The Bat signal has been burning brightly in the night sky. At 56 area theaters, fans, many in costume, eagerly queued up yesterday morning at 12:01 to be the first to see The Dark Knight, the explosive new Batman movie.
HOLLYWOOD - Andrew Doss is out of a job because of Batman. The 21-year-old got fired from an acting gig because he refused to take off his Joker makeup and wanted to skip Friday rehearsals to see the newest Batman movie, "The Dark Knight."
Christian Bale as Batman in "Batman Begins," directed by Christopher Nolan. Near the big-bang finish of "Batman Begins," the title avenger, played by the charismatic young British actor Christian Bale, scoops up a damsel in distress, played by Katie Holmes, and spirits her away to his lair.
The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers. "Batman Begins" is the seventh live-action film to take on the comic-book legend and the first to usher it into the kingdom of movie myth.
Of all the villains who might bring down Batman, perhaps the most unlikely is a nervous little bookkeeper named Reese, an employee of Wayne Enterprises who stumbles onto information about the identity of Gotham City's caped crusader.
The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," swooped into theaters to gross a record $18.5 million from midnight preview screenings ahead of its official opening on Friday, according to distributor Warner Bros.
LOS ANGELES: The new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, raked in $66.4mn in its opening day to set the single-day box office record, according to its distributor Warner Brothers.
LOS ANGELES - Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day, Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said Saturday.
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