"The Dark Knight" Breaks Biggest Opening Record

The most theaters ever opened in North America!

By ComicBookMovie - Jul 17, 2008 12:07 AM EST
Filed Under: The Dark Knight
Source: Comic Book Movie

This from The Hollywood Reporter...

The film's more than 4,366 domestic playdates is a record, surpassing the 4,362 theaters for May 2007's bow of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." Double- and triple-screening at many venues means "Dark Knight" will play on 9,200 screens in the U.S. and Canada.

Its engagements include 94 Imax venues -- Nolan shot long segments using Imax-format cameras -- and most of those giant-screen auditoriums were sold out by midweek. A Warners exec estimated that Imax presales totaled $3.5 million, with advance ticketing for other venues adding considerably to that total.

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