There seems to be no stopping The Dark Knight.

On Monday 4th August, it became the fastest film in history to reach $400 million, accomplishing the feat in just 18 days. To understand how impressive that is, the previous record holder, Shrek 2, did it in 43 days. Wow.

So where to from here? It seems likely that The Dark Knight will fall short of Titanic's seemingly untouchable $600 million domestic gross tally, but it seems extremely likely to be second as perhaps the only $500 million earner in history. The film works on all levels, but the X factor may have been Heath Ledger's final fate. It's hard to tell one way or another.

It's great to see in this day and age of the soulless blockbuster that a film of such quality and depth has become such a cultural phenomenon. Hopefully studios will make more film like this. I know many fans out there can’t wait for the next one! If nothing else, we’re all pleading to Christopher Nolan to come back for one more Bat outing!