The Dark Knight Tops $1 Billion Mark

Posted on February 21, 2009

The Dark Knight blockbuster movie has topped the $1 billion mark. The film becomes only the fourth movie to bring in over a billion dollars at the box office. The other three include Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Breaking the worldwide gross down, The Dark Knight has made a phenomenal $533.1 million domestically and $468 million overseas. It's the only movie in the Top 20 of the all time worldwide chart where the domestic gross exceeds the foreign gross, which is a common trait among comic book-based pictures. On the all time domestic chart, The Dark Knight ranks second to Titanic, while it stands at No. 22 on the all time foreign chart. Warner Bros. noted that The Dark Knight's total includes the highest-grossing two-dimensional re-mastered IMAX release ever at $49.6 million domestic and $15.3 million overseas
Despite being one of the top grossing films ever, The Dark Knight was snubbed at this year's Oscars. The snub could end up costing the Oscars in ratings tomorrow night. Bloomberg reports that data shows the Oscar's telecasts get more viewers when when box office leaders are up for best picture. That's certainly not the case this year.

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