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comingsoon.net - 8/17/2008
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The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend.
The reign of Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight may finally be over as six new movies made it hard to keep the top spot after four weeks in residence there, but yesterday, it passed the unadjusted gross of George Lucas' 1977 sci-fi classic Star Wars to become the 2nd highest grossing movie domestically with an astounding five-week box office of $471.5 million. It was replaced at the top by Ben Stiller's ...
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Dark Knight Passes Star Wars !
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After four weeks as the #1 movie in the country, the reign of Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight finally came to an end, but not before it amassed enough money to pass the unadjusted gross of George Lucas' 1977 sci-fi classic Star Wars to become the 2nd highest grossing movie domestically with an astounding five-week box office gross of $471.5 million! ( Star Wars ' unadjusted gross of $461 million included a number of re-releases since its debut thirty years ago.) While it has a long way to go if it wants to pass the long-held box office record of James Cameron's Titanic , it's more than likely The Dark Knight could become the ...
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