According to Comingsoon.net, Warner Bros. has announced that The Dark Knight has finally grossed over $1 Billion at the box office. It's about time. I was wondering how a movie with so much commercial success couldn't cross that line and, well, it finally has. The movie has grossed about $1,001,082,160 to date making roughly $533 million domestically and $567 million overseas. After it's 8 Oscar nominations and its re-release into IMAX theaters on January 23rd, The Dark Knight gained its last few million it needed before crossing the line that only three other movies have crossed before (Titanic with $1.842 billion, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King with $1.119 billion, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest with $1.o66 billion.)With all of this crazy success, the pressure is on for Christopher Nolan to make a sequel that can even compare to The Dark Knight. Considering Heath Ledger obviously won't be in it, that might make maters difficult. Since the films release, a lot of crazy rumors have been flying around as to who has been cast as what villain in the follow-up. I recall Christina Ricci and Angelina Jolie were rumored to play Catwoman and Johnny Depp was rumored to be the Riddler. These rumors were quickly denied (as they should be, a script hasen't even been written...geez, calm down people). Let's just hope Batman Begins 3, The Dark Knight 2, or "The Caped Crusader" as many people have been calling it, will be up to Christian Bale's standards so he won't go crazy again...
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