Why So Serious? Ledger Voted Top Summer Villain

Heath Ledger's portrayal of "Batman" villain "The Joker" easily won the top spot for best summer movie villain, in a poll released on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

The actor took in a whopping 95 percent of votes in a poll from AOL's Moviefone.com Web site for his second-to-last film role.

The "Batman" sequel won in every category that it was nominated in, including best sequel, best superhero movie, best action sequence and "movie most worth your cash."

The movie took in more than $505 million from movie theaters in the United States and Canada alone.

Though the summer hype was aimed at the long-awaited "Indiana Jones" sequel that featured Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf, the "Batman" sequel ended up being the major blockbuster of summer 2008. Indiana Jones took only five percent of votes for best movie in the Moviefone poll. The poll received a total of 646,917 online votes.

The Australian actor died at age 28 from an accidental drug overdose just six months prior to the film's record-shattering release.

Ledger's other film credits include, 10 Things I Hate About You, A Knight's Tale, The Patriot. His most controversial role was in Brokeback Mountain, in which he played a gay cowboy opposite Jake Gyllenhaal.