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title: Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight Rises Generates Opening Weekend Box Office Results Of $23.8 Million In IMAX® Theatres Worldwide
publisher: "IMAX"
description: "Film Grosses $19 Million in IMAX Theatres Domestically LOS ANGELES , July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Warner Bros . Pictures today announced that The Dark Knight Rises (Rated PG-13) has generated approximately $23.8 million in 396 IMAX® theatres worldwide,"
canonical: "https://www.imax.com/pr/warner-bros-dark-knight-rises-generates-opening-weekend-box"
date: 2012-07-23
last_updated: 2012-07-24
---

Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight Rises Generates Opening Weekend Box Office Results Of $23.8 Million In IMAX® Theatres Worldwide
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Mon, Jul 23, 2012

**Film Grosses $19 Million in IMAX Theatres Domestically**

LOS ANGELES, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that _The Dark Knight Rises_ (Rated PG-13) has generated approximately $23.8 million in 396 IMAX® theatres worldwide, resulting in a global IMAX per-screen average of approximately $60,100.

(Logo: [http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO](http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO) )

Domestically, the film grossed $160.887 million, of which approximately $19 million was generated in 332 IMAX® theaters for an IMAX per-screen average of $57,200. 

Internationally, the film earned approximately $4.8 million in 64 IMAX theatres for an IMAX per-screen average of more than $75,000, with an additional 89 IMAX theatres set to begin opening this week.

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