Batman Defeats Vader [Movies]

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Gothamist found this 7/19/2008 on gawker.com [flag]
Come on! Can't us Star Wars fans have anything left to brag about? The millions and millions of fans who crammed theaters to see The Dark Knight starting at midnight on Thursday put the comic book movie into record-breaking territory. Which is nice, except the record it broke was previously held by Revenge of the Sith . Sigh. "Midnight screenings of Hollywood's latest Batman picture, 'The ... [link]

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The Dark Knight Breaks Records
Published 7/19/2008 by Jen Carlson at Gothamist
... reports that the movie took in "$18.5 million in gross revenue at its 12 a.m. opening screenings early Friday morning at 3,040 screens, the most ever for midnight shows." Gawker laments about the movie taking the title from 2005's Star Wars, Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith, which previously held it for racking up $16.9 million at 2,915 screens. Meanwhile, the single-day box office record previously held by Spider-Man 3 ...

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