Miyazaki trounces ‘Dark Knight’ at Japanese box office
Despite their best efforts, The Joker and Two-Face couldn’t bring down Batman, but leave it up to a Japanese goldfish to put him in his place.
Hayo Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s latest effort Ponyo on a Cliff By The Sea has raked in a respectable $93 million in the last month, while Christopher Nolan’s sophomore Batman effort The Dark Knight – a certifiable smash in the U.S. – hasn’t even cracked $10 million in its’ first three weeks.
/film takes note of Dark Knight’s spectacular underperformance, which has also paled in comparison to other U.S. fare (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and What Happens in Vegas). Why the hate? Well, apparently the film’s kind of a downer – something the Japanese just aren’t in the mood for.
Myself, I think they’re plain batshit crazy, no pun intended…
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