The Dark Knight moving from $400 million, its certain next stop, all the way to Titanic's $600 million

Question

The Dark Knight moving from $400 million, its certain next stop, all the way to Titanic's $600 million neighborhood?

Do you think the Dark Knight will make it past Titanic's record breaking $600 mill?

Answer 1

I doubt it will. Titanic broke all records on its own accord. Dark Knight, although excellent, would never have done nearly as well as it has if it weren't for the tragic death of Ledger.

Most superhero movies (the Spidermans, Iron Man), do extremely well and break all kinds of opening weekend records, but in the end, people don't go see action films over and over.

Answer 2

Given its bar chart compared to other movies that are in the top 20, I'd say its unlikely it will get all the way to 600 million

I will absolutely green light it to the top 5 of all time....

but you may notice a hefty gap between #1 (titanic 600m) and #2 (star wars at only 460m)

I'd gladly be wrong about this, because the better a superhero movie does, the better our chances of seeing another superhero movie....

But right now I'm very hesitant to say it will break 600m, I hope I'm wrong..I'm confident it will hit the top 5 though :)