211; legal battles have been ongoing regarding the rights to Superman and as of right now, they expire at Warner Bros. and return to the heirs of creators Siegel and Shuster in 2013. This means that the studio has to get moving if they plan to meet that deadline, and I can&#8217;t imagine a better show of support for this franchise than bringing Nolan on board.<br /> <span id="more-8622"></span><br /> <a title="http://www.collider.com/2010/02/09/christopher-nolan-on-board-to-direct-dark-knight-sequel-and-godfather-the-superman-franchise/" href="http://www.collider.com/2010/02/09/christopher-nolan-on-board-to-direct-dark-knight-sequel-and-godfather-the-superman-franchise/" target="_blank">Collider speculates</a> that there might be some further negotiations made in order to secure sequel rights for the studio (let&#8217;s be real &#8211; why would they jump-start this franchise without plans to make more?), and suggest perhaps Nolan will bring a grittier approach to Metropolis. Personally, I think Nolan accepted this job because of the property&#8217;s colossal differences with his Batman franchise. I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re going to see a dimly lit, dark adaptation of Superman &#8211; I think Nolan knows the clean world of Metropolis is different from anything he&#8217;s ever done and is looking forward to seeing if he can contribute to such a world instead of conforming everything to his already-established style.</p><p>As for <strong>Batman</strong>, Nolan is finishing up <strong>Inception</strong> for a July release while his brother (and frequent co-writer) Jonathan and colleague David Goyer are tackling the writing duties on the newest adventures of the Caped Crusader. Deadline emphasizes that Superman 3.0 is in the earliest stages of development, and with <strong>Batman 3</strong> barely in the script phase &#8211; the writing team just &#8220;cracked&#8221; the idea for the story &#8211; we won&#8217;t be seeing either of these properties on the big screen for at least a couple of years. But it&#8217;s great to know that forward momentum is being made, as Nolan&#8217;s involvement bodes extremely well for both franchises.</p><p>Read similar posts to <a href="http://filmonic.com/christopher-nolan-overseeing-superman-installment-2010">Christopher Nolan overseeing the next Superman installment; Batman 3 officially moving forward</a> on <a href="http://filmonic.com">Filmonic</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://filmonic.com/christopher-nolan-overseeing-superman-installment-2010/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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