Fourth No. 1 helps make film the third-biggest of all time
"The Dark Knight" ruled the North American boxoffice for a fourth weekend on Sunday to go the third-biggest movie of all time.
The Batman sequel earned an estimated $26 million during the trio days outset on Friday, distributor Warner Bros. Pictures said, taking its total to $441.5 one thousand thousand after 24 days.
It now ranks at No. 3 on the all-time list, behind "Titanic" with $601 million and "Star Wars" with $461 million.
But adjusted for inflation, the gross revenue of "The Dark Knight" rank more modestly at No. 49, according to tracking form Box Office Mojo. The 1939 epical "Gone With the Wind" wins by that meter with $1.4 one thousand million in today's dollars.
Warner Bros., a whole of Time Warner, said it expects "Dark Knight" to remainder up with about $520 million.
The weekend's No. 2 slot went to the new Columbia Pictures freeing "Pineapple Express" with $22.4 million.
The stoner drollery undoubtedly would have been No. 1 had the unit of Sony Corp not opted to open the picture two days earlier than usual on Wednesday to maximize sales during the school holidays. The five-day total for the Seth Rogen plastic film stands at $40.5 million.
Another Wednesday opener was "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," which came in at No. 4 with $10.8 million for the weekend. The Warner Bros dramatic event has a five-day haul of $19.7 million.
Its 2005 predecessor, released ahead America Ferrera and Blake Lively became stars with their various TV shows "Ugly Betty" and "Gossip Girl," earned $9.8 million during its first base three days.
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