The Dark Knight is a mega summer box office hit!  Warner Bros.’ Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” took in a record $18 million-plus at yesterday morning’s 12:01 shows, according to an executive at the studio, jump-starting what could one of the summer’s top hits.

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The movie was producted at a budget of an estimated $180 million with partner Legendary Pictures.

I was at the downtown Vancouver Cinema last night. If you know Vancouver, it’s the Scotia Bank Theater used to be called Paramount. Of course getting tickets to “The Dark Knight” was out of the question so we ended up watching “Hancock” which I thought was just another great Will Smith, Charlize Theron film! Loved it.

Hancock was all sold out but you should have seen the line up for The Dark Knight. I wonder if it has much to do with Heath Ledger being the Joker. My guess is a lot of people would go to see the Batman sequel just because of him.

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For me, I watch every Batman just like every Will Smith.