Proving that there truly is no such thing as bad publicity The Dark Knight added 756 million to its Batcoffers this weekend bringing its total-to-date to 314245000 That superquick crossing of the 300 million threshold bests the record set by Pirates of the Caribbean 3 which in 2006 needed 16 days to achieve the featNext in the Bats sights is Shrek 2s record for hitting the 400 mil mark 43 days Dark Knight by some projections could get there in um 18 daysBeyond that of course is the all-time box-office gross 600788188 garnered by Titanic Its a tall order Paul Dergarabedian president of Media By Numbers tells the AP but if any film has a chance to [do it] its got to be Dark KnightOh other movies X-Files I Want to Believe placed fourth for the weekend behind Step Brothers and Mamma Mia with a 102 million openingPOLL How many stars do you give X-Files 2 Vote hereWhats your take Can Batman ultimately sink Rose and Jac
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Questions about Pirates the He-Man movie and what became of that extended DVD of Kill BillSend your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion Is this the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie or are they going to make a fourth -- RussellFlickChick Id say the odds are good that there will be a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film but its not a sure thing Assuming that youve seen Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End and why would you be asking otherwise you know it sets up the possibility that Captain Jack Sparrow Johnny Depp and who knows who else will embark on a quest for the fountain of youth Involved parties have alluded vaguely to various possibilities in promotional interviews for Worlds EndProducer Jerry Bruckheimer told Australias Herald Sun that This is the end [of the current trilogy] but whether one of the characters or a couple of the characters continue on its
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Questions about motion capture animation -- is it cheating -- John Wayne PJ Soles and more Send your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion Ive been reading a lot about the behind-the-scenes technology used to created the tentacle-faced Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End and keep seeing the term motion capture But none of the articles have explained how its different from old-fashioned rotoscoping Can you enlighten me oh FlickChick -- BradFlickChick The difference is computers Rotoscoping is a process invented by animation pioneer Max Fleischer -- creator of Betty Boop -- in 1914 It allowed artists to hand-draw over motion picture footage of real subjects frame-by-frame so that the instantly recognizable weight and flow of real human motion was maintained while the specifics of the image could be changed to the animators
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G-e-r-a-r-d B-u-t-l-e-r's 300 leads the pack at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, netting a total of five nods, including best film and performance (Mr. Butler). Pirates of the Caribbean 2 followed with four noms.The Best Kiss contest pits The Holiday's Diaz-Law against Invincible's Wahlberg-Banks and Ricky Bobby's Ferrell-Cohen, while the baddie category finds 300's Rodrigo "Paulo, we hardly knew ye" Santoro going toe-to-toe with Tobin Bell (Saw III), Jack Nicholson (The Departed), Bill Nighy (POTC2) and Meryl Streep (Devil Wears Prada). The awards air June 3 on... MTV.
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How did 2006's film fare fare compared to the year before? Thanks in part to Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest ( which broke too many records to regurgitate here) and despite a somewhat lackluster holiday season, the final box-office tally is headed toward $9.42 billion, marking an increase of about five percent versus 2005. Before you crow, "Well, weren't ticket prices up at least five percent?" the Hollywood Reporter points out that the number of actual tickets sold — 1.44 billion — was up nearly three percent.Joining POTC 2 ($423.3 million) in this year's elite $200 mil-plus club were Cars ($244.1 mil), X-Men: The Last Stand ($234.4 mil), The Da Vinci Code ($217.5 mil) and Superman Returns ($200.1 mil).
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