The Dark Knight

When a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness.

Summary Details
DistributorWarner Bros.
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Opening$10,444,338
754 theaters
Budget$185,000,000
Release DateAug 21, 2008
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 32 min
GenresAction Crime Drama Thriller
In Release133 days/19 weeks
Widest Release754 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 21-24
Beijing Olympics
1$10,444,338-754-$13,851$10,444,3381
Aug 28-311$4,865,637-53.4%754-$6,453$18,729,3482
Sep 4-71$3,330,312-31.6%751-3$4,434$22,849,1553
Sep 11-141$2,039,988-38.7%748-3$2,727$25,925,5294
Sep 18-212$1,286,198-37%713-35$1,803$27,860,0955
Sep 25-284$666,112-48.2%474-239$1,405$28,922,3526
Oct 2-57$560,360-15.9%335-139$1,672$28,298,1807
Oct 9-1210$177,882-68.3%190-145$936$29,457,8108
Oct 16-1916$111,045-37.6%127-63$874$29,012,8739
Oct 23-2621$42,482-61.7%63-64$674$29,578,10310
Oct 30-Nov 224$36,615-13.8%62-1$590$29,614,30011
Nov 6-934$13,499-63.1%47-15$287$29,631,41012
Nov 13-1639$9,973-26.1%42-5$237$29,644,10013
Nov 20-2354$3,207-67.8%17-25$188$29,649,10014
Nov 27-3052$4,523+41%16-1$282$29,658,90015
Dec 4-753$3,795-16.1%10-6$379$29,664,97516
Dec 11-1452$3,386-10.8%11+1$307$29,669,98017