Batman rompe récord de taquilla

La nueva película de Batman recaudó US$155 millones el fin de semana de su estreno en EE.UU.

Batman breaks box office records

The new Batman film has broken box office records on its first weekend in US cinemas. The Dark Knight stars Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader and also features the late actor Heath Ledger, who plays The Joker.

Peter Bowes reports from Los Angeles:

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The Dark Knight has become the biggest grossing film, in its first weekend, of all time. It made 155 million dollars in US cinemas, surpassing a record set last year by Spiderman 3. The movie was one of the most widely anticipated of the summer, in part because it features Heath Ledger in one of his last performances.

The actor died from an accidental drug overdose shortly after filming his role as Batman's nemesis, The Joker. It's a performance that has been widely praised, leading to speculation that Ledger could receive a posthumous nomination for an Oscar.

The Dark Knight is on course to become a hugely profitable film. It cost less money to make than it has already made in the US and 20 other countries.

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the biggest grossing film
la película de mayor recaudación

surpassing
superando (el récord establecido el año pasado por la película Spiderman 3)

most widely anticipated
la más anticipada o esperada

an accidental drug overdose
(El actor murió por) una sobredosis accidental de medicinas

nemesis
némesis - proviene de la mitología griega y es la diosa de la retribución y la venganza. En este caso se refieren a un enemigo persistente y difícil de derrotar

speculation
especulación (sobre si Ledger recibirá una nominación póstuma al Oscar)

a posthumous nomination
una nominación póstuma (al premio Oscar)

on course to become
en vías de convertirse en

a hugely profitable film
una película sumamente rentable

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