
Even though
The Dark Knight has gone above and beyond the line of duty at
the box office, earning an estimated $512 million domestically, Warner Bros. has announced
it will get a re-release in January 2009. The Hollywood Reporter notes:Warner Bros.

Interestingly, neither a
BFF movie nor a stoner action-comedy could dethrone
The Dark Knight in its fourth weekend. Having already
surpassed the $400 million mark in domestic ticket sales, the superhero movie pulled in another $26 million over the weekend.
According to Variety, the movie
has now taken the place of Shrek 2 to "become the third highest domestic grosser of all time with a cume of $441.5 million.

Many thought that breaking
Spider-Man 3's record for the biggest opening weekend ever
would be difficult, even for
The Dark Knight. But the much-hyped and
critically adored sequel to Batman Begins shattered many records over the weekend — including Spidey's.
Earning an estimated $155.4 million, Bruce Wayne and gang smashed
box office records for the biggest single-day gross in history and the biggest opening weekend for an IMAX release.

So you're excited for the new
Batman movie, are ya? Does your knowledge start and stop with Christian Bale? (I'd understand if it does, he's so beautiful.) Or do you sharply remember all that came before Christopher Nolan's reboot?

"This town deserves a better class of criminal." – The Joker
Indeed. And by extension, audiences deserve a better class of villain.