The highest-grossing movies for nine of the last ten years have been sequels. Film sequels appeared as early as 1916 with “Fall of a Nation” and, more recently, with “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” Although some critics have successfully argued against the necessity and quality of film sequels, they have surpassed some of the best original and independent films on film lists; the main sequel contenders are "The Godfather: Part II", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and the most anticipated film of 2008, "The Dark Knight". “The Dark Knight,” the sequel to “Batman Begins,” the hit remake of the Batman series, broke the single opening day ticket sales record with $67.2 million upon its release. Furthermore, according to the film website IMDB, it is currently ranked fourth among the highest-grossing films in the United States of America, while its successor “The Dark Knight Rises” sits comfortably in seventh place. When two sequels from the same franchise are in the top ten highest-grossing films, you need to think twice about why sequels gross original stories. The name of the film alone is not a sufficient reason for an automatic prerequisite for viewing. the film. The plot, characters, actors and marketing are also responsible for this desire. For example, the first 40 seconds of the December 2007 official trailer for Christopher Nolan's “The Dark Knight” gave audiences everything they needed to hear and experience to rush into theaters, at midnight on July 18, 2008. These first seconds contained the seventeen prophetic words: “You have changed things… forever. There's no going back. Think of them, you're just a monster... like me!" which, followed by goosebumps producing maniacal laughter, invites the audience on a psychotic journey with Batman's archenemy. The Joker's quote "Because so serious?" noted in the film's trailer and posters were displayed in movie theaters, on social media profiles, on city streets and on fans' clothing. These words were just one example of the media frenzy evoked by this sequel. Both critics who fans recognized the cinematic success of this film with Heath Ledger, the late actor who played the Joker, earning a posthumous Oscar for his work. Film sequels are not normally dark dramatic stories, they are comedy films full of action like "Iron Man 2", "Fast and The Furious 6", "Shrek 2" or "Men in Black III"”.