Rewriting The Record Books : The Dark Knight - Fastest To The $300 Million Mark

The Dark Knight continued its box office onslaught this week,shattering new records and winding up solidly at number one
for the second weekend in a row.The previous record for fastest film to $300 million was owned by
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. It hit the mark in just 16 days. It stole the record from Revenge of the Sith
which managed the fest in 17 days. Before that was Shrek 2 at 18 days. Seeing the pattern? The Dark Knight did it in just
10 days, beating the record by nearly a week. Don’t look for that one to be broken anytime soon.
Of course, by default, that gives Batman the top all time 10-day total. Dead Man’s Chest had the previous spot with
$258 million. The Dark Knight is sitting pretty at $314 million. Again, a total that likely won’t be touched for a long time
to come.At $314 million Batman has also now officially made Iron Man and Indiana Jones’ struggle for number one cash maker
of the year a pointless battle. They’ll be left to bicker over number two as The Dark Knight takes a crack at topping Star
Wars for the number two all-time record (there’s no chance of becoming number one...Titanic holds that one solidly
at $600 million).