Saturday, February 21, 2009

THE DARK KNIGHT breaks the $1 Billion Mark

From ComingSoon.net:

"The Dark Knight has become the fourth film to take in more than $1 billion in worldwide box office.

Warner Bros. Pictures made the announcement Friday afternoon, saying that the combined domestic and international gross had totaled $1,001,082,160 to date -- about $533 million domestically and $567 million overseas.

The Dark Knight had been about $4 million short of the 10-figure mark when Warner Bros. re-released it into IMAX screens on Jan. 23, the day after its eight Oscar nominations were announced.

Grosses from Ecuador also helped nudge the film over the mark, a spokeswoman said. Only Titanic ($1.842 billion), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1.119 billion) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($1.066 billion) have topped the billion-dollar worldwide mark previously. Knight also is the second-highest domestic grosser of all time, trailing only Titanic."

The only thing I have to say? ABOUT TIME!! Let's tip over Titanic shall we?

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