From Wired:

“‘The Dark Knight’ took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for ‘Spider-Man 3’ in May 2007 and pacing Hollywood to its biggest weekend ever, according to studio estimates Sunday. ‘We knew it would be big, but we never expected to dominate the marketplace like we did,’ said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released ‘The Dark Knight.’ The movie should shoot past the $200 million mark by the end of the week, he said.”