The Dark Knight crushed all weekend competition with a record breaking $155.3 million debut!
According to The New York Times, this latest installment to the Batman series edged last year’s record holder, Spider-Man 3, which had an opening weekend profit of $151.1 million. Despite high expectations on the film’s box office performance, the numbers even surprised Warner Bros executives.
“It just took on a life of its own,” Dan Fellman admitted, Warner Bros’ president for theatrical distribution. “You never expect anything like this.”
Although combined three-day sales outdid competition like last year’s Spider-Man 3, it was theaters’ initiative to exclusively feature midnight and early-morning screenings of The Dark Knight, which helped overall sales. Friday ticket profits alone made up for $66.4 million including a surprisingly $18.5 million from the midnight showings.
An additional possibility for the film’s weekend success is based on its partial usage of Imax cameras. Opening in nearly 100 Imax screens throughout the United States with $6.2 million in ticket sales, The Dark Knight beat previous Imax record holder, Spider-Man 3, which had banked $4.7 million last year.
Fellman also added the film’s success over last year’s Spider-Man movie is based on their release dates. Spider-Man 3 opened in early May as compared to the mid-summer release of The Dark Knight, which had the edge from kids on summer breaks.
“It just took on a life of its own,” Dan Fellman admitted, Warner Bros’ president for theatrical distribution. “You never expect anything like this.”
Although combined three-day sales outdid competition like last year’s Spider-Man 3, it was theaters’ initiative to exclusively feature midnight and early-morning screenings of The Dark Knight, which helped overall sales. Friday ticket profits alone made up for $66.4 million including a surprisingly $18.5 million from the midnight showings.
An additional possibility for the film’s weekend success is based on its partial usage of Imax cameras. Opening in nearly 100 Imax screens throughout the United States with $6.2 million in ticket sales, The Dark Knight beat previous Imax record holder, Spider-Man 3, which had banked $4.7 million last year.
Fellman also added the film’s success over last year’s Spider-Man movie is based on their release dates. Spider-Man 3 opened in early May as compared to the mid-summer release of The Dark Knight, which had the edge from kids on summer breaks.
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