| pezus said: Great post, Allfreedom99, and I agree with most of it, but one thing you must also consider is that the Batman movies now have the reputation that they didn't quite have before TDK came out. Ok, Begins was good, but was it a one hit wonder? It turns out it wasn't and TDK was even better. This will draw more people to see this film, because they know it'll be great. Also, professional reviews don't affect opening weekend numbers much at all. |
I appreciate the compliment Pezus. And I do agree that now the Nolan version of Batman is much much more popular than it was before TDK now that most curious people got their taste of it. And I do think this will draw all or at least almost all of them back and probably some new people. TDK story was so good that it brought many people back to the theatres to see it more than once. Plus add the small factor of it being Heath Ledger's last full movie.
My thinking is that this one while it will be very excellent...im not convinced yet that it will have that affect at that level. It will still cause some people to see it more than once, but Im just not sure yet if it will really be as much as TDK had once they see the film and the mystery surrounding batman is revealed. I do think it has the potential to hit around $200 million opening weekend, but I have serious doubts it has potential to go much higher just for the fact that it would have to have the largest theatre opening in history and have many theatres sold out. Not having 3D will have an effect on the question whether it can surpass Avengers or not. I don't see that potential yet unless its revealed that it will be releasing to more than 4,600 theatres which would break the record for widest theatre release.
