The Dark Knight has zoomed past the $400 million mark at the box office in the U.S. alone and likely will top $1 billion world wide. The movie has been successful on every possible level. It will continue to break box office records as fans of the movie keep going back to see the thrill ride over and over. However ‘The Curse of The Dark Knight’ has struck again.

The curse first struck back on January 22nd when ‘Joker’ Heath Ledger died from an overdose in his New York City apartment. Friends and family members said he sunk so deep into his role of the ‘Joker’ during filming and never came out of those dark places. Granted he already had a severe drug problem, but the strain of constantly being in character as the ‘Joker’ seemed to put him over the edge according to those that were close to the Aussie actor.

All seemed well on the Dark Crusader front as the film was released in late July and opened with a record $66.4 million dollar single day box office take. Then in London on the weekend of July 19-20 ‘Batman/Bruce Wayne’ actor Christian Bale was arrested for allegedly assaulting his sister and mom of all people. Then came more reports of Bale losing his cool and exploding at the director of cinematography on the Terminator 4: Salvation set. Then reports surfaced that Bale was depressed over the death of his friend and co-star Ledger, in turn causing him to be short and ill-fused with those around him.

Then yesterday the curse struck for the third time when beloved actor Morgan Freeman, who plays ‘Lucius Fox’ in The Dark Knight, was in a serious car wreck that left him in serious condition in a Memphis hospital. Freeman and his passenger in the car Demaris Myer are said to have been sober. Freeman suffered a broken arm, broken shoulder and other ailments but is expected to make a full recovery.  Days after the accident it was confirmed that Freeman and his wife of 24 years are divorcing.

Who will ‘The Curse of The Dark Knight‘ strike next? Maggie? Gary? Aaron? Is there really a Dark Knight curse or has the bad luck that has struck the cast just been a string of random coincidences?