'Dark Knight' sets midnight recordScreenings bring in $18.5 mil FridayJuly 18, 2008, 04:12 PM ET
Warner Bros. reported Friday that the early morning screenings of "The Dark Knight" grabbed a record $18.5 million. Of that total, $640,000 came from the large-format screens presented the movie in Imax. And that $18.5 million haul is just counting the cash from the 3,040 theaters that screened the movie at midnight -- it doesn't include the grosses from the 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. showings that some theaters booked. To put it in perspective, "Dark Knight" set a new high mark, displacing the previous record-holder, 2005's "Star Wars -- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," which collected $16.9 million in 2,915 theaters when it made its midnight debut. The Christopher Nolan-directed super-movie, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, settles into a record 4,366 locations Friday as it sets about dominating the weekend. 'Dark Knight' sets midnight recordScreenings bring in $18.5 mil FridayJuly 18, 2008, 04:12 PM ET
Midnight was anything but dark at those theaters across the country hosting 12:01 a.m. screenings of the new Batman movie.
Warner Bros. reported Friday that the early morning screenings of "The Dark Knight" grabbed a record $18.5 million. Of that total, $640,000 came from the large-format screens presented the movie in Imax. And that $18.5 million haul is just counting the cash from the 3,040 theaters that screened the movie at midnight -- it doesn't include the grosses from the 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. showings that some theaters booked. To put it in perspective, "Dark Knight" set a new high mark, displacing the previous record-holder, 2005's "Star Wars -- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," which collected $16.9 million in 2,915 theaters when it made its midnight debut. The Christopher Nolan-directed super-movie, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, settles into a record 4,366 locations Friday as it sets about dominating the weekend.
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