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We told you yesterday that The Dark Knight broke the midnight opening record by bringing in $18.5 million, but after everything was tallied up from Friday night sales, the film ended up having the best opening day gross EVER, with an estimated $66.4 million in ticket sales.

The film could score the highest opening ever for a non-holiday weekend if people keep flocking to theaters. The previous record holder for both best opening day and best opening for a non-holiday weekend is Spider-Man 3, which made $59.8 million on its opening Friday, and $151.1 million for the weekend.

Madness!