A Knight's Tale: 'The Dark Knight' Sets Another Record! at The Insider

Batman and his batmobile are once again crashing through the record books. 'The Dark Knight' crossed the 500 million dollar mark on Sunday, in half the time it took the number one blockbuster 'Titanic' to make a half billion dollars, the Associated Press reports.

After just six weeks, 'The Dark Knight' has now grossed 502.4 million at the domestic box office.

Now, the burning question, will the 'Dark Knight' sink 'Titanic''s hold on number one? Industry observers don’t think so. The James Cameron epic film took in over 600 million at the domestic box office. Dan Fellman, head of distribution of Warner Bros, tells the AP that he expects the caped crusader to swoop in somewhere around the $530 million mark.

'The Dark Knight' has been on track for box office glory since it hit the multi-plex. When it bowed on July 18th it had the biggest opening weekend of all time, making over $158 million. By Aug 18, the Christopher Nolan flick became the second highest grossing film of all time, surpassing the beloved first 'Star Wars' film.

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It is very great

Esseed 5/16/09 Reply
'The Dark Knight' crossed the 500 million dollar mark on Sunday, in half the time it took the number one blockbuster 'Titanic' to make a half billion dollars" --- Titanic made half a billion !?!??!

Anonymous 9/8/08 Reply
Pfff.

Anonymous 9/8/08 Reply
Star Wars is always better.

Anonymous 9/7/08 Reply
Long live to the dark knight...

Anonymous 9/7/08 Reply
Great movie! I am glad it is getting all the attention it deserves.

R.I.P Heath

Anonymous 9/6/08 Reply
The thing is, none of this is indexed for inflation, so Titanic actually made more than $600 million by today's prices.

Anonymous 9/6/08 Reply
At ~$10 a ticket, it would be hard for this movie to not break records...

Anonymous 9/6/08 Reply
it made so much money because it is a romantic film, which couples went. Also Leonardo DiCapiro was such a hottie to many girls who kept going back for more to keep watching him! That explains the money.

Anonymous 9/5/08 Reply
Why did Titanic make so much money anyways?

Anonymous 9/4/08 Reply
- From what I read, it was released in 1997 at the end of December and going into 1998- really didn't have much competition. It stayed in the theatres for months and didn't have other movies to compete with it until the summer months - Saving Private...
  
  Anonymous 11/2/08
- In comparison to Titanic, The Dark Knight's second place status is impressive as well. A comic book movie released in the very competitive summer months reaching the 500 million mark within a couple of months is amazing. Not to mention, the...
  
  Anonymous 11/2/08
I hope The Dark Knight surpasses Titanic.
Titanic sucked.

Either way, this whole "movie grossing" thing blows, everyone knows the most successful movie in history was Gone With The Wind, the only reason it's not on the list is because tickets...

Anonymous 9/4/08 Reply
you guys, who ing cares. This is the top spot in money, it's utterly meaningless. Titanic is not the best movie ever and neither is Dark Knight.

Anonymous 9/4/08 Reply
- "Titanic is not the best movie ever and neither is Dark Knight."
  Correction: Titanic is not the best movie ever BUT the Dark Knight is. :P
  
  Anonymous 9/7/08
i sooo want The Dark Knight to pass the record of Titanic..!! it's not that i don't like the movie but dang it...The Dark Knight is the THING..!!

poley_bear 9/3/08 Reply
I'm hoping it does... not saying Titanic was a bad movie but I don't want in the number one stop being held by something that's affiliated with Céline Dion

Anonymous 9/3/08 Reply
Yes, yes, ****ing yes!

The Dark Knight rulez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous 9/3/08 Reply