Weekend Box Office
1) The Dark Knight $155 million
2) Mamma Mia! $27.6 million
3) Hancock $14 million
4) Journey to the Center of the Earth $11.9 million
5) Hellboy II: The Golden Army $10 million
6) WALL-E $9.8 million
7) Space Chimps $7.3 million
8) Wanted $5 million
9) Get Smart $4 million
10) Kung Fu Panda $1.7 million
Holy Cash Cow, Batman! Christmas came early for Warner Brothers this year, and it looks like it won't matter if they have another hit until at least 2012. Chris Nolan's sequel to Batman Begins has smashed every record in sight, hitting with a $155 million debut and taking that top spot on the weekend charts for what could be weeks to come. After just three days in release, The Dark Knight is already shaping up to be the biggest movie event of the year.
Opening in second place was the musical Mamma Mia!, which nabbed a nice little take of $27.6 million. That's no where near the behemoth earnings of The Dark Knight, but it is the biggest opening in history for a musical, besting last year's Hairspray by a little more than a million dollars.
This week's other new wide release was the CGI animated adventure Space Chimps. It floundered into seventh place with a weak take of $7.3 million. That measly sum wasn't even enough to beat WALL-E, which took the sixth place spot with $9.8 million after four weeks in release.
As for smaller films this week, Transsiberian took in $35,200 on just two screens, which adds up to a $17,600 per screen average. That puts it in second place behind The Dark Knight in per screen averages, "with Batman hauling away $35,579 for every single screen it played on. Lou Reed's Berlin didn't fair quite as well. It only managed to earn $7,650 on its two screens.
Next week will most likely see The Dark Knight back into that top position for a second week in a row. Opening against it will be The X-Files: I Want to Believe, the comedy Step Brothers, the documentary American Teen, and the Oscar worthy drama Brideshead Revisited.
The Dark Knight was released July 18th, 2008 and stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Monique Gabriela Curnen. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.
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JR
over 300 mil now go tdk.
4 years agoby @supbitchFlag
Space101
Well it his the 300 million mark in 10 days. If it keeps up, it's gonna passe the Titanic that reached 600 million!
4 years agoby @space101Flag
The Dark Knight
what na really hmm na really sure
4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag
Lock and Stock
NYOKA NYOKO WATCHMEN IS THE BEST ENDING EVER I HAVE JUSTCOME FROM THE PRIVATE SCREENING IN NY BLUE MAN BLASTS ROSCANATCH TO PIECES THE CREATURE IS NOT IN DA FILM.INSTEAD CAP MAN DATES JUPITER I A SH*T FILM.
4 years agoby @m-man360Flag
TheDarkKnight
5 stars, the best super hero movie ever, 155 million i knew it
4 years agoby @thedarkknightdkFlag
jokerSmile
Yeah, it seems the death of a rising star is the greatest publicity stunt to grace a movie. His performance is untouchable, yes, but would there have been this much buzz for the caped crusader if he didn't meet his demise. How many licks does it take... The world may never know. Ledger sure got it right with this one though. I don't understand what tasting the air with his tongue every time he speaks has to do with the character but he sure got to the "center" of the "pop" culture spotlight with this one. Bravo.
4 years agoby @jokersmileFlag
Phatlightning
lol a little bit of American History X action? I'm strangely comfortable with the idea.
4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag
UNoLazyboy
Doesn't surprise me one bit. The Dark Knight was awesome and Heath Ledger's performance was incredible. So does this number make it the biggest opening weekend sale of all time?? Domestic anyways?
4 years agoby @unolazyboyFlag
Reverend Green
Whos with me on finding out who so called burnamerica2 is down there and having him bite the f*cking curb. Nazi son of a bitch!
4 years agoby @beanFlag
Space101
It looks like TDK has hit the $199 million mark and still going up!
4 years agoby @space101Flag
calvin
This movie is awesome.I watched the it when it came out to the theathers.I watch it3 times
4 years agoby @calvinFlag
CelluloidDreams
I loved "The Dark Knight"...saw it 2xs....A+...all the way!!
4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
CelluloidDreams
"The Dark Knight" .. starring Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhall, Michael Caine and the late Heath Ledger, has already made more money in its biggest day (66.4 m dollars on Friday) than "Hanc*ck", "WALL-E" and "Kung-Fu Panda", to name three recent supersize hits, made in their respective opening weekends.
4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
Solar XI
I feel good to be part of this Dark Knight weekend...
4 years agoby @solarxiFlag
BurnAmerica2
Stupid americans
4 years agoby @burnamerica2Flag
XxMr.TripsxX
if they replace the joker i will not see the next batman
4 years agoby @xxmr-tripsxxFlag
XxMr.TripsxX
much more
4 years agoby @xxmr-tripsxxFlag
XxMr.TripsxX
it deserves more
4 years agoby @xxmr-tripsxxFlag
morganevans
only other thing i wanna say is how cool it is that heath finally really breaks out in a role like this...he was a reluctant star after a knight's tale and then chose difficult roles and was villified by disgusting bigoted so called "christian" right...christian wrong...for Brokeback Mountain, and now he breaks out in a mass media/Pop way as this version of the Joker, making people really think...
4 years agoby @morganevansFlag
morganevans
i was sad counting every screen appearance of heath and knowing when it was over he was gone. again, if they replace his joker w another actor they are fools but i have faith nolan will do the right thing...he sure has so far by this fan
4 years agoby @morganevansFlag
morganevans
heath so nailed the pathos of the joker and themes that have been built up over decades in the comics and developed by creators over the years...and how great to see it brought to life, finally! even his crazy speeches and alternate "how i got my scars" stories and that his minions were all schizophrenics was awesome and realistic/manipulative...it was terrific...and Bruce Wayne's concerns/torn nature and then how it all resolves in the end w the thematic resolution of the chsen paths of joker, dent and batman was so succinct and great.
Some people just think of joker as a cool bad guy adn not that he has always been more a manifestation Batman's own worst fears about his role as a hero reflected back at him as a nightmare embodied by the Joker
"you complete me"
4 years agoby @morganevansFlag
T.Clark
THE MOVIE WAS NOT LONG. EVERY SECOND OF IT WAS NEEDED
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
Reverend Green
It seems there are a couple of people on here that appear to be on a major weekend crack binge. As for the rest of you, I'm with you all the way, The Dark Knight was sick as sh*t for sure. Overly worthy of all the recognition and praise its recieving and has yet to recieve for years to come.
4 years agoby @beanFlag
hahakocka
158 USA and 41 foreign million money. :)
This is the final from today's Mojo.
4 years agoby @hahakockaFlag
Joker211
I hope they release an extended unrated version of the film because I want more of Joker and more of "The Dark Knight".
4 years agoby @joker211Flag
Phatlightning
sorry mark, but that 2 and a half hours felt like nothing.. it just came and went because everyone was so fixated on what a great movie it was. And I'd have to agree, people need to watch their spoilers.. is it that hard to write spoiler alert before typing?
4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag
Frenzy2001
I was blown away by this movie, glad to see it blow away some records as well.
Spoilers... sorta
markdchapman, I agree, the movie was alot longer than I would have expected, but it was entertaining the entire time (I think alot of people would agree). I also agree that I was surprised that Two Face was not save for the third movie, but I think it fit the theme of the movie very well. Besides, I don't think Nolan was anticipating Ledger's death, and had high hopes of a return of the Joker. Oh, and yes, Spiderman 3 was horrible... nuff said.
4 years agoby @frenzy2001Flag
GK
YES!THE DARK KNIGHT IS THE BEST!!!!!
4 years agoby @indianajonesFlag
-GnR-
i feel sorry for LOSERS like "markdchapman" who write these kind of comments and spoilers just to ruin a good movie for people who havnt seen it yet.....get a life man....
4 years agoby @gnrFlag
They call me ITCHY BALLS
A record breaking $155,000,000 weekend says it is perfect the way it is, so shut the f*ck up markdchapman.
4 years agoby @danbrchFlag