Continuing in our "ner ner, we got it before you guys" coverage of The Dark Knight, an eagle-eyed reader sent us through this little doozy from today's Age online edition (via AP), trumpeting with the headline, "Record breaking Dark Knight ticket sales".

Whoa! Record breaking! Gimme some of those delicious statistics, stat!

Except, er, there are no statistics in the story:

US ticket sales for the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, are through the roof, with fans heading to early screenings in Batman gear and the buzz growing over Heath Ledger's last performance before his death.

Hundreds of midnight showtimes are sold out across the United States, and ticket-seller Fandango, which allows people to purchase tickets before heading to the theatre, predicts tomorrow will be the biggest ticket-selling day in company history. The movie is playing on 4,300 screens.

Aaand - the use of the word "predicts" there is key - save for a few fan interviews, academic theories about the nature of superhero blockbusters and notable quotes from the cinema equivalent of the croaky voiced taco dude from The Simpsons, that's it.

No mention of which record said ticket sales are breaking, no previous records set, no nuffin'.

I mean, I love Batman, too, guys, but surely this is stretching it a bit?