Dark Knight Earns a Record $300 Million in 10 Days

The Dark Knight is continuing to break box office records: It earned more than $300 million in just 10 days! The latest Batman installment grossed $75.6 million in its second weekend in theaters, bringing its domestic earnings to $314,425,000, the Associated Press reports. See 18 photos from The Dark Knight . The previous record holder: 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest , which made $300 million in 16 days. Warner Bros. believes the movie - which earned a record $158.4 million in its opening weekend — could reach the $400 million mark in 18 days, catapulting it past 2004's Shrek 2 . (It took the toon 43 days to earn that much.) The Dark Knight is also poised to beat Titanic 's $600 million earnings, making it the highest-grossing film in U.S. history. "It's wonderful!" Christian Bale recently told Usmagazine.com of the movie's box office success . "But I'm not a business man. I just enjoy doing what I do and whatever happens after that is gravy. "I hope ... (link)