Unless you've been in a cave, you already know that last week The Dark Knight became the motion picture with the highest gross on it's opening weekend, and the film continues to break records. In fact, this latest adventure for the Caped Crusader made more in it's opening weekend than the previous top three (Batman Forever, Batman Begins, Batman Returns) made in their opening weekends combined!

We were trying to recall the other nine movies (without cheating). Now that we've verified the information (and gotten the details), we figured we'd share them with you.

Following is the first of what we plan to be a growing list of Top Tens.

Top Ten: Opening Weekend Box Office

1. The Dark Knight (7/18/2008): $158,411,483 in 4,366 theaters
   
2. Spider-Man 3 (5/4/2007): $151,116,516 in 4,252 theaters
   
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (7/7/2006): $135,634,554 in 4,133 theaters
   
4. Shrek the Third (5/18/2007): $121,629,270 in 4,122 theaters
   
5. Spider-Man (5/3/2002): $114,844,116 in 3,615
   
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (5/25/2007): $114,732,820 in 4,362 theaters
   
7. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: (5/19/2005): $108,435,841 in 3,661 theaters
   
8. Shrek 2 (5/19/2004): $108,037,878 in 4,163 theaters
   
9. X-Men: The Last Stand (5/26/2006): $102,750,665 in 3,690 theaters
   
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (11/18/2005): $102,685,961 in 3,858 theaters

(sources: The Numbers, Box Office Mojo,  E! Online.)
 
Now that you know the Top Ten, which film was bumped into the number eleven position after The Dark Knight's opening weekend? Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull