MUMBAI: Warner Bros is set to re-release The Dark Knight across the US theatres on 23 January with an aim to take its box office collection past the $1 billion mark.

Warner Bros Pictures domestic distribution president Dan Fellman says, "The Dark Knight is a crowning achievement in every sense of the word. We wanted to provide one more opportunity to moviegoers to experience it on the big screen as it was meant to be seen."

The sequel to Batman Begins, which was named as one of the top 10 films of the year by The National Film Review Board, became the second-highest grossing movie in the US, earning $529.1 million. The film's gross collection is just behind Titanic, which became the highest grossing movie in the US, earning $600.8 million.