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The Dark Knight Rises

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

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Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$448M
Final
Opening Weekend
$161M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.79x
Opening → Total
Budget
$250M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$1.08B
$637M international
2012 Rank
#2
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 20-22 1 $160.9M $160.9M 4,404 $37K 1
Jul 27-29 London Olympics 1 $62.1M -61.4% $287.1M 4,404 $14K 2
Aug 3-5 London Olympics 1 $35.7M -42.5% $353.9M 4,242 $8K 3
Aug 10-12 London Olympics 3 $19.0M -46.9% $389.6M 3,690 $5K 4
Aug 17-19 6 $11.0M -42.0% $409.8M 3,157 $3K 5
Aug 24-26 5 $7.2M -34.4% $422.3M 2,606 $3K 6
Aug 31-Sep 2 7 $6.1M -15.3% $431.4M 2,187 $3K 7
Sep 7-9 10 $3.2M -47.4% $437.8M 1,987 $2K 8
Sep 14-16 11 $2.2M -32.2% $441.1M 1,581 $1K 9
Sep 21-23 14 $1.3M -42.0% $443.1M 948 $1K 10
Sep 28-30 16 $789K -37.7% $444.4M 655 $1K 11
Oct 5-7 15 $674K -14.6% $445.4M 575 $1K 12
Oct 12-14 16 $511K -24.2% $446.2M 465 $1K 13
Oct 19-21 19 $360K -29.7% $446.8M 345 $1K 14
Oct 26-28 20 $264K -26.6% $447.2M 291 $906 15
Nov 2-4 22 $230K -12.9% $447.5M 291 $789 16
Nov 9-11 28 $150K -34.7% $447.8M 243 $617 17
Nov 16-18 34 $93K -37.8% $447.9M 160 $583 18
Nov 23-25 43 $70K -24.5% $448.0M 108 $652 19

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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
StarringChristian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard
StudioWarner Bros.