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The Dark Knight- which sold a whopping 1.7 million discs on Blu-ray in its first week- waits to see if Oscar takes a view opposite to the Golden Globes. (image courtesy of Business Wire)

You think the Caped Crusader was satisfied with box office domination alone? No, no- now Batman has conquered the home video market with ease.

Warner Home Video reports that The Dark Knight- which bowed in stores last week- sold some 10 million discs in its debut frame, with a record 1.7 million coming from the high-definition Blu-ray format.

Knight is expected to become the year’s top-selling title within the coming week, toppling Paramount/DreamWorks’ Iron Man. Incidentally, it was Iron Man that The Dark Knight easily trumped to become the year’s biggest film at the box office. To date, Knight has grossed $530.7 million to Iron Man’s $318.3 million.

While Knight’s enjoyed dazzling box office success, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association didn’t show much love for the film last week when it announced the 2009 Golden Globe nominees. The film’s sole nomination came via the late Heath Ledger’s Best Supporting Actor nod, for his rather brilliant turn as the Joker. No other nominations, despite rumblings that the film and Christopher Nolan stand a good shot at scoring Best Picture and Director Oscar nods.

Now, the Globes snub doesn’t necessarily mean Oscar is out of The Dark Knight’s reach. Sure, the Globes offer a good indication of how Oscar nominations will turn out, but every now and then Oscar takes a different route with one or two contenders- and if there ever was a year for it to do so, this would be it.

The Dark Knightis epic filmmaking at its finest- the “superhero flick” stigma should not stand in the way of recognizing Nolan and company’s dazzling achievement.

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