
THE DARK KNIGHT Shatters Multiple Opening Weekend Records
July 20, 2008
Source: Associated Press, CNN
It’s a little premature to add Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and a Best Supporting Actor for HEATH LEDGER but the following ‘bests’ have now been confirmed for THE DARK KNIGHT:
Opening Day and One Day Box Office record: 66.4 million
Best debut in IMAX large-screen theaters: $6.2 million
Best Midnight Screenings: $18.5 million
Opening weekend record: $155.3
beating previous records:
Opening Day and One Day Box Office record: $59.8 (SPIDER-MAN 3)
Best debut in IMAX large-screen theaters: $4.7 million (SPIDER-MAN 3)
Best Midnight Screenings: $16.9 million (Star Wars: Episode III: REVENGE OF THE SITH)
Opening weekend record: $151.1 (SPIDER-MAN 3)
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