"The Dark Knight," the highly-anticipated sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins" raked in $66.4 million in its opening day to set the single-day box office record, according to its distributor Warner Bros. The Friday tally bests previous record-holder "Spider-Man 3" which set the prior record with a $59.8 million opening day last year.
Dan Fellman, head of distribution at Warner Bros., told Reuters the film will likely break the opening weekend record of $151.1 million set by the Spider-Man movie,
Three summer's ago, "Batman Begins," grossed nearly $49 million its first weekend in America and collected $372 million worldwide.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
'THE DARK KNIGHT' SETS RECORD
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I was really thrilled about this. Batman's always been my favorite superhero. I love the treatment that Nolan and company are giving to the character.
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