"The Dark Knight" held the top spot for the third week in a row, the first film of 2008 to do so, and fell a mere 41.7% in its second weekend.
Adding a major $43.8 million haul to its total, 'Knight now will break the $400 million line later today - crossing that line in 18 days and easily beating the previous fastest achiever of that record - "Shrek 2" which took 43 days to do so.
"The Dark Knight" beat out "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" which opened to $42.5 million and an admittedly stronger per screen count ($11,289 vs. $10,267). The new 'Mummy' went well enough on Friday that many thought it would win the weekend, but numbers dropped off quickly on Saturday.
The reason may be due to word of mouth as the film is one of the worst-reviewed major releases of the year, scoring a mere 9% and 3.6/10 on Rotten Tomatoes along with a 31% and 4.9/10 at Metacritic.
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