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'The Dark Knight' breaks $1 billion milestone

21 February 2009 15:30 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 7 comments

Warner Bros. is reporting that the blockbuster smash hit The Dark Knight has surpassed the $1 billion USD milestone for worldwide box office sales, becoming only the fourth movie to ever do so.

The highly rated sequel has now made $1.001 billion USD since its release last July and sits behind 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) for highest all-time grossing movies.

Sitting in fifth place is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone which almost hit the milestone but fell short at $974.7 million.

According to Box Office Mojo, $533.1 million was grossed in United States theaters with the remaining coming from nations around the world.

Warner also added that The Dark Knight is the highest-grossing 2-D IMAX movie of all time, with a gross of $65 million worldwide. The movie is also the record holder for most Blu-ray sales on launch day, launch week, and all-time.

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o0cynix0o (Junior Member) 22 February 2009 12:12
This just goes to show you that if you make a movie that's good people will pay to see it. [ + quote]
joe777 (Member) 22 February 2009 17:22
I think it goes to show that 1 billion is made from a movie and there are people in the world who cant afford to eat!!! Absolutely disgusting [ + quote]
varnull (Inactive) 22 February 2009 17:26
Just shows how much "piracy" hurts these scumbags eh? I never even bothered to burn this load of samey old garbage to a disk.. watched once, thought "so what, a superhero load of tripe" and deleted it. propaganda films suck. Free open source software = made by end users who want an application to work. I would rather you hate me for who I am than love me for what I am not. Welcome to the other side of the looking glass Alice [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 22 February 2009 17:28
ammad123 (Newbie) 22 February 2009 18:28
*Originally posted by joe777:* I think it goes to show that 1 billion is made from a movie and there are people in the world who cant afford to eat!!! Absolutely disgusting ooo i feel you on that one. [ + quote]
zax808 (Junior Member) 23 February 2009 3:54
would have topped them all if it wasent for pirating. i still give the film bleep props! [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 23 February 2009 8:35
kyo28 (Junior Member) 23 February 2009 9:02
This movie deserves it. I like how they were able to 'ground' Batman and the Joker in a realistic setting. Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker is phenominal. Also, the Imax shots, mostly of city scapes are breath-takingly beautiful. I bought the movie on Blu-ray and the quality is excellent! [ + quote]
leonle (Inactive) 25 February 2009 12:07
There is absolutely no need to compare this with food for the poor because entertainment is not a crime. Stock Market Basics [ + quote]