We’d hoped this might happen – after setting the midnight sales record at $18.5m, it looked inevitable that The Dark Knight would go on to beat Spider-man 3’s record of $59.8m. Variety tells us that early reports put The Dark Knight at between $60m and $63m from a record 4366 theaters.
We’re $60m up, just $90m to go to beat that weekend record set by Spidey. Still time to make your predictions.
EDIT: Record confirmed at $66.4m, smashing Spider-man’s $59m! Source: AP
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