A few days ago it was thought that The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor would knock The Dark Knight off the top spot, however it now appears Christian Bale and friends will reign supreme again by taking $43.8 million, narrowly beat Brendan Fraser and Jet Li’s predicted $42.5 million.

To put those numbers in perspective, the third “Mummy” movie grossed less its opening weekend than the original movie in 1999, while The Dark Knight made more in its THIRD weekend than Tim Burton’s Batman made its opening weekend 19 years ago.

Pineapple Express will be the competition next week. Can The Dark Knight make it 4 weeks on top?