Batmania
Jul 18 2008, AP

Thousands of Batman fans finally got what they were waiting for Friday as sold-out midnight showings of “The Dark Knight” kicked off a weekend of screenings across the country.”The Dark Knight” was selling an average of about 10 tickets per second on...

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