The Dark Knight exceeds all records for an opening weekend

The Dark Knight, has gotten great reviews and it has brought in great numbers, both with the amount of people going to see the movie and how much it is earning. The Dark Knight in one week has brought in an estimated $155.34M, and came in as the number one, best movie!!

As mentioned winnipegsun.com, The Dark Knight is beyond any reasonable expectation. It's a phenomenon," says Brandon Gray, president and publisher of online tracking site Box Office Mojo. Premiering in a historic 4,366 theatres and buoyed by overwhelmingly positive reviews, The Dark Knight posted the biggest midnight opening ever Thursday night with $18.5 million -- topping Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith's $16 million. Now that is some big numbers.

Here are the weekend Box-office dollars figures are for the Friday-to-Sunday period.

1. The Dark Knight $155.34M

2. Mamma Mia! $27.6M

3. Hancock $14.0M

4. Journey to the Center of the Earth $11.9M

5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army $10.0M

6. WALL-E $9.8M

7. Space Chimps $7.4M

8. Wanted $5.1M

9. Get Smart $4.1M

10. Kung Fu Panda $1.8M

So, just look at the difference in earnings between the number 1 and number 10, poor Kung Fu Panda. There is also a big variation in earnings for Mamma Mia and The Dark Knight, $155 vs $28 M.

Listen and watch some movie reviews for The?Dark Knight, they are all good news for it's stars and producers (R.I.P Heath Ledger).