Dark Knight Rises is the 10th Highest Grossing Movie of All Time

Dark Knight Rises is now in the top ten highest grossing pictures of all time.  The movie has passed the $600 million mark. The success of the movie continues globally where it has earned $1.041 billion.  All these figures make this movie the 10th highest grossing movie of all time. 

A quick ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ box office update for ya! The Wrap bring word that the exhilarating conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman saga has passed the hefty $600 million mark at the international box office, having earned $603 million – well ahead of the $469.7 million international haul of ’The Dark Knight.’ 

As of Sunday, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ has earned $437.8 million at the US box office for a worldwide box office total of $1.041 billion. The two previous Dark Knight instalments, ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Dark Knight,’ ended their theatrical runs at $372,710,015 and $1,001,921,825 global totals, respectively. ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is currently the 10th highest grossing movie of all time at the worldwide box office, just behind the $1,043.9 billion that ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides′ made in 2011. It has also become the 8th highest grossing movie of all time in the US, trailing the $441,2 million haul of ‘Shrek 2.’

The Dark Knight Rises’ sees Christian Bale returning to the dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman alongside series regulars Commissioner Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), and Alfred (Michael Caine). Newcomers to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy include Anne Hathaway’s Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s John Blake, Marion Cotillard’s Miranda Tate, Matthew Modine’s Foley, Ben Mendelsohn’s Daggett, and Tom Hardy’s dastardly, physically imposing and oddly charismatic villain, Bane.  The story for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is set eight years after Batman took the fall for Two Face’s crimes in ‘The Dark Knight.’ It sees the Caped Crusader resurface to protect a city that brands him an enemy as a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham’s finest.


Judging by films stunning trailers, its marketing campaign, the first-rate cast, and most importantly; the two previous installments in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight saga, ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Dark Knight,’ I always expected something rather special from ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ Thankfully, for me, it delivered – big time! 

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