The Dark Knight

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

Grosses

Domestic (53.1%)
$533,345,358
Summary Details
DistributorWarner Bros.
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Opening$158,411,483
4,366 theaters
Budget$185,000,000
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 32 min
GenresAction Crime Drama Thriller
In Release532 days/76 weeks
Widest Release4,366 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jan 16-19
MLK wknd
62$9,856-6-$1,642$531,037,655-
Jan 16-1863$9,611+20%6-1$1,601$531,037,41027
Jan 9-1164$8,012-87.7%7-68$1,144$531,026,62626
Feb 27-Mar 146$102,067+8.6%54-1$1,890$533,316,06133
Feb 20-2244$93,957-26.4%55-97$1,708$533,184,21932
Dec 26-2844$50,686-2%74-83$684$530,896,85224
Jan 2-443$65,140+28.5%75+1$868$531,001,57825
Nov 7-930$219,425-18.9%125-24$1,755$528,535,31717
Oct 31-Nov 226$270,468-8.6%149-17$1,815$528,213,27916
Feb 13-16
Presidents' Day wknd
42$145,510-152-$957$533,062,050-
Feb 13-1542$127,645-63.9%152-36$839$533,044,18531
Dec 19-2138$51,743-53.9%157-48$329$530,811,56523
Oct 24-2626$295,949-28.2%166-124$1,782$527,822,23515
Feb 6-830$353,826-19%188-23$1,882$532,831,96730
Dec 12-1428$112,253-40.1%205-64$547$530,723,62622
Jan 30-Feb 126$436,843-34.5%211-139$2,070$532,356,74629
Dec 5-7
Post-Thanksgiving
21$187,418-45.4%269-36$696$530,540,88521
Oct 17-1920$412,148-22%290-85$1,421$527,356,35214
Nov 28-30
Thanksgiving 3-Day
19$343,366-7.3%305-40$1,125$530,258,98920
Nov 26-30
Thanksgiving 5-Day
18$475,640-322-$1,477$530,258,989-
Nov 27-30
Thanksgiving 4-Day
18$406,387-322-$1,262$530,258,989-
Nov 21-2319$370,449-26.3%345-1$1,073$529,696,29019
Nov 14-1618$502,334+128.9%346+221$1,451$529,143,07018
Jan 23-2526$667,397+6,844.1%350+344$1,906$531,706,80928
Oct 10-13
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
19$620,527-375-$1,654$526,783,113-
Oct 10-1219$528,328-36.2%375-288$1,408$526,690,91413
Oct 3-521$828,213-50.2%663-743$1,249$525,831,38712
Sep 26-2813$1,664,421-42.9%1,406-499$1,183$524,474,68411
Sep 19-219$2,915,174-29.4%1,905-286$1,530$521,890,02710
Sep 12-147$4,128,153-25.1%2,191-384$1,884$517,792,7649
Sep 5-73$5,515,119-36%2,575-175$2,141$511,997,6588
Aug 29-Sep 1
Labor Day wknd
3$11,127,290-2,750-$4,046$504,798,337-
Aug 29-313$8,622,879-18.2%2,750-413$3,135$502,293,9267
Aug 22-24
Beijing Olympics
4$10,542,424-35.6%3,163-427$3,333$489,416,8856
Aug 15-17
Beijing Olympics
2$16,379,293-37.3%3,590-435$4,562$471,082,1505
Aug 8-10
Beijing Olympics
1$26,117,030-38.8%4,025-241$6,488$441,628,4974
Aug 1-31$42,664,219-43.2%4,266-100$10,000$393,751,0653
Jul 18-201$158,411,483-4,366-$36,282$158,411,4831
Jul 25-271$75,166,466-52.5%4,366-$17,216$313,781,6772