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'Bourne' Unseats 'Dark Knight'

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With a $40.3 million opening weekend.

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The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment in the spy franchise, overtook The Dark Knight Rises on Sunday with $40.3 million in its opening weekend. Coming in second place is The Campaign with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis at $27.4 million. The third Batman flick was pushed from three weeks at No. 1 to third place, earning $19.5 million and a total of $400 million so far. Turns out Matt Damon isn't being missed too badly—seems the audience likes Jeremy Renner.

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