Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises earned $64.1 million at US and Canadian theatres during its second weekend, topping box office charts in a sluggish overall market facing Olympic television coverage and the impact of the Colorado shooting.
The finale in director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy starring Christian Bale added $122.1 million from international markets and has pulled in $248.2 million overseas since its July 20th debut, distributor Warner Bros said.
Add in cumulative ticket sales of $289 million in the US and Canada, and the global haul now stands at $537 million for the film that cost its backers $250 million to make and tens of millions more to market. Sales in US and Canadian theatres dropped 60 per cent from its debut weekend. – (Reuters)