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The Dark Knight Rises

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

The legend ends.

The Dark Knight Rises Box Office

Opening Weekend
$161M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$448M
Final
Worldwide Total
$1.08B
$637M international
Domestic Legs2.79x
Budget$250M
2012 Rank#2
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 20-22 1 $160.89M $160.89M 4,404 $36.5K 1
Jul 27-29 1 $62.10M -61.4% $287.11M 4,404 $14.1K 2
Aug 3-5 1 $35.74M -42.5% $353.94M 4,242 $8.4K 3
Aug 10-12 3 $18.98M -46.9% $389.59M 3,690 $5.1K 4
Aug 17-19 6 $11.01M -42.0% $409.79M 3,157 $3.5K 5
Aug 24-26 5 $7.22M -34.4% $422.26M 2,606 $2.8K 6
Aug 31-Sep 2 7 $6.12M -15.3% $431.43M 2,187 $2.8K 7
Sep 7-9 10 $3.22M -47.4% $437.78M 1,987 $1.6K 8
Sep 14-16 11 $2.18M -32.2% $441.05M 1,581 $1.4K 9
Sep 21-23 14 $1.27M -42.0% $443.12M 948 $1.3K 10
Sep 28-30 16 $789K -37.7% $444.38M 655 $1.2K 11
Oct 5-7 15 $674K -14.6% $445.37M 575 $1.2K 12
Oct 12-14 16 $511K -24.2% $446.20M 465 $1.1K 13
Oct 19-21 19 $360K -29.7% $446.76M 345 $1.0K 14
Oct 26-28 20 $264K -26.6% $447.16M 291 $906 15
Nov 2-4 22 $230K -12.9% $447.52M 291 $789 16
Nov 9-11 28 $150K -34.7% $447.76M 243 $617 17
Nov 16-18 34 $93K -37.8% $447.91M 160 $583 18
Nov 23-25 43 $70K -24.5% $448.03M 108 $652 19

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byChristopher Nolan
ScreenplayChristopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
Produced byEmma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven
CinematographyWally Pfister
MusicHans Zimmer
StarringChristian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard
StudioWarner Bros.

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