User blog:Ceauntay/'Dark Knight' stays atop box office with $64M

LOS ANGELES - (AP) -- "The Dark Knight Rises" stayed atop the box office for the second straight weekend, making just over $64 million. But it's lagging behind the staggering numbers of its predecessor, 2008's "The Dark Knight."

The final piece in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy has now grossed more than $289 million in its first 10 days in theaters. It dropped 60 percent from its opening weekend of $160.9 million.

By comparison, "The Dark Knight" took a 53 percent drop in its second weekend with a gross of $75.17 million and a 10-day cumulative gross of $313.8 million.

Among the new arrivals in theaters, the sequel "iCarly: The Sequel" came second with $35.9 million. "Ice Age: Contiental Drift" continues in third with $13.3 million.

Bad news for two more rivals as they both rounded the top five. The comedy "The Watch" opened with $13 million at No. 4. And the dance sequel "Step Up: Revolution" opened at No. 5 with $11.8 million.

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