Dark Knight breaks $300m record
Source: BBC July 28, 2008 THE new Batman film has broken another box office record in North America as it spends a second week at number one.
The Dark Knight passed the $300m (ú151m) mark quicker than any other movie, doing so 10 days after release. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest held the previous record, which was set in 16 days in 2006.
The Dark Knight took $75.6m (ú38.1m) over the weekend in the US and Canada, with comedy Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell, new at number two.
It took $30m (ú15.1m), knocking last week’s runner-up, Mamma Mia!, into third place.
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