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The Dark Knight

2008 PG-13 2h 32m Action, Crime, Drama Warner Bros.

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The Dark Knight Box Office

Opening Weekend
$158M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$533M
Final
Worldwide Total
$1.00B
$470M international
Domestic Legs3.37x
Budget$185M
2008 Rank#1
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 18-20 1 $158.41M $158.41M 4,366 $36.3K 1
Jul 25-27 1 $75.17M -52.5% $313.78M 4,366 $17.2K 2
Aug 1-3 1 $42.66M -43.2% $393.75M 4,266 $10.0K 3
Aug 8-10 1 $26.12M -38.8% $441.63M 4,025 $6.5K 4
Aug 15-17 2 $16.38M -37.3% $471.08M 3,590 $4.6K 5
Aug 22-24 4 $10.54M -35.6% $489.42M 3,163 $3.3K 6
Aug 29-31 3 $8.62M -18.2% $502.29M 2,750 $3.1K 7
Sep 5-7 3 $5.52M -36.0% $512.00M 2,575 $2.1K 8
Sep 12-14 7 $4.13M -25.1% $517.79M 2,191 $1.9K 9
Sep 19-21 9 $2.92M -29.4% $521.89M 1,905 $1.5K 10
Sep 26-28 13 $1.66M -42.9% $524.47M 1,406 $1.2K 11
Oct 3-5 21 $828K -50.2% $525.83M 663 $1.2K 12
Oct 10-12 19 $528K -36.2% $526.69M 375 $1.4K 13
Oct 17-19 20 $412K -22.0% $527.36M 290 $1.4K 14
Oct 24-26 26 $296K -28.2% $527.82M 166 $1.8K 15
Oct 31-Nov 2 26 $270K -8.6% $528.21M 149 $1.8K 16
Nov 7-9 30 $219K -18.9% $528.54M 125 $1.8K 17
Nov 14-16 18 $502K +128.9% $529.14M 346 $1.5K 18
Nov 21-23 19 $370K -26.3% $529.70M 345 $1.1K 19
Nov 28-30 19 $343K -7.3% $530.26M 305 $1.1K 20
Dec 5-7 21 $187K -45.4% $530.54M 269 $696 21
Dec 12-14 28 $112K -40.1% $530.72M 205 $547 22
Dec 19-21 38 $52K -53.9% $530.81M 157 $329 23
Jan 23-25 26 $667K +1189.8% $531.71M 350 $1.9K 24
Jan 30-Feb 1 26 $437K -34.5% $532.36M 211 $2.1K 25
Feb 6-8 30 $354K -19.0% $532.83M 188 $1.9K 26
Feb 13-15 42 $128K -63.9% $533.04M 152 $839 27

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byChristopher Nolan
ScreenplayChristopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
Produced byEmma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan
CinematographyWally Pfister
MusicHans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
StarringChristian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman
StudioWarner Bros.

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