sapphi_snake said:
The reason why TDK grossed so "little" in foreign markets wasn't because those markets weren't big enough, but because Batman has never been popular outside the US. TDK did "poorly" comapred to other big blockbusters (both released before it, and even in the same year) in foreign markets. All you have to do is check out Box Office Mojo's chartes, and you'll see that even movies as old as Jurassic Park did better. So what if Nolan directed Inception? TDKR isn't Inception, it's a Batman movie. There's no way TDKR will gross $700 mln. outside of the US (and I don'teven think it will top the first one in the US either), and I'll be happy to tell you "I told you so" this time next year. As fot the finale factor, it's much stronger for HP, a series based on books which people nowadays have grown up with, and is the most successful movie franchise ever. This is also the end of the series, while TDKR is just the last Batman movie Nolan is directing (heck, up 'till you just mentioned it now, I wasn't even thinking of TDKR as a "finale", and I'm sure many others won't either). There will be other Batman movies released in the future, which will lessen the "finale effect" for the TDKR. |
Haha,that's right.And that's why TDKR will do amazing numbers OS next year,foreign markets have just discovered Batman.Batman Begins did a poor $167M,and then TKD almost TRIPLED that,shows how much interest has grown over 3 years.
4 years after TDK,TDKR should at least increase $200M-$250M OS.
TDKR will be marketed as the last movie in the trilogy,and thats what counts for the casual crowd.Guys like you and me know that there are going to be more Batman movies,but it won't be anytime soon.
I would bet a damn finger that TDKR beats HP7-2.Damn freaking wizard