The Dark Knight has beat out Spider Man 3 in opening sales and it's not a surprise. Opening weekend brought in $155.3 million gross according to Exhibitor Relations Co. estimates today.
Check the facts:
The Dark Knight made more money in Friday midnight screenings ($18.5 million) than its predecessor, Batman Begins, made in any one day.
The Dark Knight made more money in one day ($66.4 million on Friday) than Batman Begins made in any one weekend.
The Dark Knight made about as much money in its second-biggest day ($48 million on Saturday) as Batman Begins made in its biggest weekend ($48.7 million).
The Dark Knight made more money in its third-biggest day ($39 million on Sunday) than Get Smart and You Don't Mess With the Zohan, to name two recent hits, made in their respective opening weekends.
The Dark Knight made more money in its biggest day than Hancock, WALL-E and Kung-Fu Panda, to name three recent super-sized hits, made in their respective opening weekends.
The Dark Knight made more money in its opening weekend than the previous top-three-opening Batman movies (Batman Forever, Batman Begins, Batman Returns) made in their opening weekends—combined.
About the only thing The Dark Knight didn't do was keep up the Friday nights pace of $66.4 million blowout, a performance which set new records as Hollywood's biggest-ever opening day and biggest-ever single day. But the crazy thing is that... do you realize how many folks stayed away (like me) because they knew the crowds would be big and they didn't want to deal with the headache? Insane! Good show Christian and Heath.... good show!
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