Are you holding your breath to find out what the box office numbers are from this weekend? Well aside from every TV station and radio station covering them, since they broke every record EVER apparently.
Yes, The Dark Knight broke records for everything, apparently. Nine records in total, apparently, and here's a listing of just a few:
Best Midnight Opening
Best One-Weekend Opening
Larget Number of Opening Theaters
Best Single-Day Gross
Biggest July Opening EVER
Ya, it made a lot of money. Here's the top 5 this weekend:
1. The Dark Knight, $155.3 MILLION
2. Mamma Mia, $27.6 MILLION
3. Hancock, $14 MILLION
4. Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, $11.9 MILLION
5. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, $10 MILLION
Yes, it turns out that The Dark Knight made more money then every other movie ever - EVER! It made more money then every other movie in the TOP 10 combined.
The Dark Knight has set new records, broken old ones, and made more money than God. No surprise, right? With the film costing $180 MILLION, and the opening weekend take being $155.3 MILLION - well let's just say that all the cheques are written and waiting to be cashed.
And don't sweat it - a third film is in the plans already.