The Dark Knight Closing In On $400 Million
The Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight” hauled in $43.8 million to rank as Hollywood’s top movie for the third-straight weekend, fending off “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” which opened a close second with $42.5 million.
“The Dark Knight” has soared to a $394.9 million haul in just 17 days, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Warner Bros. release should sail past the $400 million mark by Monday or Tuesday, said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner.
That would be on the film’s 18th or 19th day of release, another record for “The Dark Knight,” which had an all-time high opening weekend of $158.4 million. The previous $400 million record-holder was “Shrek 2,” which hit that mark in 43 days.
“It’s a film that is just rewriting the record books every day and redefining our notions of what a blockbuster can be,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
“The Dark Knight” will top $500 million, predicted Fellman, who would not speculate on whether it could approach the all-time domestic revenue record of “Titanic” at $600.8 million.
I’m getting pissed off at THE DARK KNIGHT being compared to Star Wars and Titanic in terms of the dollar sign. Let’s just look at it like this. TIANIC is the ultimate date movie and THE DARK KNIGHT is this generation’s STAR WARS! Okay? So what if TITANIC sold more tickets? Who gives a shit? Does that really matter? Or is the quality of the movie? Let’s face it people THE DARK KNIGHT was a dark horse in the running but Batman just bent Darth Vader over and made him his bitch! LOL! And come The Academy Awards the faggotty overrated TITANIC will sink forever as THE DARK KNIGHT and Heath Ledger take their places in the history books. Amen!