By Ben Fritz

"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" opened to $166.1 million in the U.S. and Canada, slightly less than Warner Bros. estimated Sunday morning.

The downward revision in the opening-weekend numbers from the Time Warner Inc.-owned studio lowered the film's standing in the list of domestic movie openings. "Batman v Superman" now ranks as the seventh-biggest domestic opening of all time just behind Warner's own "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2." Based on the initial estimate of $170.1 million, it would have displaced the Harry Potter film at No. 6.

Including an international gross of $256.5 million, the superhero Battle Royal opened to $422.6 million globally, the fourth-biggest worldwide opening in box office history.

By Tuesday, "Batman v Superman" surpassed $500 million globally, reaching total ticket sales of $501.9 million, Warner said.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 30, 2016 14:59 ET (18:59 GMT)

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