Top Films This week

The new Mummy failed to fight Dark Knight in this week battle of the best films. Dark Knight earned 43.8 millions this week now reaching 393 million in 17 days while the new Mummy closed to 42.2 million. The latest Batman is currently no. 8 in all time box office in America, which falls between Spider Man and Star Wars 3 in no. 7 and 9 respectively.

Here is the complete All-time TOP 10 Films (from imdb.com)

1.	Titanic (1997)	$600,779,824
2.	Star Wars (1977)	$460,935,665
3.	Shrek 2 (2004)	$436,471,036
4.	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)	$434,949,459
5.	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)	$431,065,444
6.	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)	$423,032,628
7.	Spider-Man (2002)	$403,706,375
8.	The Dark Knight (2008)	$394,887,000
9.	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)	$380,262,555
10.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	$377,019,252

However in World-wide Box Office Record, Dark Knight is still fighting with Iron Man and Indiana Jones 4, but it already surpassed its fellow 2008 hits, Hancock and Kung Fu Panda: So far, it already reached to over 500 million and currently at no. 54.

24.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

$769,146,685

45.

Iron Man (2008)

$567,125,955

54.

The Dark Knight (2008)

$521,187,000

57.	Hancock (2008)	$515,995,000
58.	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	$513,997,686

Wanted is a must-see action film this year.

Wanted is a must-see action film this year, director Timur Bekmambetov (Russian director known for vampire films that includes the trilogy Night Watch) opened this year the real action genre. With the very outstanding performances from Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, and the new comer James McAvoy who started his career appearing in romantic films (Penelope and Atonement), Wanted will thrill you as it takes you the real action scenes that you haven't seen in other films before. The twists were unexpected and every scene would really keep you locked on your seat.

The drama behind Wanted, though quite familiar but showed in a very nice way that pushed the film to its highest level, a real film out of wit, the sounds and effects (would remind you of Matrix films) and everything.

A not-to-miss action film this year...two thumbs up!

Top 5 Films of the Week

This is a report of Top 5 Films of Today, hopefully i can update you every week with this. This is as of August 1, 2008.

This Week TOP 5 Film in North America

1. The Dark Knight
2. Step Brothers
3. Mama Mia!
4. X-Files: I want to believe
5. Journey to the Center of The Earth

2008 Top 5 Film in North America

1. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Iron Man (2008)
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
4. Hancock (2008)
5. Kung Fu Panda (2008)

2008 Top 5 Film in World-Wide Box Office

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2. Iron Man
3. Kung Fu Panda
4. Hancock
5. The Dark Knight

All Time World Wide Box Office

1. Titanic (1997)
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

All Time Top 5 Animated Film in World-Wide Box Office

1. Shrek 2 (2004)
2. Finding Nemo (2003)
3. Shrek the Third (2007)
4. The Lion King (1994)
5. The Incredibles (2004)


Lets see next week if how these films perform. The Dark Knight seems to be moving so fast that would reach the all time world-wide box office, or would it stay in the no.1 spot in America for a couple of weeks more.Who knows..

Source: imdb.com and boxofficemojo.com

Facts about The Dark Knight

Wondering why Katie Holmes was not able to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes in the latest Batman? Find out why through some facts about The Dark Knight that I collected from imdb.com.

• Turning down a salary estimated at between $1 million and $2 million (an increase over the roughly $1 million she was believed to have earned for Batman Begins (2005)) Katie Holmes chose not to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes. This was due to what was described as 'scheduling conflicts'.
• Before Maggie Gyllenhaal replaced Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes, both Rachel McAdams and Emily Blunt were rumored for the part
• Matt Damon was Christopher Nolan's first choice for the role of Harvey Dent but turned it down. Before Aaron Eckhart was cast in the part, other actors considered included Hugh Jackman, Ryan Phillippe, Liev Schreiber and Josh Lucas.
• This is the first Batman film to not have "Batman" in the title
• This is the third film of Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale together after Batman Begins in 2005 and The Prestige in 2006)
  
• Robin Williams, Lachy Hulme, Paul Bettany, and Adrien Brody all expressed interest for the role of the Joker before Heath Ledger was cast.
• Had the biggest three-day opening weekend of all time with $158 million beating Spider-Man 3 (2007).
  
  
• Set a new record for the biggest opening-day gross at the box office with $66.4 million. Former record holder was Spider-Man 3 (2007).
  
  
• Set a weekend box-office record for IMAX venues with $6.2 mil. Former record holder was Spider-Man 3 (2007).
  
  
• Set a new mark for money earned in midnight showings when it grossed $18.5 million. Former record holder was Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
  
  
• Holds the record for reaching the $200 million mark the fastest, after only 5 days.
  
  
• Holds the record for reaching the $300 million mark the fastest, after only 10 days. Former record holder was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).
• Made more money than Batman Begins (2005) entire domestic run in only 6 days of release.

The Dark Knight fever continues...

The Dark Knight continuously breaking a lot of records kicking previous holders behinds, among its new record are the following; The best opening weekend of all time in America with the record of over 158 million in just a week that overthrown other movie sequels, Pirates 2, Spider Man 3 and Star Wars 3 and The first film to reach 200 million mark in just 5 days, while Pirates 3 made it in 8 days. Indeed, The Dark Knight is the best superhero film and the best movie sequel today.

Currently, the Dark Knight, is closely behind Spider Man-3 at number 16 in the all time box office in America, surpassing fellow 2008 hits that includes Iron Man and Indiana Jones 4 and Kung Fu Panda, and Hancock. And in the World Wide Box Office,The Dark Knight now is grossing up to $460,229,159 at and is already in No. 67 spot.

It is said that, if there would be any film that beats Titanic, it would be The Dark Knight.