'Bourne,' 'Campaign' bump 'Batman' from No. 1 spot
Jeremy Renner attends 'The Bourne Legacy' Melbourne premiere at Village Cinemas, Crown Melbourne on August 8, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)
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Posted: 08/12/2012
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By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - "The Dark Knight Rises" has finally fallen out of first-place at the weekend box office.
Jeremy Renner's action tale "The Bourne Legacy" took over as the No. 1 movie with a $40.3 million debut.
And Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis' political comedy "The Campaign" opened at No. 2 with $27.4 million.
The new movies pushed "The Dark Knight Rises" down to third-place with $19.5 million, raising the superhero blockbuster's three-week domestic total to $390.1 million.
"The Dark Knight Rises" had been the No. 1 movie for three straight weekends since debuting amid tragedy as a gunman in Colorado killed 12 people and wounded 58 at a midnight screening of the film on opening day.
The violence seems to have had little or no effect on the runaway success of the Batman finale.
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