'Dark Knight' rules second weekend

July 27, 2008 Warner Bros.' record-chomper "The Dark Knight" again ruled the boxoffice roost this weekend, with its estimated $75.6 million in second-session grosses pushing domestic cume above $300 million in a quickest-ever sprint of just 10 days. "Dark Knight" dropped 52% over its second weekend in release, marking a more modest decline than absorbed by many big action titles. In a limited bow this weekend, Miramax unspooled the Emma Thompson starrer "Brideshead Revisited" with 33 playdates and grossed $332,00, or an impressive theater average of $10,060, to demonstrate amply older moviegoers' appetite for well-executed summer counter-programming.

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