The Dark Knight Breaks a Billion

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Natalie Finn

Sat Feb 21, 1:59 am ET

Los Angeles (E! Online) –

 

 

 

It's not going to snag 11 Oscars, but The Dark Knight—Christian Bale and all—is nipping at Titanic's heels in the court of public opinion.

 

The 2008 blockbuster has surpassed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, Warner Bros. announced late Friday.

 

According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, the critically acclaimed Caped Crusader sequel—which actually could win eight Academy Awards on Sunday—is now in fourth place on the list of all-time box office grosses, behind only Titanic ($1.84 billion), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1.12 billion) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($1.07 billion).

 

The Dark Knight is currently sitting pretty with $1.001 billion, while the fifth-place Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is way back there with $974.7 million.

 

$533.1 million of that billion-plus sum was grossed in U.S. theaters, while $468 million was raked in overseas.

 

Warner Bros.' news comes along with the announcement that The Dark Knight is also now the top-grossing 2-D IMAX release of all time, with $64.9 million grossed worldwide.

 

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[jesseps]

good to hear... lets see if it can beat Titanic lol

[begratto]

Les classements en $ ne veulent pas dire grand chose. Avec l'inflation, on ne peut pas vraiment comparer la popularité des films entre eux.

[MTLskyline]

This film is very much overrated, IMO.

Good but not great.

[Malek]

at least its better than titanic, and the two other movies mentioned in that article... especially the pirate of the bore.