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"2008 Summer Movies Recap"
"The Dark Knight" Breaks 'Almost" Every Movie Box Office Record
by Tim Nasson
September 2, 2008


Dark Knight

At least in this life, the one we live on earth, no one is precscient. But, everyone loves to make predictions. Is the baby going to be a boy or a girl? Is the hottie I just laid eyes on going to be married to me forever? Will the fourth "Indiana Jones" movie become the highest grossing movie of Summer 2008? Wild About Movies ran two features in late April, early May of this year. The first: "Summer Movie Sequels - Which One Will Come Out On Top?" And, second: "2008 Summer Movie Box Office Predictions." You can click on either link above to read the stories in their entireties. But let's get to to the nitty gritty. How well did Wild About Movies do at predicting the Summer 2008 Movie Box Office winners - and losers? Needless to say, Wild About Movies incorrectly predicted that "Indiana Jones 4" would be the highest grossing movie of the entire year 2008 and the highest grossing sequel of 2008. Keep in mind, no one, not even Entertainment Weekly, nor President George W. Bush, had seen any of the Summer 2008 Movies, before we published our stories. We wrote them based on the premises, casts, synopses and 'buzz' of the movies, without actually having seen any of the movies in question. Nobody can be more perturbed than Christian Bale, we say, not even Eddie Murphy, (whose "Meet Dave" was a bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki size, combined), because Christian Bale was the LEAD, the star of "The Dark Knight," but got no press, other than for allegedly slapping his mother and sister at the Dorchester hotel in London, before the British premiere of "The Dark Knight." The dead Heath Ledger, rest his soul, must be laughing, popping Vicodin and communicating telepathically with Mary Kate Olsen, so happy with the success of his Joker performance in "The Dark Knight." If anyone ever doubted the second coming of Christ, think again. Perhaps Christ will send Heath Ledger down from the heavens above to pick up his much deserved (HA) Oscar for "The Dark Knight" - since we all know Heath Ledger will not only be nominated but win the coveted award. That being said, here's how it all ended up - at the Summer 2008 movie box office.

Top 20 Grossing Movies of Summer 2008*

1. "The Dark Knight" - $520,000,000

2. "Iron Man" - $319,000,000

3. "Indiana Jones 4" - $316,000,000

4. "Walle" - $228,000,000

5. "Hancock" - $227,000,000

6. "Kung Fu Panda" - $213,000,000

7. "Sex And The City: The Movie" - $153,000,000

8. "Mamma Mia: The Movie" - $143,000,000

9. "Chronicles Of Narnia 2" - $141,000,000

10. "Wanted" - $136,000,000

11. "The Incredible Hulk" - $135,000,000

12. "Get Smart" - $130,000,000

13. "Tropic Thunder" - $115,000,000

13. "The Mummy 3" - $110,000,000

14. "Step Brothers" - $103,000,000

15. "Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3D" - $102,000,000

16. "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" - $100,000,000

17. "Pineapple Express" - $93,000,000

18. "What Happens In Vegas" - $81,000,000

19. "Hellboy 2" - $77,000,000

20. "The Happening" - $65,000,000

*Movie Box Offices Grosses (projected) as of September 30, 2008


How did the 2008 Summer Movie Sequels do, you ask?

Well, of course, the biggest and baddest at the movie box office was "The Dark Knight," which also has become the second highest grossing movie at the North American movie box office of all time - behind "Titanic" - a movie that in 1997 grossed more than $600 million in North American movie theaters, alone.

The Top 10 Summer 2008 Movie Sequels at the movie box office


1. "The Dark Knight"

2. "Indiana Jones 4"
3. "Narnia 2"
4. "Incredible Hulk"
5. "The Mummy 3"
6. "Hellboy 2"
7. "Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2"
8. "Harold And Kumar 2"
9. "The X Files 2"
10. "Hamlet 2"+


+ Yes, we're joking. It's not a sequel, and has no chance of spawning one, (as Focus Features had hoped and predicted), what with its almost worst showing at the movie box office of any wide release during the Summer 2008 movie season.

Which were the most poorly received movies at the box office?

Let's just say this: Eddie Murphy. Mike Myers. M Night Shyamalan. Vin Diesel. And just about any movie released during the last two weeks of August. GIVE IT UP. You're all washed up.

Summer 2008 @ The Movies is over.

Next up: Fall 2008 @ The Movies.

And "2009 Oscars"

Check Out the Wild About Movies Fall 2008 Movie Preview!

September 2008 Movies

October 2008 Movies

November 2008 Movies
December 2008 Movies

And, check back often for our updated "2009 Oscars" features.

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Wild About Movies provides you with more movie posters, movie trailers, movie synopses, Behind The Scenes of movies, and celebrity interviews than any other movie website. At WAM you are able to peruse the movie trailers, movie posters and movie synopses of more than 500 movies not yet in theaters (and more than 75,000 movies formerly in movie theaters and currently on DVD). The lastest additions: "Assassination Of A High School President," starring Bruce Willlis. The Clint Eastwood movie "Gran Torino." The sci-fil horror flicks "Pandorum" and "The Unborn." Kevin James as "Mall Cop." "The Burning Plain," starring Charlize Theron. The first "Wonder Woman" movie of the millennium. "The Education Of Charlie Banks" and "Pippa Lee." Clive Owen in "The International." "Lovely Still" - featuring Martin Landau & Ellen Burstyn. Isla Fisher in "Confessions Of A Shopaholic." And Mickey Rourke as "The Wrestler." Jamie Foxx and "Iron Man," Robert Downey Jr., in "The Soloist." Matt Damon in "Green Zone." And "Nothing Like The Holidays," John C. Reilly in "Cirque Du Freak." Patrick Swayze in "Powder Blue." Jake Gyllenhaal as "Prince of Persia: Sands Of Time" and "The Dark Knight" himself, Christian Bale, as John Connor in "Terminator Salvation." Sam Raimi's "Drag Me To Hell." Oscar winner Adrien Brody in "The Brothers Bloom." Rose McGowan as "Red Sonja 2010." Gerard Butler in three movies; "Game" and "Law Abiding Citizen" and opposite Katherine Heigl in "The Ugly Truth." And "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail." Rob Zombie's "Tyrannosaurus Rex." "Street Fighter" and Justin Chatwin in "Dragonball." Also Keanu Reeves in "The Day The Earth Stood Still." And Seth Rogen is "The Green Hornet." "Witchblade 2009," as well as "Fame 2009." And Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor as lovers in "I Love You Phillip Morris." Sequels: Everything from Daniel Radcliffe naked not in "Harry Potter 6," but Daniel Radcliffe naked at WAM and on Broadway in "Equus." The Disney 3D films "Cars 2" and "Toy Story 3." Shia LaBeouf in "Transformers 2" and Jason Statham in "Crank 2" and Michael Douglas in "Wall Street 2." And "Transporter 3." Vin Diesel in "Fast And Furious 4." Kate Beckinsale in "Underworld 3." Steve Martin's "The Pink Panther 2," and the requisites, "Ice Age 3" and "Cloverfield 2" and "Iron Man 2." The very delayed "Star Trek XI." The prequel of "The DaVinci Code," "Angels & Demons." Need more movies? Channing Tatum in "GI Joe The Movie." And Seann William Scott in "Trainwreck: My Life As An Idiot." The big screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" and two Tony winning plays turned movies, "Doubt," starring Meryl Streep, and "Frost Nixon," starring Frank Langella (each who will most likely earn 2009 Oscars). Also "Sunshine Cleaning" and Disney's new fave actor, The Rock, in "Race To Witch Mountain." Also, "Friday the 13th 2009" and Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's next collaboration, "Ashecliffe" aka "Shutter Island." In addition, the big screen incarnations of "Marley & Me" and "The Spirit." Sacha Baron Cohen is "Bruno." Nicolas Cage in "Knowing." Also "Good" and the long delayed "Killshot." Brad Pitt in both "Inglorious Bastards" and "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button." The big screen adaptation of Maurice Sendack's "Where The Wild Things Are" and director Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" and "Taken," starring Liam Neeson. "Local Color." Along with "Watch Out" and "The Escapist." - More? Sure! Peter Jackson's "District 9" and "The Lovely Bones" and "The Hobbit Movies." Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road." And Kenneth Branagh's "Thor." And the 3D "They Came From Upstairs" and "Monsters vs Aliens." "The Smurfs Movie;" and "Splice;" and "Push;" "AstroBoy." The big screen version of "Land of the Lost" and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" and Ben Stiller's "Chicago 7." And a slew of animated and non animated Walt Disney movies, many in 3D: including "Hannah Montana The Movie" and "Fraggle Rock: The Movie" and "The Jonas Brothers Movie 3D" and "Bolt," "The King of the Elves" and "Rapunzel," "The Bear and the Bow;" "Newt," "The Princess And The Frog," "Up," "Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea" and And Universal's animated movie "The Tale Of Despereaux." Heath Ledger's last movie, "Dr. Parnassus." "Black Devil Doll." The four Jonas Brothers in the big screen adaptation of "Walter The Farting Dog" and Wesley Snipes in "Gallowwalker!" Also: Zac Efron in three big screen movies: "Footloose 2010," "17 Again" and "Me And Orson Welles." Also "Bitch Slap" and Daniel Craig in "Defiance" and "Delgo" and "Pope Joan" and "Hotel For Dogs." Benicio Del Toro as "The Wolfman" and "Che." And "Notorious." Also, Hugh Jackman as "Wolverine;" "Valkyrie." The movies "He's Just Not That Into You," James ("Titanic") Cameron's "Avatar;" "Watchmen," (from the director of "300"), "The Bad Lieutenant 2009" and Hilary Swank in "Amelia." And Nicole Kidman in "Australia," and the non Disney animated movie "Coraline." And "Two Lovers" and Anne Hathaway in "Bride Wars." "The Reader," starring Ralph Fiennes. Robert Downey Jr. as "Sherlock Holmes." Will Smith in "Seven Pounds." The Italian worldwide hit "Gomorra," as well as the Chinese blockbuster "Red Cliff." Not to mention the Australian smash "The Tender Hook". And "Fanboys" and Julia Stiles in "Cry Of The Owl" and Diablo Cody in "Jennifer's Body," which she also wrote. "Captain America" and Sean Penn as Harvey "Milk." And don't forget the must 'not' sees "My Bloody Valentine 3D" and Uwe Boll's "Far Cry." "How To Be A Serial Killer." Also, the "2009 Oscars." Our latest entry - "Push" - in select movie theaters Super Bowl Weekend 2009. For the current and complete 2008 movie box office report... 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