LOS ANGELES — “The Dark Knight” took in $26 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for the fourth straight weekend, beating the stoner comedy “Pineapple Express,” which opened in second place with $22.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The weekend haul lifted the Warner Bros. Batman sequel to No. 3 on the all-time domestic box-office chart with $441.5 million, behind only “Titanic” ($600.8 million) and the original “Star Wars” ($461 million). “The Dark Knight” should surpass “Star Wars” to become No. 2 on the revenue chart by this weekend. However, the numbers reflect today’s higher admission prices, and “The Dark Knight” will not approach “Star Wars” or “Titanic” in terms of actual number of tickets sold.
The weekend’s other wide release, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2,” opened at No. 4 with $10.8 million. The Associated Press
