The Dark Knight Breaks Box Office Records

1 The Dark Knight shattered box office records this weekend, taking in $153.34 million. How is this soap related? Well, there were a number of former soap stars in the cast including: Heath Ledger (ex-Snowy, SWEAT) Morgan Freeman (ex-Roy, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Cicero, RYAN'S HOPE) Ritchie Coster (ex-Alfred, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Gabe, AS THE WORLD TURNS) Eric Roberts (ex-Ted, ANOTHER WORLD) Colin McFarlane (ex-Felix, HOLBY CITY; ex-Derek, THE BILL) William Fichtner (ex-Josh, AS THE WORLD TURNS)