Here it comes, the one we have been waiting for - The Dark Knight has set the record for best ever sales on an opening weekend, reaching $155.34m - beating Spider-man 3’s $151.1m.
We were holding a straw poll on potential weekend takings, my Friday prediction of $157m looks almost spot on :), excellent!
“The Dark Knight” took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released the “Batman Begins” sequel.
That topped Hollywood’s previous best of $151.1 million, set by “Spider-Man 3″ in May 2007.
Source: AP, thanks Keith!
EDIT: Looks like the final figures have been clarified - the WB had previously estimated $155.3m, it instead took in a record $158.4m, after tallying Sunday’s figures. It also set the record for an IMAX opener, earning $6.2 million from 94 IMAX theaters.
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Alfred : No Your Limits Master Wayne
Bruce Wayne : BATMAN Has No Limits !!!!!!
Damn Straight Bruce The Bat got no limits
- $155.34 million (Regular theaters) - $6.2 million (IMAX theaters) - $195,340,000 (Worldwide)
this movie rocked it was suspenseful yet exciting the joker (god rest his soul) was amazing, it was just mind blowing its just a great movie for any ages of all kinds to see.
this movie rocked it was suspenseful yet exciting the joker (god rest his soul) was amazing, it was just mind blowing its just a great movie for any ages of all kinds to see. I’ve loved batman for so long and now well it has just come alive.
I’m so glad we beat Spider-Crap
Maggie Gyllenhaal, is looks absolutely horrendous…
Should’ve stuck with other actress from Batman Begins; only downfall of the movie.
Hell no, Katie Holmes was terrible. Maggie was such a better choice.
I thought Maggie’s acting was much better than Katie’s, and Maggie doesn’t come close to looking “absolutely horrendous,” come on.
Just saw it this Sunday, however I don’t believe that my ticket purchase went towards the $155M weekend total. Nonetheless, it was a good movie and I loved the Joker’s magic trick. I’d like to thank God for my camel-like bladder because I really didn’t want to miss a second of this 2 1/2 hour film.
Same here except it was on the midnight premire and this was when stopped for 5 min and it was 2 min before it came back on. So I ran to the bathroom and everyone was cheering me on and got back on time before it went. We got free movie passes for the inconvience.