MUMBAI: The Dark Knight Rises generated an opening weekend box office of $23.8 million in 396 Imax theaters worldwide, a statement of the giant screen exhibitor reported.
Toronto-based Imax said that the Warner Bros. Pictures film grossed $19 million domestically from 332 Imax screens, for a per-screen average of $57,200.
The global per-screen average was $60,100. Internationally, The Dark Knight Rises earned $4.8 million in 64 Imax theatres, for a per-screen average of $75,000.
Warner Bros. had earlier said on Monday that Imax grossed $1.57 million on 19 screens in the UK, and another $758,000 from 10 screens in Korea. The film grossed $659,000 from 5 Imax screens in Australia, and $55,000 from two screens in Spain.
Imax has another 89 of its theatres that are set to start screening The Dark Knight Rising this week, with China yet to screen the action film.