Batman film The Dark Knight has set a box office record for best opening weekend ever at the US box office, distributor Warner Bros has said.

The sequel took $155.3m (£77.7m) surpassing the previous opening weekend record set by Spider-Man 3 last year, which took $151.1m (£75.5m).

Batman, which opened on Friday, took $66.4m (£33.2m), which was also a single-day box office record. Directed by Christopher Nolan, it cost $185m (£92.5m) to make.

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Allhailthedeadny wrote:

1st post!

great fuckin movie

July 20th, 2008 at 1:53 pm

Crucified Coma wrote:

w0rd, great movie

July 20th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

Namaste wrote:

I smell a posthumous oscar award for Ledger.

July 20th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

happy wrote:

i don’t like it when they say it’s a record for the largest grossing movie because look how much ticketprices have risen in 20 yrs how much do you think E.T. or Star Wars would have made if they had todays ticket prices

July 20th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

unhappy wrote:

Yep, they should count the entries instead.
There must be a site where you can find this info. have fun

July 20th, 2008 at 6:09 pm

steve wrote:

so can we get Deicide news on a movie news site?

July 20th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

TheDude wrote:

Amazing film, already seen it 3 times.

July 20th, 2008 at 8:14 pm

Namaste wrote:

unhappy, i think this is what you’re looking for: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/

July 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pm

hunter_killer wrote:

Great movie, but the first one was better. Should’ve called this The Joker Show.

July 20th, 2008 at 11:01 pm

shodan wrote:

Great film . I thought it was better than Batman Begins. Awesome performance; more intense. This time you could actually see the fight choreography instead of all jump cuts. by Ledger and Eckhard.

July 21st, 2008 at 12:36 am

unhappy wrote:

thanks Namaste.

July 21st, 2008 at 7:42 am

HORSE wrote:

The movie will do great and he will get an oscar cuz he’s dead, F*ckin drug addict

July 22nd, 2008 at 1:12 am

Wally wrote:

Please, he was not addicted to drugs. He was just a great actor. Do you seriously have shit against this movie? I mean I’m picky when it comes to movies, and this was one of those rare flicks that’s a big-budget monster but doesn’t let that get in the way of having a plot and characterization and moral and abstract dilemma. I mean, shit. Do you want the fucking Oscar instead? Who the fuck do you think should get it? I admit I went in biased, but it wasn’t Ledger’s voice or knifeplay that did it for me. It was that little tick that he pulled off with smacking his lips every once in a while. That little thing really caught my attention. That’s the attention to detail, the life, that gets an Oscar.

July 22nd, 2008 at 5:02 am

HORSE wrote:

10 Things I hate about you was a pretty great movie.. Such a talent

July 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm

brandon wrote:

be prepared to have a shade of gray over you the day after you see this movie. fuckin great

July 24th, 2008 at 11:09 am

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