The Dark Knight Breaks Records
Sunday, August 3, 2008
After placing second Friday and despite predictions that it would finally fall from its perch atop the box office, The Dark Knight buried The Mummy over the weekend, bringing its three week cumulative gross to $394.9 million.
The Dark Knight, which is currently the eighth highest grossing film of all time, will pass the $400 million mark sometime Monday. By this time next week it will surpass Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, E.T., and Shrek 2 to become the third highest grossing film of all-time, falling behind only the original Star Wars ($460,998,007), which it will overtake within another week, and Titanic ($600,788,188).
Sunday, July 27, 2008
According to Variety, The Dark Knight grossed a record-breaking $75.6 million in its second weekend ($314.2 million total domestically), putting it on track to reach $400 million in about a week and surpassing Iron Man to become the highest grossing film of the year.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
I’ll be posting my thoughts on The Dark Knight whenever I find the time. But I’ll just say this: it exceeded my highest expectations.
Variety reports that the weekend tally was even bigger than estimated:
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight” rocketed the Batman film franchise into the superhero stratosphere as it nabbed the highest weekend opening ever in grossing an official $158.3 million — even more than Sunday’s estimate of $155.3 million.Tally easily beats the $151.1 million opening of “Spider-Man 3” in May 2007. “Dark Knight” enjoyed a better-than-expected Sunday. Final figure of $158.3 million was released Monday morning.
“Dark Knight” easily soared past the $47 million earned by Nolan’s “Batman Begins” when opening in summer 2005. Sequel could gross as much as $220 million in its first week domestic–more than the final domestic gross of “Batman Begins,” which cumed $205 million domestically. “Batman Begins” grossed another $166 million internationally.
As it stands, The Dark Knight has pretty much annihilated all previous box office records:
• Largest number of opening theaters: 4,366.
• Biggest midnight preview gross: $18.489 million (supplants Revenge of the Sith, $16.9 million).
• Biggest IMAX Midnight Previews.
• Biggest single day gross: $67.850 million (supplants Spiderman 3, $59,841,919 in 2007).
• Biggest opening weekend gross: $155.34 million (supplants Spiderman 3, $151 million in 2007).
• Biggest opening weekend of 2008: $151.340 million
• Biggest July opening ever (supplants Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest).
July 20th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Hey, it’s a hellovalot more expensive than your mom
July 20th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Really? Has there been that much inflation in the last year?
July 20th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Please tell me you went to the midnight showing dressed in your Joker costume!!!! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!
July 21st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Ugh, my economics major housemate just told me that, “if you consider inflation, Spiderman 3 actually did earn more last year.” DAMNIT.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:39 pm
That was when it was at the estimated $155m, not $158m. She said the inflation’s 3% since then, so I think ‘Dark Knight’ wins. Darn tootin’.