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The Dark Knight Rises outpacing The Avengers according to Fandango – Advanced Ticket Sales Selling out across the country
Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises Currently on Track to Become One of Fandango’s Top-Selling Movies of All Time
LOS ANGELES — July 19, 2012 –Fandango reports that “The Dark Knight Rises,” on the eve of its opening weekend, is outpacing the summer blockbuster “The Avengers” in ticket sales at the same point in the sales cycle. The final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy has sold out on Fandango more than 2,000 showtimes nationwide and it’s currently on track to become one of Fandango’s top-selling movies of all time.
“Thursday’s ticket sales are incredibly strong, as film fans are flocking to
Fandango to guarantee their seats for the film’s opening weekend,” says Rick Butler, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Fandango. “The IMAX showtimes are particular fast-sellers, as almost every one of our Thursday midnight IMAX showtimes have been sold out. The good news is that theater owners are continually posting new showtimes on Fandango to meet the fan demand, so tickets are still available.”
“The Dark Knight Rises” currently accounts for 91% of daily ticket sales, selling out coast-to-coast from big cities like New York and Los Angeles, to smaller towns like Sunrise, Florida to Puyallup, Washington. The film also promises to be one of Fandango’s all-time top mobile ticket-sellers, with nearly 30% of the site’s fans on Thursday using Fandango’s mobile site and apps to buy their tickets in advance.
Fandango is currently featuring a wealth of editorial content on “The Dark Knight Rises” at http://www.fandango.com/thedarkknightrises/movieguide, from exclusive video interviews with the film’s stars including Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway, premiere videos and photos, free music downloads, prize pack giveaways, and “The Dark Knight Rises” Virtual Theater — where fans can win a movie tickets for a year at http://www.facebook.com/fandango.
Earlier in the week, Fandango surveyed more than a thousand “Dark Knight Rises” ticket-buyers, and found that 97% said the darker tone made them more interested in seeing the movie. In addition, 89% claimed the new villain, Bane, made them excited to see the film; 72% consider themselves fans of director Christopher Nolan; and 62% said they’re anxious to see it because more than an hour of the film was shot in IMAX.
Earlier this month, Fandango announced it had achieved its best quarter in the company’s 12-year history, with a 28% year-over-year surge in second quarter ticket sales, a 26% year-over-year increase in second quarter traffic, and its highest number of mobile tickets sold in one quarter, with mobile purchases up 107% year-over-year. In addition to record-setting ticket sales for “The Avengers,” Fandango also signed new distribution deals with AOL’s Moviefone, MSN and Yahoo, as well as AMC Theatres, Regency Theatres, and a long-term renewal with Carmike Cinemas.
Breakout
Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination, sells tickets to nearly 20,000 screens nationwide. Fandango entertains and informs consumers with reviews, commentary, celebrity interviews and trailers, and offers the ability to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and conveniently buy tickets in advance. At many theaters, fans can print their tickets at home or receive them as a paperless Mobile Ticket on their smartphones.
Fandango is available online at http://www.fandango.com, via smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, and at 1-800-FANDANGO. Fandango’s top-ranking movie ticketing apps, with over 25 million downloads, are available on the iPhone and iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 and many other platforms. Fandango is enjoyed by 35 million online and mobile visitors per month. Film fans find Fandango on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fandango and on Twitter @Fandango.
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012
Legendary Live Stream lets fans visit the TDKR Red Carpet Premiere
The Dark Knight Rises had its world premiere tonight in New York, the real Gotham City, at AMC Lincoln Square Theater which will go into full release July 20th.
Actors Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman as well as director Christopher Nolan, brother and co-writer Jonathan Nolan, composer Hans Zimmer and others dazzled on the red carpet.
“Yeah, it’s bittersweet, but I think though that Chris is such a good storyteller, if he says it’s the right time to finish, it’s the right time to finish,” Bale told E! News at the premiere. “It’s nice to leave when we’re out on top instead of leaving people wanting less.”
Fans who were unable to attend in person could enjoy a live video stream on the Legendary Pictures website. Some of the twitter feed focused on early negative reviews at Rotten Tomatoes (“This is why we can’t have nice things”) but most fans were focused on the celebs, and certainly the fashions. Some of the women were understandably partisan on the relative merits of Anne Hathaway and Marion Cotillard.
“Anne Hathaway’s a vision in something white with a grecian back but didn’t catch the designer.”
“Figured the french woman would dress better”
“”Hate to be catty but Marion Cotillard is a fashion don’t on The Dark Knight Rises Premiere red carpet. Silhouette of a… paper doll?”
“yeah, not loving that white swan dress on her.”
via Twitter
While others noted Hathaway – delightfully long-haired in TDKR – now has her hair cropped uber-short for her next role as Fantine in Les Miserables.
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, released by Warner Bros. July 2012
The Dark Knight Rises Official Movie Trailer 3
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012.
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Top Posts of the Week: From Oh So Sexy Anne Hathaway to Oh So Hepburn Selina Kyle, with Oh So Green Kim Kardashian in between, this week was all about the women of Gotham
The women of Gotham City dominated this week’s top posts, from Anne Hathaway’s ever popular runway appearance in a see-through blouse to Kim Kardashian dressed as an Uma Thurman Poison Ivy last halloween to Selina Kyle’s “Very Hepburn” appearance on the set in haute couture chanel, so classy no one could decide if it was more Katherine or Audrey…
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- Overheard on the Social Networks: Selina Kyle is “Very Hepburn”
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The Dark Knight Rises TKTS On Sale and SELLING OUT | Digg Movies
The moment we’ve all anticipated since the revelation of the full-length trailer for The Dark Knight Rises has arrived: showtimes and availability. Fandango has already starting pre-sales for the 2012 summer blockbuster for both regular and IMAX screenings. In New York, tickets for TDKR midnight opening (Thursday 19) are available at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 theater. San Francisco crowds might want to look up showtimes for the Metreon 16, Los Angeles moviegoers should look into the AMC CityWalk.
Yea, only three theaters at the moment have been disclosed, but keep tabs on Fandango within the next couple of weeks. Either way, if you’re up to skipping work the following day, jump at the opportunity to snag tickets for the midnight showing ASAP!
Here’s the film’s official synopsis:
Every hero has a journey. Every journey has an end. Christopher Nolan returns to complete the epic Gotham trilogy that launched with Batman Begins and reached the stratosphere with the billion-dollar blockbuster The Dark Knight.
Batman is now hunted by the law led by his friend Commisioner Gordon for taking the blame of Harvey Dent’s murders and protecting his reputation. He must quickly deal with the arrival of new villain Bane who is bent on the destruction and chaos of Gotham City, face old wounds and get a handle on the enigmatic Selina Kyle before his city is lost for good.
Oscar Winner Christian Bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman for the third time along with stars Michael Caine as Alfred, Gary Oldman as Commisioner Gordon and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. Inception stars Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt join the cast as WayneEnterprise board member Miranda Tate and Gotham Cop John Blake. Rounding out the cast are Anne Hathaway as the sleek Selina Kyle and Tom Hardy as the powerful villain Bane.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Christopher Nolan film, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Nolan directed the film from a screenplay written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan are the producers, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull serving as executive producers. “The Dark Knight Rises” is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.
“Sorry to spoil things, boys…” Did LA Times overstep on Anne Hathaway Catwoman interview?
LA Times Online’s “Hero Complex” is running an interview with Anne Hathaway where she “Talks The Dark Knight Rises Catwoman.” As was noted on Twitter, what she actually does is perhaps more reminiscent of her Princess Diaries past, for as was said of the late Princess Diana, she demonstrates the art of saying (almost) nothing with great distinction.
Hathaway talks about the origin of her character in Batman #1 (and narrowly misses insulting Bob Kane in the process!) and its inspiration in screen actress Hedy Lamarr, said to be the most beautiful woman of her day, how she studied the actress for her performance, etc. Standard actress stuff. She repeats her defense of the disappointing costume, but she reveals no specifics about her character or the plot. She merely makes general comments about Selina and her ties to Gotham City, and how any individual Catwoman ties to a creator’s version of the city.
Hathaway herself spoils nothing. LA Times columnist Geoff Boucher, on the other hand, describes a scene and plot point in detail. He opens with it so you’ve read it before you knew what was coming. (An advisory has since been added to the top of the article.)
Could Warner Bros., Christopher Nolan and producers have known this was coming when they gave him access?
Readers are advised to avoid this interview and remain unspoiled, but if you absolutely must, follow the link to the full Hero Complex material.
Dark Knight Rises’ star Anne Hathaway: ‘Gotham City is full of grace’
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012
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The Dark Knight Rises Trailer shatters records with 12.5 million first day downloads #itunes #TDKR
Excited about The Dark Knight Rises trailer? You’re not alone.
A press release from Warner Bros. declares that the new trailer was viewed more than 12.5 million times in its first 24 hours, shattering the record for most combined downloads through the iTunes Movie Trailers site and the iTunes Trailers iOS app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Now “Shattering records” is a common term for this sort of thing, but Warner Bros is specific:
“breaking the previous record by well over two million”
The fire is rising indeed.
Savvy watchers are giving a lot of the credit to the “Big 3″ approach. The appeal of this movie is Batman, Catwoman and Bane. The Bane-heavy prologue was thrilling, but there was no taste of Batman, only a fleeting shot of Bale in the batsuit and a similar shot of Anne Hathaway’s Selina Kyle and Catwoman in costume.
The Official Trailer remedied that, putting the emphasis where it belongs, on the Big 3.
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012.
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The Dark Knight Rises Official Movie Trailer
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012.
See the teaser trailer:
The Epic Conclusion to The Dark Knight Saga
Script pages from The Dark Knight Rises “leaked” (Not exactly, but they’re letting us know what Bane was saying)
There was a dirty little secret about the Operation Early Bird that gave lucky viral participants the chance to see the prologue for The Dark Knight Rises days before the rest of the world. We were all honor bound to love it but, well, the truth is, we couldn’t understand a word Bane was saying. Warner Bros. noticed and we hope that means the problem will be fixed in the rest of the film.
In the mean time, the script has been released leaked so fans can go on being excited without risking embarrassing questions.
Now look, if you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and DON’T READ IT. WATCH – not some leaked copy online when it comes out but on the BIG SCREEN. But if you have seen it, and you want to know what Bane is saying, read on…
via script pages from the Dark Knight Rises have leaked
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012.
Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: More pics from TDKR location shooting in NYC, LA and Pittsburgh
Everyone who is anyone knows Gotham City is New York, but creating the imagery for The Batman’s City is too big a job for one city to handle. Christopher Nolan primarily used Chicago for the first two films, but for The Dark Knight Rises has used parts of London, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and of course Manhattan.
Below find assorted pictures from the multi-city location shooting to supplement those archived elsewhere throughout this blog.
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012
The Dark Knight Rises Prologue: Leaked and Plugged
It was bound to happen, last night The Daily Blam in between the official Nolan screenings of The Dark Knight Rises prologue and the first Operation Early Bird advanced screenings, the 6-minutes of footage from the start of 2012′s most anticipated movie was leaked online by The Daily Blam. Warner Bros. has since had it removed, and while we at Gotham Trending play the spoiler game as much as any fans, we applaud their swift action. This material should be seen by everybody on the big screen the first time around, as the makers intended.
The Dark Knight viral in 2007 did release the Joker robbing Gotham National Bank sequence online as part of the complex alternate reality game, but only after viewers had the opportunity of seeing it on I Am Legend.
The general public may see The Dark Knight Rises prologue on IMAX screens showing Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol beginning Friday, December 16
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012
The Dark Knight Rises: New Poster and a menu on Official Website
There is a new poster on the official website of The Dark Knight Rises, introducing a new image, that of a shattered batman mask. Most sites reporting it are, predictably, jumping to wild conclusions about its meaning but there is one valid conclusion to be drawn: the image will feature in the 6-minute prologue to be featured on IMAX screens showing Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and which can be previewed by lucky pass-holders from the viral Operation Early Bird.
The Dark Knight Rises, Official Poster, Warner Bros.
In all the excitement over the image, not all sites and viewers have noticed that there is now a menu on the site, which currently features downloads of both posters and the trailer, but which will presumably have future offerings as the rollouts continue.
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012
Operation Early Bird = Early Viewing
Those where were indeed “early birds” saw a countdown clock at operationearlybird.com and seem to have fared a bit better getting forwarded to the actual event once the countdown reached zero. Many on twitter were saying the servers had crashed or reporting an empty screen while others shared screen captures like this:
via twitpic
Those approaching with a hardcore alternate reality game mentality missed out though, scanning the CIA memos for codes and clues to coordinates about the missing scientist, a la the puzzzles solved in the Dark Knight viral 3 years ago. All players were expected to do was zoom in on their own area and they would see an invitation/link to the nearest IMAX theater for an advanced screening of the TDKR prologue, a full three days before its official release on IMAX prints of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
The Prologue to TDKR is expected to be the first six minutes of the movie, a la Joker’s robbery of Gotham National Bank in The Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012
Wayne Enterprises on Fifth Avenue
AP Photo/Darla Khazei
(AP) – The entrance to Trump Tower, renamed Wayne Enterprises, is shown on Fifth Avenue, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in New York. The building, or at least this one entrance, will stand in for part of the new Wayne Enterprises HQ in The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment in his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/Batman), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard.
Many cities, including London, Pittsburgh, and parts of Los Angeles have stood in for sections of Gotham in this installment, while previous Nolan films have relied mostly on locations in Chicago. Since Gotham is New York City, it is fitting that at least some location shooting was finally done here.
Top Posts of the Week: Despite Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber’s best efforts, The Dark Knight Rises still dominates Gotham Trending
Despite Kim Kardashian’s Poison Ivy costume and Justin Bieber’s Batmobile, the top posts of the week were what we’ve come to expect: Anne Hathaway’s sexy best as Catwoman, Christian Bale’s Batman and Tom Hardy’s Bane of The Dark Knight Rises, assorted complaints about Arkham City struggling to be heard over the hype machine, and an understandable continued interest in Batman/Catwoman and Joker/Harley Cosplay at Comic-Con and an inexplicable continued interest in Riddler Converse.
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