The Dark Knight Speeds to $400 Million

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Eighteen days.
That's all it took for The Dark Knight to break $ 400 million.

The film Batman plus another $ 6.3 million on Monday, the final figures relationships with exhibitors, bringing all its domestic total to $ 400038494 and another planting-record speed.

The fastest film to $ 100 million, $ 200 million and $ 300 million is now the fastest film to $ 400 million. By a lot.

The old record, set back in 2004, was held by Shrek 2, which reached $ 400 million then a quick and always impressive-43 days.

After only two-and-a-half-week release, The Dark Knight lies in eighth place on the list of all-time grossers. But there is not seated for a long time.

Today, it must pass the original Spider-Man ($ 403 million) and the rise of the seventh. At the weekend, it will do its transfer to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (sixth place, $ 423 million), Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace (fifth place, $ 431 million) and may perhaps even ET (fourth place, $ 435 million).

At the same point in its release, 18 days, Titanic, the No. 1 all-time box-office champ, had increased 160 million dollars.

But as far as director Christopher Nolan super hero epic now seems inevitable, it slows down something-Titanic, which earned its record 601 million dollars when ticket prices were about 50 percent cheaper than now, it does has not for months and months after its debut.

Do not expect, however, The Dark Knight to feel badly for (perhaps) for the settlement No. 2. Even before they open in countries like Japan, Germany and South Korea, it has already taken in over $ 600 million worldwide by Box Office Mojo.

Such money can buy a very nice consolation prize.
source:www.yahoo.com