Dark Knight Rises Tops Box Office for Third Week

The remake of Total Recall wasn't powerful enough to wipe the memory of The Dark Knight Rises from audiences' minds. Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy capper topped the domestic weekend box office for the third straight weekend.

The Dark Knight Rises' current domestic total is $354.6 million. It's made almost $25 million more overseas so far to bring its current worldwide cume to $733 million.

Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak:

1. The Dark Knight Rises $36.4 million

2. Total Recall $26 million

3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days $14.7 million

4. Ice Age: Continental Drift $8.4 million

5. The Watch $6.4 million

6. Ted $5.5 million

7. Step Up Revolution $5.3 million

8. The Amazing Spider-Man $4.3 million

9. Brave $2.9 million

10. Magic Mike $1.4 million

Check out last week's Keepin' It Reel podcast to see how we fared with our box office predictions!

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Christopher Eccleston Cast as Malekith in Thor 2

Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston has been cast as the primary villain Thor: The Dark World.

Deadline claims the 28 Days Later and Shallow Grave actor will play Malekith the Accursed in the Marvel sequel. Eccleston is no stranger to comic book-oriented fare having played Destro in G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra and having a stint on the TV series Heroes.

Malekith the Accursed is the leader of the dark elves of Svartalfheim, who in the comics stole the Casket of Ancient Winters. (The casket can be seen in the first Thor movie.) Malekith also had a badass servant, Kurse, who ultimately turned on Malekith and killed him. The Malekith and Casket of Ancient Winters storyline was adapted for an episode of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Mads Mikkelsen was initially approached for the role, but had to bow out due to scheduling.

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