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Dark Knight tops box office takings

THE Dark Knight, the heavily hyped Batman Begins sequel featuring the late Australian actor Heath Ledger, took a record $155.34 million (£77.5 million) in its first weekend in US cinemas.The total topped the previous best of $151.1 million dollars, set by Spider-Man 3 in May 2007.

Ledger, 28, died in January from an accidental prescription-drug overdose.


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