Movies
'Dark Knight' retains US box office lead
Published Monday, Jul 28 2008, 09:36 BST | By Simon Reynolds
The comic book sequel's $75.6 million take has broken the record for the highest grossing second weekend. The superhero film has already amassed $314 million at the US box office and will overtake Iron Man this week to become the biggest financial hit of the year.
The chart's two new entries, Step Brothers and The X Files: I Want To Believe, debuted at number two and number four respectively.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) The Dark Knight - $75,630,000
2. (-) Step Brothers - $30,000,000
3. (2) Mamma Mia! - $17,865,000
4. (-) The X Files: I Want To Believe - $10,200,000
5. (4) Journey To The Centre Of The Earth - $9,415,000
6. (3) Hancock - $8,200,000
7. (6) WALL-E - $6,349,000
8. (5) Hellboy II: The Golden Army - $4,934,000
9. (7) Space Chimps - $4,375,000
10. (8) Wanted - $2,727,000
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