Warner Bros.' superhero pic becomes only the 13th pic in history to hit that number.
Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises is a billion dollar baby.
From Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, the superhero tentpole has now grossed $431.2 million domestically and an estimated $574 million internationally for a total $1.005 billion through Sunday.
That's slightly ahead of The Dark Knight, which topped out at $1.003 billion worldwide in 2008.
The big difference -- Dark Knight Rises has done more business overseas, and less domestically, than Dark Knight, which grossed $533 million in North America and $469.7 million internationally.
Many believe that Dark Knight Rises has left some money on the table in the U.S. because of the Aurora theater shootings during a midnight screening of the film on July 20.
Nevertheless, the movie is enormously successful and becomes only the 13th film in history to reach $1 billion, two of which (James Cameron's Titanic and Avatar) have surpassed $2 billion.
Impressive I really was hoping for a shot at >500 million domestically though. I really do wonder how much that shooting impacted the movie. I think the olympics certainly had a negative effect as well but didn't the Dark Knight also come out a few weeks before the Olympics back in 2008? Certainly impressive WW gross though
Chile, why do some of you think a movie of today won't sell without 3D? The general public could careless. They'll see a movie with, or without that pointless ass 3D ****.
Chile, why do some of you think a movie of today won't sell without 3D? The general public could careless. They'll see a movie with, or without that pointless ass 3D ****.
Its not that people think it won't sell but 3D= more money earned per ticket.