3 hours is cool with me...

makes me even more excited to see this...

even with the POS knives...

Thanks for all the input guys...but I stand by my statement that THE DARK KNIGHT won't hit $300 million (domestic) if it's longer that 150 minutes. We can see if I have to eat crow come September or so....

I think 3 hours is kind of long for a theater but fine for dvd at home. Nevertheless, I'm looking foward to the movie and will make a note to get a bigger bag of popcorn.

Why are some of you saying its going to be 3 hours..?
For the third time the film is 152 minutes long.

Ah, that's not too bad then.

I don't think it has a chance of making $300 mil no matter how long or short the movie is, but that's just me.

It's a rumor I saw on Dark Horizons... Take it easy man, we'll see in a few months...

Exactly, besides the Spider Man franchise, what other comic book movies have made more than $300 million?

I agree. I think the ceiling for this is maybe $280m. Max. I'm thinking it'll make around $250m.

Adjusted for inflation, the first Batman earned $429 million. The original Superman is at $391 million. Men in Black is $372 million.

can't wait until this movie comes out.. must watch for me

"Paul Levitz, President of DC Comics, came out just after Marvel's Incredible Hulk panel ended to address the attendees. Due to a packed schedule he wasn't able to say too much, but kicked off the first new footage for Christopher Nolan's eagerly anticipated sequel. This is the first time footage from the film has been shown since the IMAX footage and trailer debuted. Levitz noted that this particular trailer was set to debut "in a couple weeks."

Images were flying fast and furious, but here are some of our quick impressions.

The trailer repurposed some older clips, remixing them into something that seemed more plot-centric than the Joker centered piece from last time. Extended sequences featuring Rachel Dawes meeting the Clown Prince of Crime were shown, and attendees also caught more of a glimpse of what appears to be a love triangle/feud that develops between Bruce Wayne, Harvey Dent and Dawes.

While Two Face was entirely absent, a couple hints were dropped about Dent's dark future. As usual, the Joker was the star of the show. A significant portion of the trailer featured Heath Ledger's much-hyped performance. The trailer revealed what appeared to be the genesis of Joker's rise to power in Gotham, with him meeting with a group of people (the mob?), saying the answer to their problems is to kill Batman. That segued into the amazing sequence from the first trailer where Batman and the Joker have a showdown in the middle of the streets.

Our opinion of what we saw? It's more of the jaw-dropping, drool-inducing stuff we've seen throughout the past year. In a way we weren't as blown away by this trailer as the first because we pretty much just want to see the movie. We don't want any more teasers or glimpses. We know Ledger's Joker is breathtaking. Simply put, we just want to see what has easily become our most anticipated film of the year. (And just so you don't rush to conclusions, what we saw was still impressive.)

In a couple weeks, all will be revealed. Keep an eye out for the new trailer, particularly through the Warner Bros viral campaign. Levitz mentioned something to the effect of finding hints and clues to see the trailer again."

I'm just saying it now: deceased or not, Ledger IS getting a nomination for this.

WHat are your sources for this tally? Adjusted for inflation means that star wars must be around 800mil. I mean Batman was 19 years ago, I remember paying $6.00 to go to a night showing. Ticket prices here are between 8.75 and 9.50 now and I can't see the adjustment. Almost 150 million more...

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

If you say so...

Seen the flick already? Sweet. Maybe you can tell these other folks the runtime.

I think the boat for "or not" has already sailed.

I've been saying that to friends for awhile now too.

If LOTR can pull off Best Picture.. anything is possible.

LOTR was epic in the vein of Gladiator, Bravheart and even Ben Hur. It also helps that it was based on a literary classic. Batman is based on a comic book and only epic in length.

More power to the estate of Ledger if he manages to get nominated. I just think the odds are slim and none based on the stigma a comic based film garners.

If he DOES get nominated....every single "critic" will say it's solely BECAUSE of his passing. Even if that is nonsense.

Not that it even matters, because the Oscars are worthless anyway.

Hey, don't forget that Sigourney Weaver was nominated for best actress for Aliens, which at the time had far less of a pedigree than Batman currently does.

"I'll take 'Which of these movies actually deserved their Oscar?' for $100, Alex."

So wait, death automatically means your last* performance, is you best performance? I mean I know this is how some people elevate dead actors but I've never understood this.


*The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus('09) will be his last.

www.boxofficemojo.com

Gone With the Wind is the #1 US grossing film of all-time if you count for inflation.