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
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
Aug 1-31$42,664,219-43.2%4,266-100$10,000$393,751,0653
Aug 8-10
Beijing Olympics
1$26,117,030-38.8%4,025-241$6,488$441,628,4974
Aug 15-17
Beijing Olympics
2$16,379,293-37.3%3,590-435$4,562$471,082,1505
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
Sep 5-73$5,515,119-36%2,575-175$2,141$511,997,6588
Aug 22-24
Beijing Olympics
4$10,542,424-35.6%3,163-427$3,333$489,416,8856
Sep 12-147$4,128,153-25.1%2,191-384$1,884$517,792,7649
Sep 19-219$2,915,174-29.4%1,905-286$1,530$521,890,02710
Sep 26-2813$1,664,421-42.9%1,406-499$1,183$524,474,68411
Nov 14-1618$502,334+128.9%346+221$1,451$529,143,07018
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-
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
Nov 21-2319$370,449-26.3%345-1$1,073$529,696,29019
Nov 28-30
Thanksgiving 3-Day
19$343,366-7.3%305-40$1,125$530,258,98920
Oct 17-1920$412,148-22%290-85$1,421$527,356,35214
Oct 3-521$828,213-50.2%663-743$1,249$525,831,38712
Dec 5-7
Post-Thanksgiving
21$187,418-45.4%269-36$696$530,540,88521
Jan 23-2526$667,397+6,844.1%350+344$1,906$531,706,80928
Jan 30-Feb 126$436,843-34.5%211-139$2,070$532,356,74629
Oct 24-2626$295,949-28.2%166-124$1,782$527,822,23515
Oct 31-Nov 226$270,468-8.6%149-17$1,815$528,213,27916
Dec 12-1428$112,253-40.1%205-64$547$530,723,62622
Feb 6-830$353,826-19%188-23$1,882$532,831,96730
Nov 7-930$219,425-18.9%125-24$1,755$528,535,31717
Dec 19-2138$51,743-53.9%157-48$329$530,811,56523
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
Jan 2-443$65,140+28.5%75+1$868$531,001,57825
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
Feb 27-Mar 146$102,067+8.6%54-1$1,890$533,316,06133
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