The Dark Knight currently beats Interstellar 60–40
The superhero film wins by a hair. One legendary performance tips it.
The Verdict Director's Cut
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Both films are Nolan operating at full scale, but The Dark Knight has an advantage Interstellar can't manufacture: a performance that transcended the film containing it. Ledger gave the superhero genre its most dangerous villain, and that danger — the sense that anything could happen in any scene he enters — gives the film a charge that Interstellar's more controlled grandeur doesn't generate.
The Numbers
| The Dark Knight | Interstellar | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 60% | 40% |
| Overall Win Rate | 53% | 52% |
| Championships | 29 | 10 |
| Budget | $185M | $165M |
| Box Office | $1.0B | $747M |
Where This Matchup Sits
Among Christopher Nolan's 4 films on BingeBracket, The Dark Knight ranks #2 and Interstellar ranks #3.
Elsewhere on BingeBracket, both handle Se7en without much difficulty. That shared win gives a sense of the tier this matchup operates at.
Voters who pick The Dark Knight decide in 2.3s; those who pick Interstellar take 12.7s. One is a gut call — the other is a conviction vote.
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