Pirated copies no match for Batman
Despite pirated copies being available on the Internet, “The Dark Knight” was able to have the biggest weekend opening for a movie.
The Dark Knight made a mind-warping, record-breaking $155.3 million at the box office over the weekend. Thousands of people waited hours in line to sit in a dark room and watch the movie with strangers.
They didn’t have to wait in line, though — they could have watched it at home.
Almost immediately after the movie was released, bootleg copies — shot with handheld camcorders in the theater — became available online. And if those weren’t good enough, there are plenty of digital wide-screen versions available online to anyone who looks around hard enough.
Studio execs argue that piracy will kill the movie business. So how do they justify the raging success of The Dark Knight?
