Dark Knight Record Breaking Update
source: comingsoon.net, mediabynumbers
Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Dark Knight broke another record on Tuesday becoming the fastest ever to cross the $200 million mark in five days! The previous record of eight days was held by three films - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Spider-Man 2 and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins follow-up added $20.87 million on Tuesday to push its massive total to $203.8 million. That puts it at #84 already on the all-time domestic blockbuster list after just five days.
Right now, the only number we have for international markets is $41.3 million but that will start going up significantly as the movie is opening in many countries Thursday and Friday as well as into August.
So let’s recap - widest release (4,366 theaters), biggest opening weekend ($158.4M), biggest July opener ($158.4M), biggest PG-13 rated opening ($158.4M), biggest single day ($67.2M), biggest opening day ($67.2M), biggest Friday ($67.2M), biggest Sunday ($43.6M) and fastest to $200M in five days ($203.8M).
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I get to use money in my arguments without catching shit from this point on.
You opened up the wrong door my friend…
That is fucking amazing though. 20 million on a tuesday? That is sick.
And that’s gotta be the biggest tuesday ever too.
After tomorrow it will be the biggest grossing movie in 10 days in only 6 days….if that makes any sense.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/a.....amp;p=.htm
And it only took Heath Ledger dying to do it, they should kill some one off before every movie gets released.
lord you’ll say anything to save face on the fact that this movie was gonna blow iron man and any other movie this year out of the water, long before heath died…
heres something to consider, take in the fact that most will see it at first with the intention to see heath’s final performance.. ok you have that, however, what you should take note of is of it’s longevity in theaters and the money it makes after the first 2 weeks or so, because that is when the fanboys, and the casual movie goer will see it– and it won’t be because of heath’s death, at least not the major percentage– this movie has been the buzz since ppl saw the end of batman begins in theaters- anyone who saw it for heath’s death will more than likely see it once– anyone who sees it twice or moreover wants to see it cause the movie is just that good.
I’ll see it again.
Black, who were you talking to? I was giving you a victory in the money battle. I’m was just saying that box office takes are fair game now.
I really don’t think that it’s pulling in this dough because it’s his last performance. I think it’s pulling in this dough because the performance (supposedly) is one for the ages. Plus the trailers are awesome. Plus it’s a Batman movie. Plus it’s the summer.
i was talking to wendell ..
It’s not his last performance (just saying)
last completed performance.
OH and this just in :
MACHETE WILL BE A TRILOGY.
that is all.
What else is he gonna be in?
Black, are you joking? DON’T!
some movie with johnny depp filling in the rest of his roles, just check imdb, BUT NO, im not joking, MACHETE-THE TRILOGY!