The Dark Knight Rises couldn’t steal the opening weekend record away from The Avengers, which established an insanely high bar when it debuted to $207.4 million in May.
On the other hand, Nolan’s first installment, Batman Begins, opened slowly but went on to earn a very respectable $205.3 million. Three years later, sequel The Dark Knight pitted Batman against his most-famous foe, The Joker. The anticipation of seeing that conflict play out in Nolan’s universe was only amplified by Heath Ledger’s untimely death, and the movie went on to set a record with an incredible $158.4 million debut.
The Dark Knight Rises achieved a $160 million debut.
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Just premiered:
- The Dark Knight Rises: [Action, 2 hr. 45 min.] Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman, Juno Temple.
Top 10 USA Weekend Box Office
Weekend: July 20th to 22th, 2012
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The Dark Knight Rises $160,887,295 Total: $160,887,295 Week: 1 - (1) Ice Age: Continental Drift $20,416,978 Total: $88,840,284 Weeks: 2
- (2) The Amazing Spider-Man $10,887,111 Total: $228,611,425 Weeks: 3
- (3) Ted $10,011,610 Total: $180,431,425 Weeks: 4
- (4) Brave $6,024,987 Total: $208,774,173 Weeks: 5
- (6) Magic Mike $4,291,432 Total: $101,966,459 Weeks: 4
- (5) Savages (2012) $3,398,880 Total: $40,055,075 Weeks: 3
- (7) Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection $2,253,074 Total: $60,289,622 Weeks: 4
- (9) Moonrise Kingdom $1,831,471 Total: $36,087,959 Weeks: 9
- (11) To Rome with Love $1,420,891 Total: $11,107,993 Weeks: 5
(#) = Previous week rank,
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