Edging out its predecessor by $81 million on its original release, The Dark Knight Rises takes the top spot as the highest-grossing Batman film to date. Despite receiving a less warm critical reception than The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan saw out his trilogy with aplomb, and the movie racked up $1.08 billion worldwide.

As with The Dark Knight, records tumbled. Rises broke the IMAX opening weekend record and became the fastest movie ever to make $50 million in IMAX cinemas. At the time it was the seventh-highest-grossing movie ever and the thirteenth film in history to pass the $1 billion mark. Remarkably, three other films achieved the feat in the same year: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Skyfall and The Avengers.

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