Even though it is lagging behind the staggering numbers of its predecessor, 2008&rsquo;s &lsquo;The Dark Knight&rsquo;, the final piece in Christopher Nolan&rsquo;s Batman trilogy has now grossed more than 289 million dollars in its first 10 days in theatres. <img alt="The Dark Knight Rises" src="/imagedata/2012/jul/dark.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 504px; " /> The Dark Knight Rises. Pic/Santa Banta It dropped 60 percent from its opening weekend of 160.9 million dollars, the New York Post reported.u00a0By comparison, &lsquo;The Dark Knight&rsquo; took a 53 percent drop in its second weekend with a gross of nearly 75.2 million dollars and a 10-day cumulative gross of 313.8 million dollars. In second place this weekend was the animated family film &lsquo;Ice Age: Continental Drift&rsquo;, which is still going strong in its third week.u00a0It made 13.3 million dollars for a domestic total of nearly 114.9 million dollars. The fourth movie in the 20th Century Fox franchise features the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary and Queen Latifah. Both of the new movies in wide release opened weakly.u00a0The 20th Century Fox comedy &lsquo;The Watch&rsquo; came in third place with 13 million dollars.u00a0Big-name comic actors Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill play a group of guys who come together to form a neighbourhood watch; despite the star power, the film was panned critically, receiving only 14 percent positive reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes website. &lsquo;Step Up Revolution&rsquo;, the fourth film in the dance franchise, which is set in Miami this time, opened at number 4 with 11.8 million dollars.u00a0As for new movies in limited release, Fox Searchlight&rsquo;s &lsquo;Ruby Sparks&rsquo; grossed 151,881 dollars in 13 theatres for a strong per-screen average of 11,683 dollars. Since its opening Wednesday, it&rsquo;s made 191,717 dollars.u00a0The romantic comedy from the directors of &lsquo;Little Miss Sunshine&rsquo; stars Paul Dano as a novelist with writer&rsquo;s block who creates his dream girl, played by Zoe Kazan, who also wrote the script. The top 10 movies at the weekend box office were: The Dark Knight Rises &ndash; 64 million dollars Ice Age: Continental Drift &ndash; 13 million dollars The Watch &ndash; 13 million dollars Step Up Revolution &ndash; 11.8 million dollars Ted &ndash; 7.4 million dollars The Amazing Spider-Man &ndash; 6.8 million dollars Brave &ndash; 4.2 million dollars Magic Mike &ndash; 2.6 million dollars Savages &ndash; 1.8 million dollars Moonrise Kingdom &ndash; 1.4 million dollars

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'The Dark Knight Rises' managed to stay atop the box office for the second straight weekend, making just over 64 million dollars.

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