“Dark Knight” Breaks $1 Billion At Box-Office

The re-release of “Dark Knight” to theaters and IMAX has pushed last year’s biggest box-office hit into some very lofty company.  The movie is now one of four films to have broken the $1 billion mark in box-office sales Warner Brothers said.  The movie moved past the mark Friday according to Variety.

“Dark Knight” had been about $4 million short of the 10-figure mark when Warner Bros. re-released it into Imax screens Jan. 23, the day after its eight Oscar noms were announced. Grosses from Ecuador also helped nudge the Batpic over the mark, a spokeswoman said.

Only “Titanic” (with $1.8 billion), “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” have previously topped the billion-dollar worldwide mark.

“Dark Knight” is also the second-highest domestic grosser of all time, trailing only “Titanic.”

Warner noted that “Dark Knight” holds the record for a 2-D digitally remastered Imax release in the domestic market with $49.6 million, and worldwide with $64.9 million.