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Batman box office super hero with record opening

BATMAN has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood’s box office superheroes.

Mon, 21 Jul, 2008 - 01:00

The Dark Knight movie took in a record $155 million (€97.8m) in its first weekend, said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Brothers.

That topped Hollywood’s previous record of $151m set by Spider-Man 3 in May 2007.

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