Interestingly, neither a BFF movie nor a stoner action-comedy could dethrone The Dark Knight in its fourth weekend. Having already surpassed the $400 million mark in domestic ticket sales, the superhero movie pulled in another $26 million over the weekend.
According to Variety, the movie has now taken the place of Shrek 2 to "become the third highest domestic grosser of all time with a cume of $441.5 million. It’s expected to beat Star Wars in the next week before finally settling at No. 2."
Pineapple Express came in second place with $22.4 million (however, it has earned a total of $40.4 million since it opened last Wednesday), followed by The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in third, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 in fourth, and Step Brothers in fifth place.
What do you think? Will The Dark Knight score five weeks in a row at No. 1?
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i'm still in awe that it's still doing so well - i know that i personally enjoyed the movie - but for it to last this long at #1? i'm not sure what that says about the other movies that are out there right now. otherwise - i guess there are plenty of people would want to see dark knight multiple times, so that does make sense sort of. i was thinking about seeing it in IMAX but i haven't gotten there yet.
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