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The Dark Knight makes a crapload of money…
In the first showing alone, The Dark Knight made $18 million or so bucks. In the first day the movie made an incredible $66 million bones. So, here are the final totals for the first three days and they are staggering –
WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES, JULY 18-20, 2008
Rank. Movie Title (Distributor)
Weekend Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Week #
1. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
$155.3 million | 4,366 | $155.3 million | 1
2. Mamma Mia! (Universal)
$27.6 million | 2,976 | $27.6 million | 1
3. Hancock (Sony / Columbia)
$14.0 million | 3,776 | $191.5 million | 3
4. Journey to the Center of the Earth (New Line)
$11.9 million | 2,830 | $43.1 million | 2
5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal)
$10.0 million | 3,212 | $56.4 million | 2
Count some extra bread as a bunch of us from the site are seeing the film tonight. I bet it’ll top $200 mil by next weekend.
