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	3
IMAX (Feature-length)	7
Superhero	3

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Batman	1
Series: The Dark Knight Trilogy	1
Brand: DC Comics	1
Brand: Legendary Pictures	2
Showdown: All Time Grossers	6
Showdown: All Time Openers	3
Showdown: Batman Battle	1
Showdown: Beauty and the Beast v. The Dark Knight	1
Showdown: Biggest 2D-Only Openers	1
Showdown: Blockbuster Superhero Showdown	2
Showdown: Rogue One vs. Comparable Openings	1
Showdown: Summer 2008 Crown	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	8
All Time Adjusted	31
All Time Worldwide	33
Yearly 2008	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008	1
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2008	1
Worldwide Openings	60
Worldwide Yearly 2008	1
Foreign Opening Weekends	148
Opening Weeks	6
Opening Day Gross	20
Single Day Gross	23
Non-Opening Friday Gross	26
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	21
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	7
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	9
Single Day Friday Gross	19
Single Day Monday Gross	10
Single Day Saturday Gross	16
Single Day Sunday Gross	8
Single Day Thursday Gross	27
Single Day Tuesday Gross	9
Single Day Wednesday Gross	26
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	5
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	161
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	19
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	19
Friday Share of Opening Weekends	154
Friday to Saturday Drops on Opening Weekends	80
Opening Weekends	13
Opening Weekends - July	3
Opening Weekends - Summer	8
Eleventh Weekends	115
Ninth Weekends	63
Tenth Weekends	67
Top 10-Day Grosses	7
Top 3-Day Grosses	13
Top 4-Day Grosses	11
Top 6-Day Grosses	7
Top 7-Day Grosses	6
Top 8-Day Grosses	6
Top 9-Day Grosses	8
Twelfth Weekends	198
Top 5-Day Grosses	9
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	35
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	147
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	77
Consecutive Weekends At #1	27
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	124
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	67
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	46
Second Weekends	8
Third Weekends	11
Fourth Weekends	9
Fifth Weekends	15
Sixth Weekends	30
Seventh Weekends	19
Eighth Weekends	48
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	603
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,161
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,617
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,346
Rated PG-13	8
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	12
Widest Releases	9
Widest Opening Releases	7
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	5
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	5
Fastest to $100 million	17
Fastest to $150 million	13
Fastest to $200 million	9
Fastest to $250 million	6
Fastest to $300 million	7
Fastest to $350 million	7
Fastest to $400 million	7
Fastest to $450 million	7
Fastest to $500 million	8
Slowest to $100 million	650
Slowest to $200 million	177
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	4
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	35
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	23
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	5
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	5
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	10
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	10
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	14
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	5
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	28
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	7
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	25
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	13
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	12
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	1
Opening Weekends Adjusted	6
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	4
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	186
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	125
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	135
Second Weekends Adjusted	7
Third Weekends Adjusted	12
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	19
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	40
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	77
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	72
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	116
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	8
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	6