I will just say it out loud “The Dark Knight Rises” may not succeed in the box office. I am sure that many Batman and Christopher Nolan fans would be crying out loud when they read this article. Also I am not exaggerating and I want the movie to succeed as well. These are just facts.
Some facts which are true :-
Even though I love the Batman series (both Batman begins and The Dark Knight) and an ardent fan of Christopher Nolan, I say this because there are a lot of factors which we should take into account between now and the time when the movie will be released. The movie will be released at a time where the box office will be full of Super Hero movies. Between now and July 2012 more than 20 Super Hero movies are getting released. This might be one of the main reasons why The Dark Knight Rises might fail. People may be bored by Super Hero movies by that time.
Peoples' Expectations:-
Also there is always something called “Expectations factor” which is both good but at the same time really dangerous. The amount expectations created by Christopher Nolan due to The Dark Knight and The Inception movie are huge. Hence we will be expecting a hell lot from this movie. If the movie fails to cater these expectations it might bomb at the Box Office. The very next factor is “Third movie curse”. This is true up to some extent as mostly all the third movie of a trilogy fails at box office except a very few like Toy Story 3 and The Lord of The Rings-Return of the king.
Villain Factor:-
The next is the Joker factor, I am sure everyone would agree that nobody can match Joker as the villain and this would be in the mind of the actor who will be casted as the villain of The Dark Knight Rises as well as in Nolan’s mind. So guys let’s hope that Christopher Nolan does a great Job and break in all these factors and give us a great movie that will be the greatest among the Batman Triology.