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

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: Biggest 2D-Only Openers	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	18
Yearly 2008	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008	1
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2008	1
Worldwide Openings	34
Worldwide Yearly 2008	1
Foreign Opening Weekends	87
Opening Weeks	2
Opening Day Gross	11
Single Day Gross	12
Non-Opening Friday Gross	18
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	13
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	1
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	5
Single Day Friday Gross	10
Single Day Monday Gross	4
Single Day Saturday Gross	6
Single Day Sunday Gross	2
Single Day Thursday Gross	19
Single Day Tuesday Gross	3
Single Day Wednesday Gross	21
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	1
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	109
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	8
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends	190
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	8
Friday Share of Opening Weekends	106
Friday to Saturday Drops on Opening Weekends	51
Opening Weekends	5
Opening Weekends - July	3
Opening Weekends - Summer	5
Eleventh Weekends	106
Ninth Weekends	56
Tenth Weekends	61
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	198
Twelfth Weekends	177
Top 5-Day Grosses	2
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	33
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	139
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	75
Consecutive Weekends At #1	25
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	117
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	66
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	39
Second Weekends	3
Third Weekends	4
Fourth Weekends	5
Fifth Weekends	7
Sixth Weekends	23
Seventh Weekends	16
Eighth Weekends	42
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	444
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	938
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,353
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	2,972
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	8
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	531
Slowest to $200 million	135
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	31
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	21
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	26
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	3
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	22
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	8
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	7
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	1
Opening Weekends Adjusted	2
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	2
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	179
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	120
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	133
Second Weekends Adjusted	4
Third Weekends Adjusted	9
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	17
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	38
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	73
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	70
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	113
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	6
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	2

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