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July 1st, 2009

He was alive when he made it…

Posted by: Robert Basler

‘Transformers’ $60.6 mln debut topples Wed. record

The effects rich, alien versus robot war movie, came close to eclipsing last year’s single-day debut of Batman movie “The Dark Knight,” which posthumously starred actor Heath Ledger and took in $67.2 million in domestic markets on its Friday debut.

In your article that compares the box office of the movies “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “The Dark Knight”, the writer claims actor Heath Ledger posthumously starred in his movie.

How does one posthumously star in a movie? Did Heath Ledger not actually star in the movie?

Now, if he won an award for his role, then he received that award posthumously…

Michael M.

That didn’t exactly say what we meant to say: GBU Editor

The family of the late Heath Ledger, including mother Sally Bell,  sister Kate Ledger, and father Kim Ledger, accept the Oscar for best supporting actor on Heath Ledger’s behalf for his work in “The Dark Knight” during the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 22, 2009.  REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

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