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Is Batman: The Dark Knight living up to the hype?

Answer:
Yes - if the box office earnings are any indication

at all. Batman: The Dark Knight set an opening day record with a whopping $66 million in box office revenue.

Batman The Dark Knight has earned more than $200 million in the first week alone. At the current pace, The Dark Knight is expected to make $400 million domestically and might even approach $500 million if Batman fans return for multiple screenings.

Other good signs for the Batman The Dark Knight cast and crew:
- Record number of advance tickets sold
- Ranked 95% fresh on movie review aggregator RottenTomatoes.com.

Film industry watchers are now openly speculating that Batman The Dark Knight might go on to unseat Titanic (1997) as the current highest-grossing film of all time. Titanic has a total worldwide gross of approximately $1.8 billion and is the sixth-highest grossing in North America once adjusted for inflation.