The Bat takes the weekend Box Office by a land slide and sets a few records along the way. The Dark Knight took the top spot this weekend (no sh*t) with $155.3 Million dollars. It also set the one day record on Friday, July 18, 2008 with $67.85 Million, betting Spiderman 2 , the previous record holder ($40.4 Million on June 30, 2004). In one weekend, The Dark Knight has almost made back ...

It's a strange high-low time, as industry folks batten down the hatches in the face of tighter credit and an unresolved de facto SAG strike. There's unemployment, fewer movies being made, agency attrition, layoffs across many companies, and yet the summer b.o. is going strong, and breaking records. Despite its grim take on the world and two and a half hour running time, The Dark Knight, ...

The Dark Knight has set the record for biggest box office opening weekend, pulling in $155.34 million.

Holy box-office, Batman! Yes, I just could not resist using that hokey line to begin this box office edition of the Reject Report, but I couldn’t help it. Besides, it illustrates the point that the old, campy Adam West-Burt Ward “Batman” days were a LONG time ago. Now, it’s all about Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, and a darker and scarier Batman franchise. And ...

The Dark Knight is the new box office king. Exceeding initial expectations, the film went on to shatter records left and right this weekend. The most notable: the new Batman film is not the biggest debut ever in U.S. box office history, especially impressive for an opening on a non-holiday weekend. The Dark Knight took in $155.34 million Fri-Sun. That bests Spider-Man 3 's 151.1 ...

With the entire world wrapped up in The Dark Knight this weekend, I thought it would be fun to hold a contest for fans who can't stop thinking about Batman. The Dark Knight was such an amazing follow up to Batman Begins , that I'm not sure how another sequel could even be made. However, considering it's about to break box office records, I'm sure Warner Brothers is willing to pay ...

This is hardly news, given that everyone in the world right now is watching this film at this very second (note: slight editorial hyperbole), but The Dark Knight is going to be the biggest box office smash of all time. On Friday - in one day - the mega-blockbuster took $66.4 million, making the next highest taker look like a drunken mother at a wedding: Mamma Mia took $9.6 in the same ...

As we continue to progress through this historic weekend for the movie industry, the records are being knocked off by the boatload. The Dark Knight has already given us a new box office high for an opening midnight showing, an IMAX midnight showing and now a daily total. Friday’s box office figures reached $66.4 million , which includes the midnight and IMAX showings. The previous ...

Box Office Mojo is saying The Dark Knight has made $66M on Friday alone. That's pretty effing incredible. I plan on seeing it today and tomorrow. This is one movie I wish could break the Titanic record.

The numbers are in and Warner Bros sources tell me that Batman: The Dark Knight is opening to a $60 million today on FRIDAY. That’s breathtaking all kind of records! This includes the $18.5 million that The Dark Knight took in from midnight screenings alone (with $640,000 coming from just IMAX midnight screenings). WOW ! Oh the [...]

Hours ago we reported that The Dark Knight had scored it second box office record of the weekend mere hours after hitting theaters. When it opened yesterday morning, it saw screens in a record number of theaters, 4,366. When the first numbers came rolling in from midnight shows, record number 2 was in the books — $18.5 million is the highest midnight opening of all-time , beating ...

Best midnight, opening day and weekend all likely

The Dark Knight shattered box office records for the midnight opening, earning an unprecedented $18,489,000 at the box office last night. Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures made the announcement today, and added: “We have...

Going into this weekend, there is not question that The Dark Knight , director Christopher Nolan’s infinitely praised and super-highly anticipated follow-up to his 2005 Batman franchise reboot Batman Begins , was going to make a lot of money. In fact, I believe the proper metaphor would be that it is going to drive away with truck-loads of cash at the box office. That said, it ...

It’s all about The Dark Knight here at the Reject Report — almost, anyway, because Mamma Mia! is also rolling out — and the question everyone has is whether this movie is going to be the one to shatter all the box office records. We know the critics have been hailing this movie like crazy, with the few dissenters reportedly being ostracized and criticized by the ...

By now most everyone has heard the buzz about how The Dark Knight could have the biggest opening weekend in box office history.  Even here at Pop Critics we asked the question of whether or not The Dark Knight would break box office records .  Nearly everyone has an opinion and nearly everyone assumes the movie will be huge.  But just how big will it be?  Well, ...

The Christian Bale, Heath Ledger superhero epic is finally almost here. Tonight at midnight, record numbers of shows will begin for The Dark Knight. The film has already broken records and nearly sold out everywhere. One of its first records is the number of theater venues it’s opening in: 4,366, most of which are sold out. The IMAX [...]

The Dark Knight officially opens to millions of screaming fans at 11:59 tonight, but it is already setting records at the box-office. The picture above might actually be imitating life..Warner Brothers may have money to burn come Monday morning! The film’s more than 4,366 domestic play-dates is a record, surpassing the 4,362 theaters for May 2007’s bow of “Pirates of the ...

Call me a naysayer, the devil’s advocate or whatever. There’s a major case of online movie website hysteria sweeping the internet. Everyone is falling all over themselves talking about how The Dark Knight is going to break box office records. A month ago we wrote that we believed that The Dark Knight would most likely gross about $80 million on its opening weekend and we ...

A year ago I don’t think anyone would have thought that we’d be having this discussion.  Batman Begins did really well at the box office, but no one was expected The Dark Knight to be in serious contention for box office champion of the summer of 2008.  Not really. But things change.  First we began to get word of an impressive performance by Heath Ledger as ...