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The new Batman film, The Dark Knight takes in a record $66.4m for a single day at the box office. The Dark night has set a single day box office record by the dark knight gross of $66.4m on its opening night, distributor Warner Bros has said. The Batman movie, which debuted in the US on Friday, has surpassed the previous record of $59.8m set last year by SpiderMan, the studio said. The Dark Knight was directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale as Batman, in batman 3 total cost to make the movie was $185m. The last Batman movie, Batman Begins, in 2005, grossed nearly $49 million in its first weekend in North America. It went on to collect about $372 million worldwide. Batman Dark Knight reviews have been rave and the critics seem to love it, even dark knight rotten tomatoes. batman the dark knight reviews at the dark knight box office. if opening day at the dark night box office for dark knight sales are any indication, the batman dark night reviews will all be good and the dark knight sequel will follow in the future. Dark knight ticket sales should continue to set records. Dark Knight opening weekend closes out at $155.4 million.

The new batman movie has car chases, hightech weapons and gadgets, explosions, silly back stories, And a supervillain so into his role that it may have contributed to the untimely death of the actor playing The Joker. Michael Caine, playing Batman’s butler for the second time, said Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker was so frightening, he sometimes forgot his lines. Ledger, who died following a drug overdose in January aged 28, played the Joker. Some supporters have suggested that he should get a posthumous Oscar nomination. Last week Ledger’s costars paid tribute to him at the world premiere of the film in New York, as being the best of batman villains.

Tributes have been paid by family, fans and Hollywood. Father Kim Ledger said the death of his “dearly loved son” was “tragic” and “accidental”. Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee described working with Ledger as “one of the purest joys of my life”. “He brought to the role of Ennis more than any of us could have imagined - a thirst for life, for love, and for truth, and a vulnerability that made everyone who knew him love him,” he said. “His death is heartbreaking.” Fans have been leaving flowers and candles outside Ledger’s apartment in the SoHo district. Ledger, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Brokeback Mountain, was found in the rented apartment.

“It’s the best performance of a villain I have seen,” said co-star Sir Michael Caine, who walked down a black carpet. The movie is dedicated to the actor, who died aged 28 following an accidental drug overdose in January. “My feeling is that he will get a nomination, I would be very surprised if he didn’t get the Oscar - he has my vote anyway,” said Sir Michael. Gary Oldman, who plays Lieutenant Jim Gordon in the film, said: “I haven’t seen a villain like this, or a bad guy like this, since Dennis Hopper played Frank Booth in Blue Velvet - this out-scares Hannibal Lecter.” Christian Bale, who returns as Bruce Wayne in the film also praised Ledger’s performance. “He’s created this anarchic, Sid Vicious-like, punk rock Joker, unlike any Joker that’s been seen before. I think it’s a real classic portrayal that will be remembered for ages”. “It is tragic he is not here, but I am here to see his talents and celebrate it and I hope everybody will”.”Co-star Aaron Eckhart added: “I’m so sad he’s not here with us and doing these interviews right now, but we are going to honour him tonight.”

The Dark Knight follows Batman as he sets out to destroy organised crime in Gotham City for good.

The Dark Knight is the single most anticipated movie of the summer. Batman is cool again - and not just cool, but dark, tortured and totally awesome. But what’s changed? What is Batman doing differently this time around? Christian Bale is the only Batman so far who has really been able to project a difference when he makes the transition between bruce wayne and batman. And as mentioned perviously, Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker, removed all fears that Jack Nicholson was the only actor who could play the Joker.

Cast of The Dark Knight also includes batman and robin cast.

The actors who have played Batman are as follows in chronological order:
batman Michael Keaton
batman Val Kilmer
batman George Clooney
batman Christian Bale

The actors who have played Harvey Dent are as follows in chronological order:
Billy Dee Williams
Tommy Lee Jones

Ryan Phillippe was previously rumored to be in talks to play young Harvey Dent, Gotham’s District Attorney who later becomes the villainous TwoFace. Tommy Lee Jones played the character in 1995’s horrendous Batman Forever.

The actors who have played The Joker are as follows in chronological order:
Jack Nicholson
Heath Ledger

The actors who have played Alfred Pennyworth are as follows in chronological order:
Michael Gough
Michael Caine

The actresses who have played Rachel Dawes are as follows in chronological order:
Katie Holmes
Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as Gotham City’s Rachel Dawes in the new blockbuster Batman thriller “The Dark Knight.” Gyllenhaal wasn’t really looking for work when she got the call to play the role originally created by Katie Holmes in 2005’s “Batman Begins. Maggie Gyllenhaal recently revealed she almost gave up the role after a disturbing paparazzi incident. Maggie, 30, had been trying to keep her new baby out of the media’s eye, but five days after giving birth, she was tricked into the public spotlight. The paparazzi coaxed her out by lying about a fire across the street one morning, and the actress was beyond livid. “The paparazzi were just really awful to us. I mean, they called the fire department and told them there was a fire in our little, tiny building in the West Village (New York) so that we would have to come outside with a five-day-old baby,” Maggie said in an interview. After that shady encounter with the paparazzi, Maggie says she just about turned down her “The Dark Knight” role. “I was trying to navigate my way through that, when this offer came,” she said. “I thought, `It’s going to push that stuff further probably.’ But what am I going to do? I’m going to hide and not do things that are appealing to me? I’m an actress.” Maggie was openly upset about the paparazzi again when they photographed her breast feeding and spattered the images across tabloids and all over the web. Good thing for her that she didn’t give up the Dark Knight role, because she scored major points, but I still would have loved to see Katie Holmes return as Rachel Dawes.

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Update August 5th 2008