Holy Load-Of-Cash Batman!
- The Dark Knight opened on July 16, 2008 in Australia and July 18, 2008 in the United States and Canada with midnight screenings in 3,040 theaters. From the first midnight screenings, the film has earned $18.5 million and has set a new midnight debut record beating Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith which earned $16.9 million.
- On its opening day, July 18, 2008, The Dark Knight set a single-day box office record of $67.85 million, breaking a record of $59.8 million previously held by Spider-Man 3.
- Over the opening weekend, The Dark Knight set an opening weekend record of $155.34 million surpassing the previous record of $151.1 million held by Spider-Man 3. It should be noted that Spider-Man 3 sold slightly more tickets [21.96 million] on opening weekend vs The Dark Knight [21.94 million].
- The big weekend haul also includes a record breaking IMAX opening of $6.2 million, surpassing the $4.7 million of Spider-Man 3. [The 6.2 million represents 100% sold out shows]
I can't wait to see The Dark Knight, hopefully it will be this week at Comic-Con.
Labels: Movies
posted by TheWino @ 9:35 AM
4 Comments:
It looks like Comic-Con is the new Hawaii!
Lee Lee said...
Not quite J-man, not quite.
Lee Lee said...
P.S. J-man, I've got another date for this movie so you and the wino are free to go and harrass that poor waitress at TGIF or Longhorn's or where ever you went last time, again ;) Hope the wino can make it thru the movie by not ruining all the cool things coming up on screen for you, cuz he'll have most likely seen it this week in, you guessed it....COMIC CON weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Lee Lee said...
P.S. J-man, I've got another date for this movie so you and the wino are free to go and harrass that poor waitress at TGIF or Longhorn's or where ever you went last time, again ;) Hope the wino can make it thru the movie by not ruining all the cool things coming up on screen for you, cuz he'll have most likely seen it this week in, you guessed it....COMIC CON weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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