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The Dark Knight(2008)
Released
2008 · FILM

The Dark Knight

A chaotic gang war in Gotham leaves the Joker as the sole survivor and mastermind behind a deadly heist, setting him against Batman, Harvey Dent, and Jim Gordon in a brutal battle for the soul of the city.

“Welcome to a world without rules.”

Directed by
Christopher Nolan, Jessica Franks
Written by
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
152 min
CrimeThriller

Synopsis

Batman intensifies his battle against crime with the support of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, aiming to eliminate the criminal organizations still corrupting Gotham's streets. Their collaboration initially proves successful, but they soon become targets of a wave of chaos unleashed by a criminal genius known to the public as the Joker.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 655+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Lee SmithShot by Wally PfisterScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Nathan CrowleySound by Matt GruberCostumes by Lindy HemmingVFX by Francois Xavier Aubague

Box Office

2008 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$1.00B

Budget$185.0M
Worldwide gross$1.00B
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $533.3M — 53% of worldwide · International: $471.2M (47%)

Opening weekend: $158.4M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $238.6M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,366 theaters

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Re-release box office

2012
$1.5M($2.2M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Batman Begins 2de
  • The Dark Knightde
  • Batman Begins 2en
  • Le Chevalier noirfr
  • The Dark Knight : Le Chevalier noirfr
  • Il cavaliere oscuroit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ArgentinaJul 14, 2008
  • United StatesJul 14, 2008
  • AustraliaJul 16, 2008
  • TaiwanJul 16, 2008

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Legendary Pictures, DC Comics, Syncopy, Legendary Entertainment
DistributionWarner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures, Alexandra Films, Blitz
Special effectsDouble Negative (DNEG), Framestore, BUF, Cinesite, New Deal Studios
Other companies5th Kind, Adacc, Air Lyndhurst Studios, Allan Padelford Camera Cars, American Humane Association

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