The Dark Knight didn't just win its second weekend at the box office, it made another $75.6 million. That's more than twice what the No. 2 movie, Step Brothers, could muster, with its $30 million opening weekend.
In addition, The Dark Knight continued breaking box office records. It became the fastest movie to reach the $300 million mark, in just 10 days. It has the highest second-weekend take in history. And it became the first movie to overcome a star's arrest during opening week to go on and win again in its second weekend. (We admit that third one is probably not true, but we just couldn't help ourselves.) The Dark Knight also is already the second-highest-grossing movie this year, with $314.2 million after two weekends, behind only Iron Man, which has made $314.9 million.
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