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Article: `Dark Knight' stays on top with $26M

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Batman continues flying high at the box office.

"The Dark Knight" took in $26 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for the fourth straight weekend, beating the 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 charts with $441.5 million, behind only "Titanic" ($600.8 million) and the original "Star Wars" ($461 million).

The last movie to remain No. 1 for four consecutive weekends was "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in late 2003 and 2004, ...

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