The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, staring Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello and Jet Li, is expected to knock The Dark Knight off of the top spot when it is released this weekend. Batman has enjoyed the #1 spot for the last two weeks but The Mummy is expected to take around $50 million, a few million more than what is expected from The Dark Knight.

Although Batman will be de-throned, no other film has grossed as much as quickly as The Dark Knight. The film is expected to hit the $500 million worldwide mark over the weekend, and will soon be overtaking Iron Man to be crowned the top comic book movie of 2008.