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2012 • PG-13 • 2h 44m • Action, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

The legend ends.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$160.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$448.14M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.08B

$634.10M international

Domestic legs2.78x

Budget$250M

2012 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Nolan filmography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Director

Christian Bale

Christian Bale Starring

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman Starring

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy Starring

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway Starring

ScreenplayChristopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan Produced byEmma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven CinematographyWally Pfister MusicHans Zimmer StudioWarner Bros. SeriesBatman

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 20-22 1 $160.9M — 4,404 $36,532 $160.9M

2 Jul 27-29 1 $62.1M −61.4% 4,404 $14,101 $287.1M

3 Aug 3-5 1 $35.7M −42.5% 4,242 $8,424 $353.9M

4 Aug 10-12 3 $19.0M −46.9% 3,690 $5,143 $389.6M

5 Aug 17-19 6 $11.0M −42.0% 3,157 $3,487 $409.8M

6 Aug 24-26 5 $7.2M −34.4% 2,606 $2,771 $422.3M

7 Aug 31-Sep 2 7 $6.1M −15.3% 2,187 $2,796 $431.4M

8 Sep 7-9 10 $3.2M −47.4% 1,987 $1,619 $437.8M

9 Sep 14-16 11 $2.2M −32.2% 1,581 $1,380 $441.1M

10 Sep 21-23 14 $1.3M −42.0% 948 $1,335 $443.1M

11 Sep 28-30 16 $789.4K −37.7% 655 $1,205 $444.4M

12 Oct 5-7 15 $674.4K −14.6% 575 $1,172 $445.4M

13 Oct 12-14 16 $511.4K −24.2% 465 $1,099 $446.2M

14 Oct 19-21 19 $359.5K −29.7% 345 $1,042 $446.8M

15 Oct 26-28 20 $263.9K −26.6% 291 $906 $447.2M

16 Nov 2-4 22 $229.7K −12.9% 291 $789 $447.5M

17 Nov 9-11 28 $150.1K −34.7% 243 $617 $447.8M

18 Nov 16-18 34 $93.3K −37.8% 160 $583 $447.9M

19 Nov 23-25 43 $70.5K −24.5% 108 $652 $448.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 19 $30.6M — $30.6M 3,825 $8,010 -1

Fri Jul 20 #1 $75.8M — $75.8M 4,404 $17,201 1

Sat Jul 21 #1 $44.9M −41% $120.7M 4,404 $10,202 2

Sun Jul 22 #1 $40.2M −11% $160.9M 4,404 $9,128 3

Mon Jul 23 #1 $19.4M −52% $180.3M 4,404 $4,402 4

Tue Jul 24 #1 $17.8M −8% $198.0M 4,404 $4,033 5

Wed Jul 25 #1 $13.8M −22% $211.8M 4,404 $3,126 6

Thu Jul 26 #1 $13.2M −4% $225.0M 4,404 $2,997 7

Fri Jul 27 #1 $17.7M +34% −77% $242.7M 4,404 $4,026 8

Sat Jul 28 #1 $24.7M +39% −45% $267.5M 4,404 $5,611 9

Sun Jul 29 #1 $19.7M −20% −51% $287.1M 4,404 $4,462 10

Mon Jul 30 #1 $8.2M −58% −58% $295.3M 4,404 $1,852 11

Tue Jul 31 #1 $8.8M +8% −51% $304.0M 4,404 $1,992 12

Wed Aug 1 #1 $7.3M −16% −47% $311.4M 4,404 $1,665 13

Thu Aug 2 #1 $6.8M −7% −48% $318.2M 4,404 $1,548 14

Fri Aug 3 #1 $10.2M +50% −42% $328.4M 4,242 $2,410 15

Sat Aug 4 #1 $14.3M +40% −42% $342.7M 4,242 $3,364 16

Sun Aug 5 #1 $11.2M −21% −43% $353.9M 4,242 $2,649 17

Mon Aug 6 #1 $4.7M −58% −42% $358.7M 4,242 $1,113 18

Tue Aug 7 #1 $4.7M −1% −47% $363.3M 4,242 $1,101 19

Wed Aug 8 #1 $3.7M −21% −50% $367.0M 4,242 $869 20

Thu Aug 9 #1 $3.6M −3% −47% $370.6M 4,242 $845 21

Fri Aug 10 #3 $5.6M +56% −45% $376.2M 3,690 $1,517 22

Sat Aug 11 #3 $7.8M +40% −45% $384.0M 3,690 $2,124 23

Sun Aug 12 #3 $5.5M −29% −51% $389.6M 3,690 $1,501 24

Mon Aug 13 #3 $2.3M −58% −50% $391.9M 3,690 $635 25

Tue Aug 14 #3 $2.7M +14% −43% $394.6M 3,690 $724 26

Wed Aug 15 #4 $2.1M −20% −42% $396.7M 3,690 $579 27

Thu Aug 16 #3 $2.0M −5% −43% $398.8M 3,690 $550 28

Fri Aug 17 #7 $3.1M +54% −44% $401.9M 3,157 $988 29

Sat Aug 18 #5 $4.6M +46% −42% $406.5M 3,157 $1,446 30

Sun Aug 19 #5 $3.3M −27% −40% $409.8M 3,157 $1,052 31

Mon Aug 20 #5 $1.4M −59% −41% $411.2M 3,157 $435 32

Tue Aug 21 #6 $1.5M +9% −44% $412.7M 3,157 $476 33

Wed Aug 22 #5 $1.2M −20% −44% $413.9M 3,157 $379 34

Thu Aug 23 #3 $1.2M −2% −42% $415.0M 3,157 $370 35

Fri Aug 24 #7 $2.0M +70% −36% $417.0M 2,606 $763 36

Sat Aug 25 #5 $3.1M +58% −31% $420.2M 2,606 $1,206 37

Sun Aug 26 #4 $2.1M −34% −37% $422.3M 2,606 $801 38

Mon Aug 27 #5 $833.2K −60% −39% $423.1M 2,606 $319 39

Tue Aug 28 #7 $888.2K +7% −41% $424.0M 2,606 $340 40

Wed Aug 29 #5 $669.1K −25% −44% $424.6M 2,606 $256 41

Thu Aug 30 #5 $668.2K n/c −43% $425.3M 2,606 $256 42

Fri Aug 31 #6 $1.4M +112% −29% $426.7M 2,187 $647 43

Sat Sep 1 #7 $2.2M +59% −29% $429.0M 2,187 $1,027 44

Sun Sep 2 #6 $2.5M +9% +18% $431.4M 2,187 $1,121 45

Mon Sep 3 #8 $1.9M −23% +126% $433.3M 2,187 $860 46

Tue Sep 4 #6 $503.5K −73% −43% $433.8M 2,187 $230 47

Wed Sep 5 #7 $362.2K −28% −46% $434.2M 2,187 $165 48

Thu Sep 6 #6 $387.4K +7% −42% $434.6M 2,187 $177 49

Fri Sep 7 $863.3K +123% −39% $435.4M 1,987 $434 50

Sat Sep 8 #9 $1.6M +82% −30% $437.0M 1,987 $790 51

Sun Sep 9 #9 $783.7K −50% −68% $437.8M 1,987 $394 52

Mon Sep 10 #8 $251.4K −68% −87% $438.0M 1,987 $126 53

Tue Sep 11 #9 $317.3K +26% −37% $438.4M 1,987 $159 54

Wed Sep 12 #9 $263.3K −17% −27% $438.6M 1,987 $132 55

Thu Sep 13 #9 $256.1K −3% −34% $438.9M 1,987 $128 56

Fri Sep 14 $609.1K +138% −29% $439.5M 1,581 $385 57

Sat Sep 15 $1.0M +69% −35% $440.5M 1,581 $649 58

Sun Sep 16 $545.8K −47% −30% $441.1M 1,581 $345 59

Mon Sep 17 #12 $206.4K −62% −18% $441.3M 1,581 $130 60

Tue Sep 18 #13 $238.1K +15% −25% $441.5M 1,581 $150 61

Wed Sep 19 #11 $179.2K −25% −32% $441.7M 1,581 $113 62

Thu Sep 20 #11 $181.1K +1% −29% $441.9M 1,581 $114 63

Fri Sep 21 #14 $347.8K +92% −43% $442.2M 948 $366 64

Sat Sep 22 #13 $608.4K +75% −41% $442.8M 948 $641 65

Sun Sep 23 #13 $309.9K −49% −43% $443.1M 948 $326 66

Mon Sep 24 #14 $103.4K −67% −50% $443.2M 948 $109 67

Tue Sep 25 $128.4K +24% −46% $443.4M 948 $135 68

Wed Sep 26 $126.1K −2% −30% $443.5M 948 $133 69

Thu Sep 27 #13 $106.3K −16% −41% $443.6M 948 $112 70

Fri Sep 28 #17 $218.2K +105% −37% $443.8M 655 $333 71

Sat Sep 29 #17 $378.7K +74% −38% $444.2M 655 $578 72

Sun Sep 30 #17 $192.5K −49% −38% $444.4M 655 $293 73

Mon Oct 1 #15 $73.2K −62% −29% $444.5M 655 $111 74

Tue Oct 2 #16 $89.1K +22% −31% $444.5M 655 $136 75

Wed Oct 3 #15 $73.2K −18% −42% $444.6M 655 $111 76

Thu Oct 4 $82.0K +12% −23% $444.7M 655 $125 77

Fri Oct 5 #16 $179.2K +118% −18% $444.9M 575 $311 78

Sat Oct 6 #15 $295.3K +65% −22% $445.2M 575 $513 79

Sun Oct 7 #15 $200.0K −32% +4% $445.4M 575 $347 80

Mon Oct 8 $104.0K −48% +42% $445.5M 575 $180 81

Tue Oct 9 $74.9K −28% −16% $445.5M 575 $130 82

Wed Oct 10 $71.9K −4% −2% $445.6M 575 $124 83

Thu Oct 11 $68.2K −5% −17% $445.7M 575 $118 84

Fri Oct 12 $150.0K +120% −16% $445.8M 465 $322 85

Sat Oct 13 $230.6K +54% −22% $446.1M 465 $496 86

Sun Oct 14 $130.7K −43% −35% $446.2M 465 $281 87

Mon Oct 15 $47.1K −64% −55% $446.2M 465 $101 88

Tue Oct 16 $52.7K +12% −30% $446.3M 465 $113 89

Wed Oct 17 $51.1K −3% −29% $446.4M 465 $109 90

Thu Oct 18 $53.7K +5% −21% $446.4M 465 $115 91

Fri Oct 19 $105.9K +97% −29% $446.5M 345 $306 92

Sat Oct 20 $160.4K +51% −30% $446.7M 345 $464 93

Sun Oct 21 $93.3K −42% −29% $446.8M 345 $270 94

Mon Oct 22 $28.5K −69% −39% $446.8M 345 $82 95

Tue Oct 23 $36.1K +27% −32% $446.8M 345 $104 96

Wed Oct 24 $32.5K −10% −36% $446.9M 345 $94 97

Thu Oct 25 $33.3K +3% −38% $446.9M 345 $96 98

Fri Oct 26 $79.0K +137% −25% $447.0M 291 $271 99

Sat Oct 27 $117.3K +48% −27% $447.1M 291 $402 100

Sun Oct 28 $67.6K −42% −28% $447.2M 291 $232 101

Mon Oct 29 $24.1K −64% −15% $447.2M 291 $82 102

Tue Oct 30 $26.5K +10% −27% $447.2M 291 $91 103

Wed Oct 31 $25.0K −6% −23% $447.2M 291 $85 104

Thu Nov 1 $27.5K +10% −18% $447.3M 291 $94 105

Fri Nov 2 $70.9K +158% −10% $447.3M 291 $243 106

Sat Nov 3 $120.4K +70% +3% $447.5M 291 $413 107

Sun Nov 4 $68.4K −43% +1% $447.5M 291 $235 108

Mon Nov 5 $28.1K −59% +16% $447.5M 291 $96 109

Tue Nov 6 $23.0K −18% −13% $447.6M 291 $79 110

Wed Nov 7 $23.2K +1% −7% $447.6M 291 $79 111

Thu Nov 8 $19.1K −18% −31% $447.6M 291 $65 112

Fri Nov 9 $42.0K +121% −41% $447.7M 243 $173 113

Sat Nov 10 $66.3K +58% −45% $447.7M 243 $272 114

Sun Nov 11 $41.7K −37% −39% $447.8M 243 $171 115

Mon Nov 12 $21.7K −48% −23% $447.8M 243 $89 116

Tue Nov 13 $10.6K −51% −54% $447.8M 243 $43 117

Wed Nov 14 $10.1K −5% −56% $447.8M 243 $41 118

Thu Nov 15 $10.8K +7% −43% $447.8M 243 $44 119

Fri Nov 16 $26.2K +142% −38% $447.8M 160 $163 120

Sat Nov 17 $41.9K +60% −37% $447.9M 160 $261 121

Sun Nov 18 $25.2K −40% −40% $447.9M 160 $157 122

Mon Nov 19 $11.3K −55% −48% $447.9M 160 $70 123

Tue Nov 20 $14.1K +24% +33% $447.9M 160 $88 124

Wed Nov 21 $14.8K +5% +46% $448.0M 108 $136 125

Thu Nov 22 $12.5K −15% +15% $448.0M 108 $115 126

Fri Nov 23 $28.2K +125% +8% $448.0M 108 $260 127

Sat Nov 24 $29.1K +3% −31% $448.0M 108 $269 128

Sun Nov 25 $13.2K −54% −48% $448.0M 108 $122 129

Mon Nov 26 $3.7K −72% −68% $448.0M 108 $33 130

Tue Nov 27 $4.3K +18% −69% $448.0M 108 $40 131

Wed Nov 28 $4.1K −6% −73% $448.0M 108 $37 132

Thu Nov 29 $6.5K +61% −48% $448.1M 108 $60 133

Fri Nov 30 $12.1K +86% −57% $448.1M 80 $151 134

Sat Dec 1 $18.8K +55% −35% $448.1M 80 $234 135

Sun Dec 2 $10.0K −47% −25% $448.1M 80 $124 136

Mon Dec 3 $3.2K −68% −12% $448.1M 80 $40 137

Tue Dec 4 $3.2K n/c −26% $448.1M 80 $40 138

Wed Dec 5 $3.1K −5% −25% $448.1M 80 $38 139

Thu Dec 6 $3.0K n/c −53% $448.1M 80 $38 140

Fri Dec 7 $7.1K +134% −41% $448.1M 62 $114 141

Sat Dec 8 $11.4K +60% −39% $448.1M 62 $183 142

Sun Dec 9 $5.9K −48% −41% $448.1M 62 $94 143

Mon Dec 10 $1.9K −67% −41% $448.1M 62 $30 144

Tue Dec 11 $2.1K +10% −35% $448.1M 62 $33 145

Wed Dec 12 $2.1K −2% −33% $448.1M 62 $33 146

Thu Dec 13 $2.4K +17% −21% $448.1M 62 $38 147

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$443.6M

Jul 19Aug 6Aug 23Sep 10Sep 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$160.9M

$62.1M

$35.7M

$19.0M

$11.0M

$7.2M

$6.1M

$3.2M

$2.2M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,404 → 948 −78.5%

3,825 open948 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.0%

−61.4%

W1→2

−42.5%

W2→3

−46.9%

W3→4

−42.0%

W4→5

−34.4%

W5→6

−15.3%

W6→7

−47.4%

W7→8

−32.2%

W8→9

−42.0%

W9→10

Steepest −61.4%Best hold −15.3%

Run milestones

$400M in 29 days

$100M

Day 2

Jul 21

$200M

Day 6

Jul 25

$300M

Day 12

Jul 31

$400M

Day 29

Aug 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#6 Biggest July openingsAll-time $160.9M #12 Biggest superhero filmsAll-time $448.1M #19 Biggest PG-13-rated openingsAll-time $160.9M #20 All-time PG-13-rated domesticAll-time $448.1M #24 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $160.9M #34 Biggest domestic runsAll-time $448.1M

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