The Dark Knight
“Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Dark Knight performed
Budget
$185.0M
Worldwide Gross
$1.0B
Gross Profit
$819.6M
Return
5.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$134M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Bruce Wayne
Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne
Joker
Heath Ledger
Joker
Harvey Dent
Aaron Eckhart
Harvey Dent
Alfred
Michael Caine
Alfred
Rachel
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Rachel
Gordon
Gary Oldman
Gordon
Lucius Fox
Morgan Freeman
Lucius Fox
Ramirez
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Ramirez
Wuertz
Ron Dean
Wuertz
Scarecrow
Cillian Murphy
Scarecrow
Lau
Chin Han
Lau
Mayor
Nestor Carbonell
Mayor
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