List of accolades received by The Dark Knight

List of The Dark Knight awards

Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker garnered the most attention from critics.
Awards & nominations Award Won Nominated 81st Academy Awards 2 8 American Film Institute 1 1 Australian Film Institute 1 1 British Academy of Film and Television Arts 1 9 Broadcast Film Critics Association 2 6 Empire Awards 3 4 cannes film festival 1 1 Golden Trailer Awards 3 4 Grammy Awards 1 1 Kids' Choice Awards 0 1 MTV Movie Awards 1 4 National Board of Review 1 1 National Movie Awards 1 2 Project Fanboy Awards 2 2 People's Choice Awards 5 7 Satellite Awards 1 5 Saturn Awards 5 11 Scream Awards 12 20 Teen Choice Awards 0 1 Japanese Academy Awards 1 1 American Cinema Editors 0 1 American Society of Cinematographers 0 1 Art Directors Guild 0 1 Cinema Audio Society Awards 0 1 Costume Designers Guild 1 1 Directors Guild of America 0 1 Motion Picture Sound Editors 2 3 Producers Guild of America 0 1 Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 2 Visual Effects Society 3 3 World Stunt Awards 5 5 Writers Guild of America 0 1 African-American Film Critics Association 2 2 Australian Film Critics Association 1 1 Boston Society of Film Critics 1 1 Austin Film Critics Association 5 5 Central Ohio Film Critics Association 4 4 Chicago Film Critics Association 2 6 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association 3 4 Houston Film Critics Society 1 1 Florida Film Critics 2 2 International Film Music Critics Association 0 2 Iowa Film Critics 1 1 Kansas City Film Critics Circle 2 2 Las Vegas Film Critics Society 1 1 london film critics circle 0 2 Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1 4 National Society of Film Critics 0 1 New York Film Critics Online 1 1 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle 2 2 Online Film Critics Society 4 7 San Diego Film Critics Society 1 2 San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2 2 Southeastern Film Critics Association 2 2 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 2 6 Toronto Film Critics 1 1 Utah Film Critics Association 2 3 Vancouver Film Critics 1 1 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 1 1 World Soundtrack Academy 0 1
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	7002103000000000000♠103	7002178000000000000♠178
References

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. It was released in Australia on July 16, 2008. The Dark Knight grossed $1,004,558,444 worldwide,^[1] becoming the fourth film in history to gross more than $1 billion worldwide^[2] and the highest-grossing film of 2008. It is currently the 16th highest-grossing film of all time. The Dark Knight also received a high critical acclaim, accumulating an approval rating of 94% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.^[3]

At the People's Choice Awards—in which the winners are determined by the choices of the people (audience) in the Gallup polls—The Dark Knight won five awards, including: Favorite Movie, Favorite Action Movie, Favorite Superhero (Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman), Favorite On Screen Match-Up (Christian Bale and Heath Ledger), and Favourite Cast.^[4]

At the 81st Academy Awards, The Dark Knight won Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor. Notably, the film's Best Sound Editing win prevented Best Picture winner Slumdog Millionaire from having a clean category-sweep.

Awards and nominations

Organizations

Guild Awards

Film Critics Awards

References

External links

• Awards for The Dark Knight at the Internet Movie Database