A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 2008, Warner Bros. ya gudanar da wasan farko na duniya don The Dark Knight a Birnin New York tare da masu shirya fim din James Newton Howard da Hans Zimmer suna wasa wani ɓangare na fim din. Gabatarwa ga fitowar kasuwanci na The Dark Knight, fim din ya zana "binciken farko mai kyau da kuma buzz a kan Heath Ledger a matsayin Joker". An saki Dark Knight a kasuwanci a ranar 16 ga Yuli, 2008 a Ostiraliya, yana samun kusan dala miliyan 2.3 a ranar farko.A Amurka da Kanada, An rarraba The Dark Knight zuwa 4,366 wasan kwaikwayo, ya karya rikodin da ya gabata don mafi yawan wasan kwaikwayo da Pirates of the Caribbean: A Ƙarshen Duniya a 2007. Yawan wasan kwaikwayon ya haɗa da 94 na IMAX, tare da fim din da aka kiyasta za a buga a kan 9,200 a cikin fina-finai na fim din.
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