The Dark Knight Sets New Records
20 July 2008
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Batman film The Dark Knight has set a single-day box office record by taking $66.4m (£33.2m) on its opening night according to distributors Warner Bros. The movie, which opened in the US on Friday, has surpassed the previous record of $59.8m (£29.9m) set last year by Spider-Man, the studio said. Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman, it cost $185m (£92.5m) to make. The Dark Knight stars Christian Bale in the lead role and the late Heath Ledger who has recieved critical aclaim for his role as the sinister 'Joker'.Ledger, tradgedly died following a drug overdose in January aged 28, some supporters have suggested that he should get a posthumous Oscar nomination. Last week Ledger's co-stars paid tribute to him at the world premiere of the film in New York. "It's the magic of the movie business, how one film just stands out above the others." The Dark Knight will be premiers in the UK on 21 July.The last Batman movie, Batman Begins, in 2005, grossed nearly $49 million (£24.5m) in its first weekend in North America, further grossing over $372 million (£186m) worldwide.
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