1. Past success of Film Noir<br />Rebecca – 1/1/1940<br />US Gross - $6,000,000<br />Budget - $1,288,000<br />Pulp Fiction – 14/10/1994<br />1st week - $9,311,882<br />US Gross - $107,928,762<br />Worldwide Gross - $212,928,762<br />Budget - $8,000,000<br />Batman – 23/6/1989<br />1st week - $40,489,330<br />US Gross - $251,188,924<br />Worldwide Gross - $411,348,924<br />Budget - $35,000,000<br />Shaft – 16/6/2000<br />1st week - $21,714,757<br />US Gross - $70,327,868<br />Worldwide Gross - $107,190,108<br />Budget - $53,012,938<br />The Departed – 6/10/2006<br />1st week - $26,887,467<br />US Gross - $133,311,000<br />Worldwide Gross – $290,539,042<br />Budget – $90,000,000<br />The Dark Knight – 18/7/2008<br />1st week - $158,411,483<br />US Gross - $533,345,358<br />Worldwide Gross - $1,001,945,358<br />Budget - $185,000,000<br />Touch of Evil – 21/ 5/1958<br />1st week - $70,725<br />US Gross - $2,237,659<br />This list is of just a few film noirs throughout the last 70 years or so. One of the first film noir’s; Rebecca shows that in them days the budgets were small and the overall intake from the film was nothing in comparison to today’s films. For example; The Dark Knight. This film had a budget of $185,000,000. This is an astounding amount of money. Although it is nothing compared to the worldwide gross of the film. This film has made $1,001,945,358. This just goes to show how technology has changed to allow movies to be more elaborate by using special effects and green screens and CGI. <br />Touch of Evil was probably the last classic film noir. After this film in 1958, a lot of films were made that would be classed as film noirs but would actually be a hybrid film. This means that a number of different genres are put together for the film. For example; The Dark Knight. This film is made up of a comic, action, thriller and crime and shows influences of a film noir.<br />
