Despite the Christian Bale controversy that exploded earlier this week, people still want to see him fly through the skies and kick some bad guy ass.
The Dark Knight, which shattered every important box office record last weekend, made an estimated $75 million in its second weekend. That's an amount a regular movie would dream about making! The gross helps the Batman movie break two new records. The movie overtook Shrek 2's record for second weekend grosses of $72 million. TDK also broke the record for the 10-day openings, originally set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man's Chest. Since it's opening, TDK made over $314 million, easily beating Pirate's 10 day take of $258 million.
At this rate, The Dark Knight could become a serious contender for the biggest all-time grosses. The movie with the highest gross is 1997's Titanic, with $600.7 million made. Titanic was also a HUGE winner at the Academy Awards in 1998, winning 11.
Could history repeat itself?
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