The Dark Knight sets box-office record...Already! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-18-2008, 05:33 PM

The Dark Knight, the much-buzzed-about new Batman movie — featuring an incredible final performance from Heath Ledger — has broken box-office records for a midnight debut.

According to a story in the Associated Press, tracking firm Media By Numbers has the movie raking in $18.5 million from just the midnight screenings at 3,000-plus theaters. The previous record for a midnight opening was 2005's Star Wars Episode II: The Revenge of the Sith, with a measly $16.9 million.

The TVGuide.com crew attended the movie en masse this morning and we can tell you — the blockbuster opening figures are no doubt just the beginning. — Nina Hämmerling Smith

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comedyfreak · 07-18-2008, 10:58 PM

And that's not including the 3 and 6am showings.

CheersChild4life · 07-19-2008, 12:40 AM

I went to a midnight showing. The theater sold out three screens. There was about 1500 hundred people at that theater alone.

07-18-2008, 05:33 PM	#1
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CheersChild4life Absolutely Fabulous Senior Member Join Date: Nov 23, 2002 Location: Somwhere Fabulous Posts: 2,814	I went to a midnight showing. The theater sold out three screens. There was about 1500 hundred people at that theater alone.