Can The Dark Knight Sink the Titanic’s Box Office Record?

Posted by Adam Sweeney (adam@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 29, 2008

The Dark Knight in IMAX

There have been a few films that fall under the category box office phenomenon. Sadly, Titanic stands at the top of the box office list. But if all things go according to fanboy plan, The Dark Knight may be the iceberg to the once unsinkable Leo Dicaprio ship.

The LA Times is reporting that distribution executives are starting to seriously debate whether or not The Dark Knight can take down the Titanic, which finished with a mind boggling $600.8 million dollars at the box office. The Dark Knight is set to pass the $400 million dollar mark by its 18th day, pretty impressive considering it took the much more family friendly Shrek 2 43 days to get to that mark.

“This has become a cultural phenomenon on so many levels” said IMAX Filmed Entertainment President, Greg Foster. “Even my dad has seen it three times.”

Can the Caped Crusader pull it off? Well, it has a demographic to match the drooling teenage girls who repeatedly viewed Titanic, the comic book fan. It has a memorable performance from Heath Ledger, like many felt Leo and Kate Winslet had, and it is only two weeks into its’ run. I think we may witness history.

If The Dark Knight knocks off Titanic, which would be incredible, I think it would only be fair for there to be a press conference on a building where Batman gets to drop Celine Dion off a building Salvatore Maroni style. Who’s with me?

You can read the rest of the Los Angeles Times article here.

Do you think The Dark Knight has enough steam to overtake Titanic?


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  • Uma B.
    A kill that high wouldn't kill her. Let's burn her on top of a pile of money. All the money made from Titanic.

    EVERYTHING BURNS. :)
  • Uma B.
    I meant to say a fall that high. I'm so tired.
  • Uma, I like your style. It's not about the money, it's about sending a message...that Celine Dion and Titanic being atop the box office mountain sucks.
  • Nevernude
    If The Dark Knight knocks off Titanic, which would be incredible, I think it would only be fair for there to be a press conference on a building where Batman gets to drop Celine Dion off a building Salvatore Maroni style. Who’s with me?

    I agree!
    seen the Dark Knight 4 times already, 2 times IMAX, 2 times normal screen. i dont know if anyone agree with me but it seems, for me, much much better in IMAX. not just the picture but the movie as a whole...it develops, in IMAX, a certain WOW factor. plan to see it again...
  • Nevernude
    by the by, how the heck did Titanic make 600.8million bucks?! Did teenagers all over the world watch this film?!
  • damn i wish we had i max in my city. i want to catch the dark knight on the HUGE screen. i hope dark knight overtakes titanics crown. never was fond of titanic since its release.
  • Chris
    Even if Dark KNight does beat the record (fingers crossed), you know those who just absolutely LOOOOOVE Titanic are gonna scream "foul", based on ticket inflation and what not.

    Just peering into my crystal ball and predicting if it happens.
  • If anyone has a beef it'd be the fans of Star Wars: A New Hope. It would have made 1.2 billion dollars. And Gone With The Wind, if you can believe it, is even higher. Estimates have it at 1.4 billion! I just can't understand that.
  • 790
    I think it will beat it no prob. If it keeps up the pace, I don't see any problems kicking Titanics ass !!

    Sounds like a mission !!!!!!
    Let's do it !!!!!!
  • The Dark Knight
    I really want it to, but it probably won't. If you remember, Titanic was out of almost a year. It made money steadily through the whole year. The Dark Knight will probably be in theaters for at least 2 months and will probably break 400 mil. But it won't be out nearly the same amount of time, a year compared to 2 months.
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