Batman beats Spidey with $158.4 mil haul

July 20, 2008 "The Dark Knight" broke records like a disc jockey gone wild this weekend, upsetting former record-holder "Spider-Man 3" with a best-ever opening that final tallies showed to be $158.4 million. [...] no less impressively, it also anchored a three-day weekend boxoffice record of $258 million, according to Nielsen EDI data. Universal's star-studded adaptation of the Broadway musical "Mamma Mia!" took second place over the phenomenal frame with a $27.6 million opening built on support from older females.

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