The profit, which includes $19 million from 332 IMAX screens, is just slightly ahead of The Dark Knight‘s $158.3 million debut in 2008, and slightly behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2‘s $169.2 million in 2011.
Prognosticators said the film would finish somewhere between $180 and 200 million during its first three days, but the tragic shooting at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, on Friday may have dissuaded some moviegoers from heading out to the theater over the weekend.
Before any news of the tragedy had broken, midnight grosses for The Dark Knight Rises proved robust. The film earned $30.6 million at midnight, the second-best total ever behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2‘s $43.5 million midnight haul. The early gross was also substantially higher than The Avengers $18.7 million midnight bow.
Despite the drop of sales in the US movie sales remained strong especially in Asia, Korean moviegoers have already reported significant purchases for the movie going experience.
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