The Dark Knight Breaks Records

jokermoney0807.jpgThe Dark Knight has officially opened, and the figures are in: the NY Times reports that the movie took in "$18.5 million in gross revenue at its 12 a.m. opening screenings early Friday morning at 3,040 screens, the most ever for midnight shows." Gawker laments about the movie taking the title from 2005's Star Wars, Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith, which previously held it for racking up $16.9 million at 2,915 screens. Meanwhile, the single-day box office record previously held by Spider-Man 3 was also shattered: The Dark Knight took in $66.4 million on opening day (to Spidey's $59.8 million).

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Do all these cash register receipts mean anything to anyone not involved financially with the picture? What is all this obsessing about box office tallies? Does anyone know how much New Ultra Rain Fresh Tide made upon its release?

Might be nuts, but I don't think even New Ultra Rain Fresh Tide could have cleaned up at the Box Office the way Nolan & company did this weekend.

With ticket prices constantly on the rise, it's no surprise that Box Office records are constantly broken.

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