WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: 'Dark Knight' Rises Above 'The Watch' And 'Step Up'

The Dark Knight Rises dominated the box office in its third weekend of release, taking in $46 million in ticket sales, and soaring past the two major new releases, 20th Century Fox's The Watch and Summit's Step Up Revolution.

It was a tougher weekend to get people out to the movies when compared to the same period last summer. According to Deadline, domestic ticket sales were down nearly 22% factoring in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies on Friday night with the remaining repercussions from the Aurora, Colorado tragedy.

As of this weekend, Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight Rises has earned $289 million in domestic ticket sales in its first ten days of release. 2008's The Dark Knight had earned over $313 million in its first ten days. 

When combined with the $248.2 million overseas, TDKR's worldwide take is now over $537 million. It's also worth noting it has $38 million from IMAX screens, a nice haul coming from the extra prestige of nearly 72 minutes of the film shot in the format.

Ted holds on strong, with $7.4M this weekend. With a total of $193.7 million, the big 200 is well within reach for Seth MacFarlane's R-rated talking teddy bear comedy.

The Amazing Spider-Man, the other big screen superhero in the top ten, earned $7 million this weekend, and nearly $655 million worldwide since its July 3rd release.

1. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - Weekend Gross: $46M, Total: $289M
2. THE WATCH - Weekend Gross: $13.3M

3. ICE AGE 4  - Weekend Gross: $13.2M, Total: $114.8M
4. STEP UP REVOLUTION - Weekend Gross: $11.8M
5. TED - Weekend Gross: $7.4M, Total: $193.7M
6. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN - Weekend Gross: $7.0M, Total: $242.2M
7. BRAVE - Weekend Gross: $3.7M, Total: $216.7M

8. MAGIC MIKE - Weekend Gross $2.2M, Total: $107.2M

9. SAVAGES - Weekend Gross $1.5M, Total: $43.6M

10. MADEA'S WITNESS PROTECTION - Weekend Gross $1.2M, Total: $62.6M

SOURCES: Deadline, Box Office Mojo

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