My opinion on why we have not heard any TDKR news lately, and a Box Office Prediction

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@yossarian you cite a valid point!

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The marketing plan for TKDR is pretty much following the same schedule the TDK one did, just without all the viral marketing, which only the hardcore fanbase knew about anyway. TDK did get a lot of publicity in January when Ledger died, but that's not marketing.

Heath Ledger's Death has not only benefited TDK but also TDKR.. Because people are talkin bout Heath Even after 3 odd yrs after his death.. He's Raised the bar.. And ppl will come in to see them fulfilled..

@hatrick3: I don't expect that to be a big competitor, sorry. It might be good but the teaser left a bitter taste in my mouth and the trailer looked nice but it wasn't THAT amazing.

Alot of people are forgetting that TDKR comes out nearly three months after Avengers. Ads right now would just be white noise and forgoten by the end of july and wouldn't be money well spent, which is the main goal, to make money, not so much the bragging rights of who made more.

IM53, thanks! I for one can only get overly excited and geeked out for one big movie at a time. There's going to be plenty of time to be impatient about TDKR after the Avengers high has worn off. Personally, more stoked for Avengers, but no way am i going to miss batman either.

Strategy. That's what this is. While Avengers keeps giving more and more away, TDKR is keeping silent so everyone will learn to... SWEAR TO ME!!!!!!

@PeterParker1991 I agree with you!

@NOLANITE Totally agree with your theory!

@Everyone Else. If you have seen my posts on the Avengers articles you will realize I am not a perpetrator of these so called Marvel VS DC wars. I am excited for both films.. I just think that One (The Avengers) has a disadvantage of being the first of its kind, while the other (TDKR) Has an advantage of having a great reputation left by its predecessor. No doubt the Avengers will get there in their sequel. But this summer, The Bat takes it... According to me that is..

So Incredible Hulk does 250million, Captain America close to 400million, Iron man 550-700 depending on which source, Thor just shy of 500Million...Yeah the avengers will make Just 250-Million. Well worked out Nolanite.

Notice you cannot get a "DC-ite" because aside from the first Superman film only Batman has made them any money or garnered any acclaim. Nolan doesn't even try to re-create characters from the comics , he just makes his own to fit in his own world.

Marvel have managed to make independant films of independant characters who SHARE the same Universe. They are now putting them in ONE film. Unheard of, un-paralleled and simply immense. Where all the characters are pretty much lifted straight off the comic book - a few costume changes perhaps.

Comic-books aren't meant to be an embarassment - yet we have Nolan pretty much dismissing them - hence we now have a Hispanic 7ft Bane with Hulk like strength being changed to a 5ft British Midget with a throat problem. If it wasn't for a fantastic ensemble cast, both of Nolans films would be terrible. Begins is definitely bad except for Liam Neeson. But I love Batman so watched it.

I got caught up in hype and have said on this site, TDK is the best CBM ever...then I tried watching that fi. lm again and realised it drags in and actually left me bored and annoyed at a terrible plot , I mean this whole business of "Hero gotham deserves but doesn't need right now", Batman taking the Rap for a few cop murders and Dents murder when they could've just said Joker did it...coz there was only three witnesses that it was Dent. Christian Bale is a terrible Batman (surely this is a universal feeling). Keaton totally nailed the part.

How about we as the CBM-community support the business of making these movies instead of this tribalism of Nolan vs Marvel or whatever, I went to see Green Lantern just hoping that my ticket price would at least mingle in with a few thousand others to try to indicate to movie studios that the CBM's arent a flash in the pan, but a legitimate genre, not confined to just the more famous characters.

Some people have to realise that studios will drop these movies if they see a dip in others. If say Ironman 3 falters, no matter how good Superman is, theyll restrict the money for a sequel and we will get a poorer movie as a result, they might decide its too risky to go with superman 2 and that it was just the right time for a movie but now it's too risky for a superhero movie..

@Nolanite That would be just plain cold on WB/WC's part.. lol

I see what your doing now Nolanite, your probably an Uber-marvel fan trying to make yourself so ridiculous that people can point to you in arguments and say "Nolanites are trolls, look at the dude whos called himself Nolanite" - and then the cycle repeats instead of just supporting CBM's.
Mystery Men? - think that comment alone proves your a trolling fool.

May the 4th is an absolutely prime date in the calendar for blockbuster films. Lets not forget also, The Avengers trailer is the most downloaded trailer, beating TDKR. Soooooo, stating obvious is something you shouldnt do since you have missed the obvious by a long way. Especially with your estimates on how much it wil make.

I doubt however, that Inception is going to make people go and see Batman. I think people go to see Batman because its part of the culture and has been since the camp 60s show. The only reason filming hasn't been continuous is through Batman and Robin - it put people off. Not coz the acting was bad, but because the story was shit and characters didnt have any - character.

I can't recall ever watching Buffy and now that Joss Whedon is the avengers director, im still not going to watch Buffy. I don't watch James Bond because Sam Mendes is the director, I watch it coz it's James Bond. I think most people are like that. I mean really do you think most people watched Avatar because Jim cameron directed it or because it was something never done before? So please since you are a Nolanite, leave other franchises alone and keep your version of "the obvious" to yourself. Thanks.

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