Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight continues to power drive the North American box office and grossed a whopping $23.1 million Friday and $29 million Saturday from 4,366 theaters. That’s down only 66% and 43% respectively from its record-smashing debut a week ago. With a $76 million weekend, down only 50% from the best-ever Fri-Sat-Sun, the Christian Bale-Heath Ledger actioner directed by Chris Nolan will make $311M in just 10 days, the fastest ever (beating Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest which did it is 16 days). All anybody can do at the studios is keep repeating the word, “Amazing”. And it is. There are even whispers starting whether Dark Knight can beat the incredible worldwide numbers posted by the all-time $1.8 billion benchmark of Titanic. ”It can be the first movie that has a real shot,” one rival studio bigwig told me cautiously. Because not only do people like the movie, but it’s getting incredible repeat business. Even occasional moviegoers are curious to see what all the fuss is about.
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source:Â drudgereport.com
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