The Dark Knight (2008) - Box Office Mojo

The Dark Knight

Domestic Total Gross: $533,345,358 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $534,858,444
Distributor: Warner Bros.	Release Date: July 18, 2008
Genre: Action / Adventure	Runtime: 2 hrs. 30 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $185 million

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Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$534,858,444	53.2%
+ Foreign:	$469,700,000	46.8%

= Worldwide:	$1,004,558,444

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$158,411,483
(#1 rank, 4,366 theaters, $36,283 average)
% of Total Gross:	29.7%
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Widest Release:

4,366 theaters

Close Date:

March 5, 2009

In Release:

231 days / 33 weeks

The Players

Director:	Christopher Nolan
Writers:	David S. Goyer (story) Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan
Actors:	Christian Bale Heath Ledger Aaron Eckhart Morgan Freeman Michael Caine Gary Oldman Maggie Gyllenhaal Eric Roberts Michael Jai White* William Fichtner* Cillian Murphy*
Producers:	Christopher Nolan Emma Thomas Thomas Tull (executive)
Cinematographer:	Wally Pfister
Composers:	James Newton Howard Hans Zimmer
* Denotes minor role

2008 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Eight Oscars, Including Two Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Comic Book Adaptation	2
IMAX (Feature-length)	3
Superhero	2

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Batman	1
Brand: DC Comics	1
Showdown: All Time Grossers	4
Showdown: All Time Openers	1
Showdown: Batman Battle	1
Showdown: Blockbuster Superhero Showdown	2
Showdown: Summer 2008 Crown	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	4
All Time Adjusted	29
All Time Worldwide	16
Yearly 2008	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008	1
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2008	1
Worldwide Openings	32
Worldwide Yearly 2008	1
Foreign Opening Weekends	78
Opening Weeks	2
Opening Day Gross	10
Single Day Gross	11
Non-Opening Friday Gross	15
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	12
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	1
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	4
Single Day Friday Gross	9
Single Day Monday Gross	4
Single Day Saturday Gross	5
Single Day Sunday Gross	2
Single Day Thursday Gross	18
Single Day Tuesday Gross	3
Single Day Wednesday Gross	19
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	1
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	7
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	98
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends	175
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	7
Friday Share of Opening Weekends	94
Friday to Saturday Drops on Opening Weekends	45
Opening Weekends	5
Opening Weekends - July	3
Opening Weekends - Summer	5
Eleventh Weekends	104
Ninth Weekends	55
Tenth Weekends	60
Top 10-Day Grosses	2
Top 3-Day Grosses	5
Top 4-Day Grosses	4
Top 6-Day Grosses	2
Top 7-Day Grosses	2
Top 8-Day Grosses	2
Top 9-Day Grosses	2
Twelfth Weekends	172
Twelfth Weekends	191
Top 5-Day Grosses	2
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	33
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	138
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	74
Consecutive Weekends At #1	25
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	116
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	65
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	36
Second Weekends	3
Third Weekends	4
Fourth Weekends	5
Fifth Weekends	6
Sixth Weekends	22
Seventh Weekends	15
Eighth Weekends	41
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	412
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	891
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,301
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	2,903
Rated PG-13	4
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	5
Widest Releases	7
Widest Opening Releases	5
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	5
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	5
Fastest to $100 million	7
Fastest to $150 million	5
Fastest to $200 million	2
Fastest to $250 million	2
Fastest to $300 million	2
Fastest to $350 million	2
Fastest to $400 million	2
Fastest to $450 million	2
Fastest to $500 million	3
Slowest to $100 million	502
Slowest to $200 million	123
BOM Users' Grades	1
BOM Users' Grades (2008 Releases)	1
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on August 17, 2008)	2
Yearly (Wide) 2008	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2008	1
Opening Weeks Adjusted	2
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	29
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	20
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	1
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	3
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	5
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	6
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	8
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	2
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	25
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	3
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	21
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	9
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	8
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	1
Opening Weekends Adjusted	2
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	2
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	178
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	119
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	132
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	200
Second Weekends Adjusted	4
Third Weekends Adjusted	9
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	17
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	37
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	72
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	69
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	112
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	6
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	2

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