The latest instalment in the revived Batman franchise scored Warner Brothers the best weekend opening by a film, giving the studio a significant boost and generating $155.3m (£77.7m, €97.98m) in its first two days of release in the US.

The Dark Knight broke the previous record of $151m, which was set last summer by Sony’s Spider-Man 3 and dominated the weekend, outperforming Universal’s Mamma Mia, which generated $27.6m.