“Dark Knight Rises” Batman flick tops U.S. box office with $160 mlnJuly 24, 2012 - 18:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - New Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises has topped the U.S. weekend box office charts, opening with receipts of just over $160 million, Digital Spy said. The film's opening takings confirm its position as the most successful 2D opening in since records began, exceeding the $158 million opening gross for The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight Rises also grossed $88 million in 17 territories worldwide, earning global takings of $249 million. The figures for The Dark Knight Rises were held back until July 23 out of respect for the victims of shooting at a Dark Knight Rises screening in Aurora, Colorado. The suspected gunman James Holmes appeared in court for the first time July 23 afternoon. Elsewhere, the top ten sees little change bar the re-entry of To Rome With Love in tenth place. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |