The Dark Knight (film) highest-grossing film of 2008, the second-highest-grossing superhero film, the second-highest-grossing film based on comics, and the fourth highest-grossing North American film of all time. Adjusted for ticket-price inflation though, it ranks 28th. In contrast to "Avatar" and "Titanic" — both which grossed more than "The Dark Knight" in North America and had slow but steady earnings — "The Dark Knight" broke records in its opening weekend and slowed down significantly after its first few weekends. Overseas, "The Dark Knight" is the highest-grossing 2008 film and the fourth-highest-grossing superhero film. It premiered in 20 other territories on 4,520 screens, grossing $41.3
2000s (decade) "Spider-Man 3", "", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "", "Finding Nemo", "", "", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Shrek the Third". The top 15 highest-grossing film series of the decade are (in order from highest to lowest grossing) "Harry Potter" film series, "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, "Spider-Man" film series, "Shrek" film series, "Ice Age" film series, "Transformers" film series, "X-Men" film series, "Batman" film series' "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight", "Star Wars" "" and "", "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons", "The Matrix"