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$793,203
281 theaters
Budget$185,000,000
Release DateJul 25, 2008
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 32 min
GenresAction Crime Drama Thriller
In Release160 days/22 weeks
Widest Release281 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 25-271$793,203-281-$2,822$793,2031
Aug 1-32$396,608-50%236-45$1,680$1,686,7692
Aug 8-10
Beijing Olympics
2$250,951-36.7%199-37$1,261$2,161,5603
Aug 15-17
Beijing Olympics
3$171,373-31.7%145-54$1,181$2,488,0404
Aug 22-24
Beijing Olympics
5$88,659-48.3%109-36$813$2,690,7455
Aug 29-317$60,750-31.5%86-23$706$2,838,1256
Sep 5-77$45,649-24.9%72-14$634$2,791,8167
Sep 12-1412$20,128-55.9%33-39$609$2,829,0708
Sep 19-214$70,497+250.2%125+92$563$2,884,6089
Sep 26-2815$10,044-85.8%18-107$558$2,973,91310
Oct 3-517$9,919-1.2%13-5$763$2,981,20011
Oct 10-1216$5,750-42%6-7$958$2,988,78012
Oct 17-1920$4,396-23.5%6-$732$2,997,80013
Oct 24-2627$2,452-44.2%6-$408$3,001,02214
Oct 31-Nov 254$36-98.5%2-4$18$3,001,10115
Nov 7-937$430+1,094.4%3+1$143$3,001,87816
Nov 14-1638$745+73.3%3-$248$3,002,67817