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Call it official: The Dark Knight Rises has now earned more money at theaters than its predecessor, The Dark Knight. This weekend TDKR netted enough to push its worldwide gross to $1.005 billion dollars, $3 million dollars over the 2008 gross of The Dark Knight's $1.003 billion.

Of course, ticket prices have gone up in the four years since the release of The Dark Knight, and more screens are playing the IMAX versions of The Dark Knight Rises, further raising ticket prices.

Domestically, The Dark Knight Rises lags $102 million dollars behind the $533 million dollar gross of The Dark Knight. Nevertheless it's still the second-highest grossing domestic movie of the year, standing behind Marvel's The Avengers with its $619 million dollars earned to date.