The Dark Knight Rises also opened yesterday in China and it’s already set a record for Warner Bros. On it’s first day the film opened to $4.5 million, the highest 2D opener for WB in China. The Dark Knight Rises is slated to cross the $1 billion mark in the coming weeks. As we previously reported:
Moving up a spot into fifth place was Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, which brought in another $7.2 million its sixth weekend in theaters. Produced for $250 million, Nolan’s third and final Batman movie has earned $422.2 million domestically and $519 million internationally for a worldwide total of $941.2 million.
In comparison, The Dark Knight earned $1.003 billion worldwide in 2008.
