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‘Dark Knight’ on top for third straight week

LOS ANGELES

“The Dark Knight Rises” topped the box office for the third week in a row, making $36.4 million this past weekend.

The finale in Christopher Nolan’s epic Batman trilogy has now made nearly $355 million domestically alone, according to Sunday estimates from Warner Bros.

“Total Recall,” starring Colin Farrell in a new take on the thriller that provided Arnold Schwarzenegger with one of his best-loved actions roles in 1990, opened in second place with $26 million, Columbia Pictures said.

The Fox family comedy “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” debuted at No. 3 with $14.7 million.

Rounding out the top five are “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” $8.4 million, fourth place; and “The Watch,” $6.35 million, fifth place.

Eagles coach Reid’s oldest son found dead

BETHLEHEM, PA.

Garrett Reid, the oldest son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, was found dead Sunday morning in his room at the club’s training camp at Lehigh University. He was 29.

The police chief at Lehigh, Edward Shupp, said a 911 call was made at 7:20 a.m., and that Garrett Reid was dead when a policeman arrived at the campus dormitory. A cause of death has not been determined.

The 29-year-old Reid struggled with drug abuse for years and was imprisoned for a 2007 high-speed car crash in which another driver was injured. Police found heroin, which Reid admitted to using, and more than 200 pills in his car. When he surrendered to begin serving his sentence in that case, prison guards found Reid had tried to smuggle prescription pills into jail.

Associated Press