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)	5
Superhero	2

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: Biggest 2D-Only Openers	1
Showdown: Blockbuster Superhero Showdown	2
Showdown: Summer 2008 Crown	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	6
All Time Adjusted	31
All Time Worldwide	26
Yearly 2008	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008	1
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2008	1
Worldwide Openings	47
Worldwide Yearly 2008	1
Foreign Opening Weekends	117
Opening Weeks	4
Opening Day Gross	17
Single Day Gross	20
Non-Opening Friday Gross	23
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	17
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	5
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	8
Single Day Friday Gross	16
Single Day Monday Gross	7
Single Day Saturday Gross	12
Single Day Sunday Gross	5
Single Day Thursday Gross	23
Single Day Tuesday Gross	7
Single Day Wednesday Gross	25
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	4
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	145
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	15
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	15
Friday Share of Opening Weekends	137
Friday to Saturday Drops on Opening Weekends	66
Opening Weekends	10
Opening Weekends - July	3
Opening Weekends - Summer	8
Eleventh Weekends	110
Ninth Weekends	59
Tenth Weekends	64
Top 10-Day Grosses	4
Top 3-Day Grosses	10
Top 4-Day Grosses	8
Top 6-Day Grosses	5
Top 7-Day Grosses	4
Top 8-Day Grosses	4
Top 9-Day Grosses	5
Twelfth Weekends	186
Top 5-Day Grosses	6
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	34
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	141
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	76
Consecutive Weekends At #1	26
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	119
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	67
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	45
Second Weekends	6
Third Weekends	7
Fourth Weekends	7
Fifth Weekends	13
Sixth Weekends	27
Seventh Weekends	17
Eighth Weekends	44
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	538
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,075
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,512
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,194
Rated PG-13	6
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	10
Widest Releases	8
Widest Opening Releases	6
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	5
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	5
Fastest to $100 million	13
Fastest to $150 million	10
Fastest to $200 million	6
Fastest to $250 million	4
Fastest to $300 million	4
Fastest to $350 million	4
Fastest to $400 million	4
Fastest to $450 million	4
Fastest to $500 million	5
Slowest to $100 million	605
Slowest to $200 million	161
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	4
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	5
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	9
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	8
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	11
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	4
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	28
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	6
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	25
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	11
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	10
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	1
Opening Weekends Adjusted	5
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	4
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	183
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	123
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	134
Second Weekends Adjusted	6
Third Weekends Adjusted	11
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	18
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	39
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	75
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	71
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	114
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	8
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	5