#40 All-time worldwide

#3 2012 releases

Movie profile

The Dark Knight Rises

Name: The Dark Knight Rises
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2012-07-17
Duration: 165 min

2012 · 165 min · Syncopy

Action Crime Drama Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.08B

Budget $250.0M

Gross minus budget $831.0M

ROI 4.32x

Domestic gross

$432.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$648.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$121.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Dark Knight Rises ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #40 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #3 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #1 Syncopy of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Syncopy movie set. Franchise #1 The Dark Knight of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #26 Action of 2,974 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#37 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 · $1.12B #38 Skyfall 2012 · $1.11B #39 Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014 · $1.11B #41 Joker 2019 · $1.08B #42 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019 · $1.07B #43 Toy Story 4 2019 · $1.07B

Quick answer

How did The Dark Knight Rises (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) earned a reported $1.08B worldwide against a reported $250.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $831.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.32x. In this database it currently ranks #40 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #3 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,081,041,287
Budget: $250,000,000
Gross minus budget: $831,041,287
ROI: 4.32x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 17, 2012
Production: Syncopy, Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySyncopy FranchiseThe Dark Knight Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, The Dark Knight Rises is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from Syncopy. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.08B, reported production budget is $250.0M, gross-minus-budget is $831.0M, ROI is 4.32x. For comparison, it currently sits #40 all-time in the current chart set and #3 among 2012 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.