 Batman:
The Dark Knight
Opening Box Office
Weekend Receipt Odds
Heath Ledger
"brilliant"
performance another
reason why
oddsmakers offer
bets on The Dark
Knight opening box
office receipts
Online gambling
website
Bookmaker.com
has posted odds on
The Dark Knight
opening box office
weekend receipts.
The Dark Knight is
the latest
installment of the
Batman series and
features Heath
Ledger who passed
away tragically last
year. Ledger's
performance has been
called "terrific"
and many believe he
could be nominated
for an Academy
Award.
Mike LaSalle of the
San Francisco
Chronicle:
"The Dark Knight"
rides on Ledger's
performance as the
Joker. So does a lot
of audience hope,
and that's another
element at work
here. There has
never been a
situation quite like
this: Audiences for
the biggest
blockbuster of the
summer are flooding
in, not just hoping
an actor will be
good but also
expecting and
needing him to be
absolutely amazing.
They want something
profound, to put
alongside Ledger's
Ennis in "Brokeback
Mountain." They want
the fabled gift that
arrives six months
after the loved
one's death.
Bookmakers have
slashed the odds of
Heath Ledger winning
a posthumous Oscar
for new Batman movie
The Dark Knight to
3/1.
When asked why he
cast Ledger as the
malevolent,
psychotic clown
prince of crime,
director Christopher
Nolan said “because
he’s fearless.” But
while they trusted
Nolan, the director
of “Batman Begins,”
fans were not
convinced that
Ledger, who had just
played a gay cowboy
in "Brokeback
Mountain," was the
right man for the
job.
“Heath Ledger’s
casting did seem a
little odd at first;
he usually took more
art-film roles as
opposed to being a
part of big
commercial
blockbusters,” said
Daniel Hubschman,
23, a fan from
Douglaston, N.Y.,
who relied on Web
sites like imdb.com
for updates on the
film.
"He also never
played a villain
before. But then
again, what isn’t an
odd choice when Jack
Nicholson is the
predecessor of the
role? That was going
to draw comparisons
no matter what.”
As for the opening
weekend receipt odds
(the film actually
opens Thursday July
17), the biggest
payout for gamblers
would come if the
film takes in
between $120,000,001
and $130,000,000.
A $10 bet pays $55.
A $100 bet pays $550
at
Bookmaker.com.
Oddsmakers have the
film reeling in
between $80,000,001
and $100,000,000
with odds just short
of 2/1.
Batman: The Dark
Knight Opening Box
Office Weekend
Receipt Odds Here
23891 LESS THAN $80
MILLIONS +220 - -
23892 BETWEEN
$80,000,001 -
$90,000,000 +175 - -
(these odds pay
$17.50 for every
$10.00 bet)
23893 BETWEEN
$90,000,001 -
$100,000,000 +175 -
-
23894 BETWEEN
$100,000,001 -
$110,000,000 +250 -
- (these odds pay
$25.00 for every
$10.00 bet)
23895 BETWEEN
$110,000,001 -
$120,000,000 +450 -
-
23896 BETWEEN
$120,000,001 -
$130,000,000 +550 -
- (these odds pay
$55.00 for every
$10.00 bet)
23897 BETWEEN
$130,000,001 -
$140,000,000 +300 -
-
23898 BETWEEN
$140,000,001 -
$150,000,000 +300 -
-
23899 MORE THAN $150
MILLIONS -185
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Payton O'Brien,
Gambling911.com
Senior Editor
POBrien@CostiganMedia.com
Originally published
July 16, 2008 10:22
pm EST
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