Box-Office spinner!

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 2008)

Batman lives on and if box-office takings are anything to go by then this feature film is set to put a significant dent in Titanic's image of record revenues.
Let's face it, in just 3 weeks the Dark Knight has managed to bring in over $614 million dollars. That's a whopping achievement by anyone's admission. That the caped crusader was able to do this in such a short period of time, given the worldwide recession, is nothing short of unbelievable.
The latest addition to the Batman saga is fierce; sordid and violent. It sports Michael Caine and Christian Bale along erstwhile legend Heath Ledger. Whether it was Ledger's phenomenal charm or the fact that controversy surrounds his suicide is beside the point. Batman has nailed it yet again with an astonishing tally of receipts. The problem however lies in it's foreign box-office totals.
While Titanic scored a solid $600 million domestically, it raked in over $1.2 billion internationally. That's where the Dark Knight has to make serious inroads. If this flick is going to rally anywhere close to James Cameron's Titanic, then the international arena is where it simply has to score big points. One wonders whether the adventures of yet another Batman saga will interest hordes of movie goers trying desperately to remain afloat in a world of surging inflation and economic hardship.
For now, the only thing that isn't sinking is the grandiosity of Titanic's massive takings.