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A decision made by the executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences music branch deeming the score from “The Dark Knight” to be ineligible has been reversed.
On November 10th, the branch ruled that there were too many composers involved in the score to be eligible for consideration. After reviewing the entry however, the committee reversed the previous decision by concluding that Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard were the main composers of the score for the blockbuster film.
The Academy has not mailed the ballots yet and state that the decision will not affect the upcoming voting process.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
The Dark Knight is set to break a billion dollars in international box office sales according to recently released numbers. Domestically, The Dark Knight has taken in approximately $518 million dollars, while internationally the film has taken in $449 million.
Den of Geek weighs in on the film’s success:
But is there a slight fly in the ointment? Admittedly not a big one, but The Dark Knight’s international box office – while still chugging along quite nicely – doesn’t seem to be keeping pace with its US take. The film currently stands on $449m outside of an America (still trailing the take from the fourth Indiana Jones movie), which is still by some distance the record for a Batman film, but it doesn’t look like the final total will now be enough to knock The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King out of second place. The Dark Knight, which should hit a billion dollars in the next couple of weeks (only the fourth film to do so) still trails the last Lord Of The Rings movie’s $1.119bn take, and while it may have a shot at third place in the all time chart (currently held by Pirates Of The Caribbean 2’s $1.066bn), it may be at last that Batman’s box office performance is winding down.
Source: Den of Geek
Warner Bros is planning on re-releasing this summer’s box office giant, ‘The Dark Knight’ in January during the height of Academy Awards voting season. It’s pretty clear that the studio wants to win a couple of Oscars for this movie.
“It’s just a matter of bringing it back as a reminder for people,” a studio insider said.
Warner domestic distribution president Dan Fellman has been in talks with Imax executives about bringing ‘The Dark Knight’ back in January. It has not been confirmed if the movie will also be re-released in conventional movie theaters.
To date, “Dark Knight” has rung up about $512 million domestically and $440 million internationally, including more than $55 million in Imax grosses. A pre-Oscars re-release would help assure its topping $1 billion worldwide, and any traction with nominations or wins would likely mean even greater boxoffice.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
The IMAX release of Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight has blown past The Polar Express as the giant-screen exhibitor’s top first-run release, says The Hollywood Reporter.
IMAX also touted the Batman sequel’s passing an average tally of $400,000 per screen on its 139 worldwide screens.
The Dark Knight has rung up more than $925 million worldwide including $55 million in IMAX grosses. That compares to the $45 million fetched by IMAX 3-D version of The Polar Express.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, “Polar” will unspool in about two dozen IMAX 3-D venues over Thanksgiving, with its four-year total in IMAX 3-D approaching $70 million.
IMAX Filmed Entertainment chief Greg Foster said he would welcome any IMAX re-release of the Batman blockbuster in future years, should Warners see merit in such a plan.
“That sounds like a really great idea,” Foster said. “Ultimately, it’s a decision that Warner Bros. has to make. We’d certainly support that.”
Warners distribution president Dan Fellman said there was “a real possibility” of such a re-release.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Aaron Eckhart has finally put the speculation to rest about the fate of ‘Two Face’ from “The Dark Knight” during an interview for his latest movie “Towelhead”.
When asked about the controversy over Two Face, Aaron responded with:
“He’s dead. I asked Chris if there was a chance of coming back. ‘No way,’ he said. ‘He’s toast’.
Source: Chud