Los Angeles (Reuters) - Batman buried Sunday at his rivals in the North American box office for second weekend, surpassing the 300 million dollars in a record 10 days. Sales of "The Dark Knight" amounted to an estimated 75.6 million dollars in tickets during the three days that began on Friday, bringing its total to 314.2 million, distributor Warner Bros. said. Pictures. One week after marking a record for a premiere with $ 158 million, "The Dark Knight" added a new title to his impressive list of successes: the best second weekend, surpassing the $ 72 million collection, bolstered by a holiday, "Shrek 2" in 2004. The film of 180 million dollars, starring Christian Bale as Batman and the late actor Heath Ledger as the anarchic guasón, has attracted the interest of people who avoids movies or superheroes who rarely goes to the cinema. "The Dark Knight" now ranks as the second biggest film of the year, just behind the 315 million dollars collected by "Iron Man," and the 23 greatest of all time. The previous record speed of 300 million dollars of revenue for a movie 16 days were recorded by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" in 2006. The next target is 400 million that "Shrek 2" took 43 days to reach. The president of distribution for Warner Bros.. Dan Fellman, predicted that "The Dark Knight" will take only 18 days to reach that milestone. The latest film to break the 400 million was "Pirates of the Caribbean" in 2006, which ranked number 6 on the list with historic 423 million. The 1997 epic "Titanic" leads the field with 601 million dollars.
