The Dark Knight Tops 4th Straight Weekend!

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The Dark Knight Tops 4th Straight Weekend!

August 10, 2008

ComingSoon.net has posted the box office estimates, which show that The Dark Knight once again won the weekend!

Despite two more wide releases having entered theaters on Wednesday, The Dark Knight topped the box office for a fourth straight weekend, adding an estimated $26 million for a massive domestic total of $441.5 million. If the estimate holds, then the Christopher Nolan-directed film has surpassed Shrek 2 ($441.226 million) to climb to the third spot on the all-time domestic blockbuster list, trailing just Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope ($460.998 million) and Titanic ($600.788 million). Warner Bros. Pictures said it expects "Dark Knight" to end up with about $520 million domestically. The movie cost $185 million to make.

Internationally, The Dark Knight added $35.1 million at 7,000 theaters and has pushed its overseas total to $263 million for a worldwide total of $704.5 million.

Click here for the full box office estimates.

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Posted by: darkedge on August 10, 2008 at 14:15:04

Go Dark Knight!

Posted by: ah you made it! im so thrilled on August 10, 2008 at 14:15:05

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy got batman

i believe in chris nolan

Posted by: JD on August 10, 2008 at 14:15:28

yeah baby

Posted by: Batmandrew on August 10, 2008 at 14:15:41

sweet! Batman's my dawg

Posted by: ah you made it! im so thrilled on August 10, 2008 at 14:15:49

woops go batman*

Posted by: Jwickity on August 10, 2008 at 14:17:05

Seriously, we need to continue to go and see this movie until it beats Titanic!

Posted by: Johnny Boy on August 10, 2008 at 14:17:21

The Dark Knight will Kick @ss at the box office next weekend as well... despite the Clone Wars and Tropic Thunder.

Posted by: Cam Boyle on August 10, 2008 at 14:17:36

Oops okay not first lmao

Posted by: meansyng on August 10, 2008 at 14:18:34

Fantastic. I don't think it's too far fetched an idea for it to beat Titanic. It's unlikely, but I can see it happening.

I will say that if it does, it will do so incredibly fast, Titanic was in theaters for MONTHS, as were the rest of the films in the top 5. The Dark Knight has been out for ONE month.

Posted by: Phil on August 10, 2008 at 14:27:46

please beat the **** out of titanic!!!!!

Posted by: Jay on August 10, 2008 at 14:28:58

WOOO!!!!

Posted by: kyle on August 10, 2008 at 14:29:59

jeezus this movie is getting huge. go batman! hopefully i can see the movie one more time before i leave for college...

Posted by: The Watcher on August 10, 2008 at 14:33:51

"I feel a disturbance in the force as thought hundreds of records were shattered."

Posted by: Jaison Biagini on August 10, 2008 at 14:36:23

it should be 1st next weekend too.
tropic thunder looks like a crapper and clone wars are like 1940 cgi graphics. another crapper.

500 million looks very likely, 600 million is gonna be tough. i'm rooting for it.
pinapple express was good, not great. seth rogen should thank his lucky stars he hooked up with apatow. he can't act at all. he is exactly the same in every movie. canadian, he can't say sorry without canadian accent?? don't get me wrong, i think he's funny, but O range. james franco made that movie good. it's worth seeing but not nearly as good as superbad.

Posted by: SUPER HRVOJE ZA DOM SPREMAN! on August 10, 2008 at 14:42:29

Spider-Man - crushed!
PotC 2 - crushed!
E.T. - crushed!

Be careful, Star Wars and, of course, Titanic! Hail, Batman!

Posted by: Joe on August 10, 2008 at 14:43:20

It's official, Batman has no limits.

Posted by: DarkAvenger on August 10, 2008 at 14:50:29

DARK KNIGHT BLOWS IT IS WAY OVERRATED HULK AND IRON MAN WERE WAY BETTER EVEN HELLBOY @ WAS BETTER PLUS DARK KNIGHT HAS NO CHANCE OF BEATING THE TITANIC CUZ THATS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER KNOW BELIEVE THAT

Posted by: pucky on August 10, 2008 at 14:57:37

Jesus Christ on a cracker! GO BATS GO!

Posted by: Melies on August 10, 2008 at 15:01:25

why is it SOOOOOOOOOOO important that it beats Titanic?? would it make TDK a better movie?? Is that we care about? How much money it makes??

Posted by: MrSmearkase on August 10, 2008 at 15:02:39

Pineapple Express was pretty boring, with most of the funny parts already featured in the trailers.

Looking forward to Tropic Thunder, but I hope that it doesn't leave me as dissapointed as Pineapple Express.

With that out of the way, I still don't believe that The Dark Knight will beat Titanic. The gross is dying down, and another $160+ million will be difficult.

Other than the gross, I still fail to see what impact this film is having on anybody. Titanic was massive upon it's release, with constant bombardment in the form of not only box office, but merchandising, radio play, and television news coverage. Titanic was a word-of-mouth hit the likes of which will not be repeated for some time to come.

Posted by: BATDOG on August 10, 2008 at 15:02:54

Dark Avenger (real original!) is just a BIG HUGE SUCKY BABY, because the Marvel flicks haven't even come close to touching "The Dark Knight" in $ or quaility!!! Now get me wrong Iron Man & The Incredible Hulk were excellent films, but they didn't have that "je ne sais quoi" as the Dark Knight, and I'll even go as far as saying Batman Begins...But overall lets just praise that we finally got a series of comic book based movies, where the directors, writers, & cast "got it." They had a much clearer understanding of the material, & their audience!

Posted by: jxjx30 on August 10, 2008 at 15:03:32

500 million here we come!!

P.S. Jaison Biagini is a homosexual for saying that "clone wars are like 1940 cgi graphics".

Posted by: Glenn on August 10, 2008 at 15:09:06

why is it important that TDK outgross Titanic, Melies? for one, it's a bit a retribution for all of us guys who were dragged to Titanic over and over and over and over and had to listen to that damn Celine Dion song ad nauseum. and second, it helps legitimize superhero movies as films to be taken serious and considered for Oscars (Titanic did win Best Picture, after all). and as a guy, it's good to see a superhero movie topping a chick flick thinly disguised as a disaster film.

Posted by: Led Zeppelin on August 10, 2008 at 15:11:11

FIND A WAY TO BEAT Titanic ! ! ! !

Posted by: who? on August 10, 2008 at 15:12:48

HAIL BATMAN!

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