you’re probably right about batman.  i vaguely remember the keaton/jack from when i was a kid and it seemed pretty cool back then.

wasabi - 31 July 2008 10:04 AM

^ they don’t adjust for inflation.  so titanic probably would have earned more based on todays ticket prices.  They really need to do away with the dollar amount and switch to number of tickets sold.  This way you don’t have to worry about things like that or how kids and seniors pay less for a movie.

also you did it wrong you need to watch the batman with clooney and arnold.  then watch batman begins.

hahaa. Batman Begins, even for its detractors, admit that it was definitely a reboot of the franchise.

And yes, they always adjust to inflation. The Dark Knight also has a strange advantage: IMAX tickets, which are more expensive.

^ i liked batman begins.  It was really good.  It game more depth the batman and to bruce wayne.  They developed everything so well that they could jump right into the meat of the story for dark knight, kind of like xmen 1 and 2.  I dont think dark knight would have done as well if they didnt start with a batman begins.  but i agree dark knight is the better movie.

Here is the list of highest grossing films unadjusted for inflation
Rank ↓ Title ↓ Studio ↓ Lifetime Gross ↓ Year ↓
1 Titanic 20th Century Fox/Paramount $600,788,188 1997
2 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 20th Century Fox $460,998,007 1977
3 Shrek 2 DreamWorks $441,226,247 2004
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal $435,110,554 1982
5 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $431,088,301 1999
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Buena Vista $423,315,812 2006
7 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 2002
8 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox $380,270,577 2005
9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $377,027,325 2003
10 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,585,825 2004
11 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket $370,782,930 2004
12 Jurassic Park Universal $357,067,947 1993
13 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line $341,786,758 2002
14 Finding Nemo Buena Vista $339,714,978 2003
15 Spider-Man 3 Sony $336,530,303 2007
16 The Dark Knight Warner Bros.  $333,929,159 2008
17 Forrest Gump Paramount $329,694,499 1994
18 The Lion King Buena Vista $328,541,776 1994
19 Shrek The Third Dreamworks $322,719,944 2007
20 Transformers Paramount $319,246,193 2007
21 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Warner Bros.  $317,575,550 2001
22 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line $314,776,170 2001
23 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount $313,646,685 2008
24 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox $310,676,740 2002
25 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Buena Vista $309,420,425 2007
26 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 20th Century Fox $309,306,177 1983
27 Independence Day 20th Century Fox $306,169,268 1996
28 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Buena Vista $305,413,918 2003
29 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista $293,506,292 1999
30 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros.  $292,004,738 2007
31 The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Buena Vista $291,710,957 2005
32 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox $290,475,067 1980
33 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros.  $290,013,036 2005
34 Home Alone 20th Century Fox $285,761,243 1990
35 Iron Man Paramount $281,576,461 2008
36 Meet the Fockers Universal $279,261,160 2004
37 Shrek Dreamworks $267,665,011 2001
38 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros.  $261,988,482 2002
39 The Incredibles Buena Vista $261,441,092 2004
40 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Universal $260,044,825 2000
41 Jaws Universal $260,000,000 1975
42 I Am Legend Warner Bros.  $256,386,216 2007
43 Monsters, Inc.  Buena Vista $255,873,250 2001
44 Batman Warner Bros.  $251,188,924 1989
45 Night at the Museum 20th Century Fox $250,863,268 2006
46 Men in Black Sony $250,690,539 1997
47 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros.  $249,541,069 2004
48 Toy Story 2 Buena Vista $245,852,179 1999
49 Cars Buena Vista $244,082,982 2006
50 Bruce Almighty Universal $242,829,261 2003

Chicago looked awesome in Dark Knight. I almost got distracted from the story while recognizing each building/site… even saw my sister’s car

wasabi - 31 July 2008 11:33 AM

^ i liked batman begins.  It was really good.  It game more depth the batman and to bruce wayne.  They developed everything so well that they could jump right into the meat of the story for dark knight, kind of like xmen 1 and 2.  I dont think dark knight would have done as well if they didnt start with a batman begins.  but i agree dark knight is the better movie.

i did enjoy the first half of batman begins where they told about his beginnings.  i actually really liked the outdoors shots of when he was in japan/china/tibet (i’m not sure where he was) training.  the crime fighting part of it got ridiculous.  i guess that is a superhero type story, but i prefer something simpler.

my brother and his gf had 10,000 bc from netflix and i caught the last 20 minutes of that awful movie.  it was about as predictable as you can get.

^ I was almost tempted for mindless CGI action until you said that. thanks for being an accountability partner.

though I heard the mammoth stampede scene was something worth noting.

The wifey dragged me to “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” today.  Surprisingly, it wasn’t as horrible as I thought… but it was still a chick flick. 

Pretty cool to see Leonard Nam represent’n in the movie as the “normal boyfriend” of one of the girls:

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3322713856/tt1018785

Asian power.

^ dannng he’s asian.

30 Days of Night. Man, the comic was so much better. sigh.

I saw “Pineapple Express” this week.

It’s funny, but towards the end of the movie, it gets so random.  Probably a better movie if one is stoned.

I watched Forgetting Sara Marshall, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be.

watch it here.

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=T3KNXQNR

^ i may have watched it via
that exact same link on saturday.

decent movie. can’t get over how
cute kristen bell is.

thanks to family guy, i will never
be able to think of mila kunis as a
hottie. everytime i hear her speak,
i think of meg.

mila kunis is much hotter than kristen bell.  maybe that’s just a brunette preference over blondes.

^ i’m definitely in agreement with the
brunette preference over blondes.

going with just looks, mila is hot while
kristen is cute. kristen also reminds me
of this girl i crushed on years ago.

when i hear mila speak though, i’m
reminded of this cool Hwhip episode:

she spent that episode obsessing over brian.
hilarious.

American Ninja is on tv.  Hell Yeah!