

The Dark Knight garnered numerous awards and nominations with particular praise for Heath Ledger's performance of the Joker. The Dark Knight also received a high critical acclaim, accumulating an approval rating of 94% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. It is currently the 47th highest-grossing film of all time. The Dark Knight grossed over a billion dollars worldwide, becoming the fourth film in history to gross more than $1 billion worldwide and the highest-grossing film of 2008.

It was released in Australia on July 16, 2008. The film also stars Michael Caine as Bruce Wayne's butler ( Alfred Pennyworth), Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes, and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. In the film, Bruce Wayne/Batman ( Christian Bale) forms an alliance with Police Lieutenant James Gordon ( Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent ( Aaron Eckhart) to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City, but are thwarted by a criminal mastermind known as the Joker ( Heath Ledger) who seeks to undermine Batman's influence and create chaos in Gotham. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the sequel to 2005's Batman Begins and the second installment in Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy. The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. International Film Music Critics Association Heath Ledger's performance of the Joker received widespread acclaim, earning him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Supporting Actorīritish Academy of Film and Television ArtsĪfrican-American Film Critics Associationĭallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association List of accolades received by The Dark Knight
