The Dark Knight is now the fastest movie to cross the $300 million mark.
According to weekend estimates, The Dark Knight has grossed another $75.6 million and now has a total haul of $314 million.
By crossing the $300 million milestone in only 10 days, Knight becomes the fastest movie of all-time to do so. The previous record holder was 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which did it in 16 days.
Once again, here is the list of records that The Dark Knight has claimed:
#1 - Biggest seven-day gross with $238.6 million (which beat 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which had grossed $196 million during the same time frame).
#2 - Biggest six-day gross with $222.1 million (which beat 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which had grossed $183.6 million in the same amount of time)
#3 - Biggest five-day gross with $203.7 million (record was previously held by Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith with $172.8 million).
#4 - Biggest four-day gross with $182.9 million (record was previously held by Spider-Man 3 with $161.4 million).
#5 - Biggest opening weekend gross with $158.4 million (record was previously held by
Spider-Man 3
with $151.1 million.
#6 - Biggest Midnight Preview gross with $18,489,000 from 3,040 theatres (which beats the $16.9 million haul that
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
grabbed in 2005).
#7 - Biggest opening weekend debut on IMAX with $6.4 million.
#8 - Biggest IMAX Preview gross with $640,000 (which was appropriately included in the $18.49 million preview number).
#9 - Biggest single-day gross in box office history with $66.4 million (which beats the $59,841,919 set by
Spider-Man 3
in 2007).
#10 - Largest number of opening theatres with 4,366 (which is more than the 4,362 screen debut of 2007's
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
)
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