According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, the Dark Knight broke nine records over the weekend and could possibly break ten by the end of the first week.
Can I just say that $15 of that total is my money. Follow the link for more details.
SATURDAY 3PM: Well, look who’s laughing now! Warner Bros, because The Dark Knight’s Friday opening was even bigger than first thought, as final numbers come in — not just $66.4M but $67+M in North American gross from a record-setting wide release of 4,366 theaters. That includes the record-setting $18.5M in midnight-to-3AM shows from a smaller pool of 3,040 venues. Now Warner Bros has smashed the record for the biggest midnight show ever (better than the $16.9M set by 2005′s Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith then playing in 2,915 venues), and the biggest single day gross ever (better than the $59.8M set by May 4, 2007′s Spider-Man 3 in 4,252 venues, including midnight shows). So what about the weekend total? “$153M to $160M — it all depends on Saturday results,” my Warner Bros insider just told me. That would be ANOTHER record-smasher!
Check out Deadline Hollywood for full details.
The Dark Knight was one of the best movies I have EVER seen of this genre…the damn thing packed er’thing in its 2hrs and 30 minutes…if you haven’t seen it…GO