The Dark Knight: Heath Ledger's Batman movie smashes box office records
The Dark Knight, the new Batman film, has set a record at the US box office, smashing the opening-weekend high of last year's Spiderman 3 to take more than $155 million in its first three days.
Heath Ledger in his role as The Joker in the new Batman movie Dark Knight
Described as the year's most anticipated film, the superhero sequel from English filmmaker Christopher Nolan attracted sell-out audiences at a record number of cinemas across the US. Many hosted round-the-clock screenings from midnight on Thursday to accommodate crowds, some of whom showed up dressed as characters from the film.
Warner Bros said the $180 million production, which co-stars the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, was set to take $155.3 million in ticket sales, surpassing Sony's Spiderman 3 which made $151.1 million in its debut weekend last May.
The film's extraordinary debut suggests it could be on course to become the most lucrative comic book adaptation in history. It also demonstrates how central the once-niche genre now is to Hollywood, with major studios increasingly looking to the heroes and villains of hand-drawn strips to provide a stream of box office hits.
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The Dark Knight, the new Batman film, has set a record at the US box office, smashing the opening-weekend high of last year's Spiderman 3 to take more than $155 million in its first three days.
Heath Ledger in his role as The Joker in the new Batman movie Dark Knight
Described as the year's most anticipated film, the superhero sequel from English filmmaker Christopher Nolan attracted sell-out audiences at a record number of cinemas across the US. Many hosted round-the-clock screenings from midnight on Thursday to accommodate crowds, some of whom showed up dressed as characters from the film.
Warner Bros said the $180 million production, which co-stars the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, was set to take $155.3 million in ticket sales, surpassing Sony's Spiderman 3 which made $151.1 million in its debut weekend last May.
The film's extraordinary debut suggests it could be on course to become the most lucrative comic book adaptation in history. It also demonstrates how central the once-niche genre now is to Hollywood, with major studios increasingly looking to the heroes and villains of hand-drawn strips to provide a stream of box office hits.
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