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'Dark Knight' Passes $400M At Box Office
Film Reaches Milestone In Record Time
POSTED: 1:21 pm PDT August 5,
2008
UPDATED: 6:50 am PDT August 6,
2008
The "Batman Begins" sequel "The Dark Knight" passed the $400 million mark at the box office Monday -- and set another record in the process.According to the film's studio, Warner Bros., "The Dark Knight" had taken in $400.03 million domestically in just 18 days, which took the previous record-holder "Shrek 2" 43 days to do.The film, in which Batman (Christian Bale) takes on the psychotic criminal The Joker (Heath Ledger), has shattered several box office records since its release July 18.
And it shouldn't be long before it sets another. When it passes the $403.7 million haul of the original "Spider-Man" this week, "The Dark Knight" will become the top-grossing comic-book adaptation ever.Also when it passes "Spider-Man," "The Dark Knight" will become No. 7 on the all-time box office list.The No. 1 box office record-holder is the 1996 epic "Titanic," which pulled in more than $600 million domestically.
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Previous Stories:
- August 3, 2008: 'Knight' Grabs $43.8M More, Nears $400M Mark
- July 28, 2008: 'Dark Knight' Wins Box Office, Passes $300M
- July 22, 2008: Ledger's Joker Has Last Laugh
- July 18, 2008: 'Dark Knight' Midnight Screenings Make $18M
- July 18, 2008: Review: Epic 'Dark Knight' Is Masterpiece
- July 17, 2008: Does Nolan Fear Expectations Of 'Dark Knight'?
- July 16, 2008: Bale: Batman's Image Nothing To Toy With
- July 15, 2008: Director Celebrates Ledger's Joker
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