'The Dark Knight' raked in $18.489 million in its midnight opening, according to distributor Warner Bros. That sets a new midnight opening record, beating 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith's benchmark of $16.5 million. 'Sith's full opening day ended up at $50 million...

Word late last night that DARK KNIGHT had the biggest Friday opening. Ever. According to Deadlinehollywood.com, DK made $65 mil--defying experts and expectations of even Warner Bros..

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