Los Angeles, June 20 (IANS) The pre-booking sales of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Night Rises has begun and they seem promising enough to take over The Avengers as the highest grossing action hero film of all time.

The tickets went on sale last week and the opening night was promptly sold out, reports ew.com.

The tickets are being sold for $100 mostly, with an exception of the screening at Manhattan's Lincoln Square Theater selling them for $114. Meanwhile, tickets in Britain are being sold for 300 pounds.

The Avengers had an amazing success rate when it released worldwide April 11, earning $1.42 billion globally.