FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE STRICTLY BUSINESS VIEWPOINT:
* Much of the weekend has been pre-sold; the movie made $30 million in presale tickets and shows in many cities are sold out through Sunday
* Some box-office analysts previously believed the final installment of director Christopher Nolan’s trilogy could top the record-breaking, $207.4 million debut of “The Avengers.”
* Only five movies in history at this point have done a $150 million or more opening weekend
* “The Dark Knight,” the second movie in Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy (with Heath Ledger’s award winning role as the Joker), made $158 million during its 2008 opening weekend.
It was a terrific movie. I liked the digs against the ideals of the occupy wall street crowd too.