LOS ANGELES (AP) – “The Dark Knight Rises” stayed atop the box office for the second straight weekend, surpassing $64 million. But it’s lagging behind the staggering numbers of its 2008 predecessor, “The Dark Knight.”

The final piece in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy has now grossed more than $289 million in its first 10 days in theaters. It dropped 60 percent from its opening weekend of $160.9 million.

By comparison, “The Dark Knight” took a 53 percent drop in its second weekend with a gross of nearly $75.2 million and a 10-day cumulative gross of $313.8 million.