The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises  breaks the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest record.

The Dark Knight Rises has earned $441,857,870 in North America, and $617,000,000 in other countries, as of September 20, 2012, summing up to a worldwide total of  $1,066,818,000 . Worldwide, it is the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time and the second-highest-grossing film of 2012. It had a worldwide opening weekend of $248.9 million. The film set a worldwide IMAX opening-weekend record with $23.8 million (previously held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2)and also broke the record for the fastest movie to make over $50 million in IMAX theatres. IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond explained this by claiming, "Audiences are clearly seeking out and embracing the film the way it was meant to be seen – in IMAX." On the 2012 Labor Day weekend, it became the third film distributed by Warner Bros. and the thirteenth film in cinematic history to cross the $1 billion mark. The film also became the second movie (after Avatar) to reach $100 million in worldwide IMAX grosses.