Dark Knight Box-Office Records

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Will The Dark Knight make over 450 million in domestic box-office?

The Dark Knight is the fastest film to reach 200 million. It took only five days, and while films these days tend to burn out fast one must wonder if this film has the legs to surpass most records.

The Dark Knight made 24 million on Monday, and 20 million on Tuesday. There is only one other film to make more on a Tuesday and that was Transformers of last year. The difference to this number is it was Transformers first day, and it was the day before July 4th. (A huge American holiday.)

In further comparison, films like Spider-Man 3 (previous holder before Batman for fastest to 150 million), Pirates 2 (last film to make over 400 million), and Shrek 2 (made over 400 million, and is the third largest domestic gross of all time) all made around 10 million a day on the week days proceeding its first weekend. The Dark Knight is literally making double the amount of these other films!

Almost always, films in their second weekend make half of what they made in the first weekend.

The Dark Knight made 158 million its first weekend. That means this next weekend it should make around 80 million.

On Wednesday lets say it only makes 15 million, as well as on Thursday. By the end of next weekend The Dark Knight will have made around 313 million in 10 days!

Other films on the horizon, X-Files 2 and Mummy 3 in my opinion will have a hard time. X-Files 2 is not well advertised, and much like Mission: Impossible:3 must fight an uphill battle and it will be lucky to make over 100 million. Mummy 3 will probably do fairly well in its first weekend, but I personally have a hard time seeing it making more than Hancock (roughly 200 million at most). Then we have three rated R comedies, Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, and Tropic Thunder which shouldn't really touch Dark Knight at all.

The Dark Knight will easily make over 400 million, the real question is will it beat Pirates 2, Phantom Menace, E.T, Shrek 2...or even Star Wars?

Pretty exciting stuff I must say.
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