[Later in the film, she explained: "We executed him for he first time in 2008...We tried everything.Electrocution, gas, firing squad, we even hung him once.Nothing worked.Finally, it was decided that if we couldn't terminate him, we could at least contain him - cryogenic stasis.With eight Academy Award nominations (and two wins): Best Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger posthumously) and Best Sound Editing.He performed with charisma, exuberance and grace throughout the entire film, after already having proved his swashbuckling agility and box-office popularity in 38 previous films including these from the early 1920s:The Mark of Zorro (1920), director Fred Niblo's silent film, adapted from Johnson McCulley's novel The Curse of Capistrano; with Fairbanks in the dual role of Don Diego and the dashing young swordsman Zorro - the hero of the oppressed poor by tyrants ruling in California in the 1830s.3 million.At the time, the film had the highest-opening weekend of all time, at $248 million.To date (2018), the film remains the highest-grossing (domestic) film of all-time, if unadjusted for inflation.