Dark Knight Box Office

The latest report on the box office for Dark Knight have the film grossing $66.4 million on Friday, that's including the $18.5 million it took in on midnight/3 a.m. screenings (which beats the $16.9 million record set by Revenge of the Sith).

Dark Knight is expected to take in well over $100 million this weekend. The question is, how much over 100 and will the film set a new record for biggest 3-day opening?

The record to beat is Spider-Man 3, which bagged $151 million its opening weekend.

As you can see, virtually every one of us at the GD Labs lowballed our prediction, making TheQuarterMexican the winner:

TheQuarterMexican: $120
SnarfJizzle: $69 million
FuzzyDave: $62 million
Elly: $63.74 million

We'll keep updating as new figures roll in.

Saturday Update:

Unofficial Saturday estimate: $48 million

That puts the total to 114.4, which means DK needs to make $36.6 million to tie Spider-Man 3

Sunday Update:

$155.3 million! NY Times story here.

-- FuzzyDave