Everyone knew it would be huge, but not many were predicting 'The Dark Knight' to overtake 'Spiderman 3' as the highest grossing domestic opening weekend in box-office history.
Playing on a record 4,366 screens, Variety reported today that the film took in $158.3 million over the weekend, besting Spidey's previous record of $151.3 million. The one week domestic gross is estimated to be as high as $220 million, more than the total domestic gross for 2005's 'Batman Begins.'
Combined with the impressive opening of 'Mama Mia' at $27.6 million (breaking 'Hairspray's record for biggest opening for a musical), the overall domestic boxoffice for the weekend came in at over $250 million. That shatters the previous record set last July when 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' led the way toward $218 million in total domestic boxoffice revenue for the weekend. 'The Dark Knight' is beginning to look like the day and date title that could do for Blu-ray what 'The Matrix' did for DVD.
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