"Dark Knight" Is A Billionaire
Feb. 23 2009, Published 1:24 p.m. ET
Warner Brothers has announced that the worldwide box office receipts for The Dark Knight have passed the 1 billion dollar mark.
According to 'Variety', the studio calculates that the film grossed $1,001,082,160 so far - $553 million in North America and $567 million abroad. A Warner Bros. spokesperson said that Ecuador pushed the film into 'billion dollar' status.
And that doesn't include the bazillions of bucks from home video.
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The only other movies to generate that much revenue, ever, have been 'Titanic,' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.'