The Dark Knight Rises (film)

 

Price: 

Cinema ticket cost (2012 adult average): £6.37 

DVD cost (as of January 2015): £4.99

Download cost (SD): £6.99
Budget : $250 million

 

Placement: 

Screens from Opening Weekend 

UK (22 July 2012): 594
US (22 July 2012): 4,404
UK TV premiere (excluding pay per view): August 2013, Sky Movies

UK terrestrial premiere: Not yet broadcast

It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.

·       Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth

·       Gary Oldman as James Gordon

·       Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle

·       Tom Hardy as Bane

·       Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul

·       Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake
·       Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox

 

Robbie Collin, The Telegraph: ‘The scope here is unashamedly novelistic, and although the plotting of the film’s first act is arguably muddled, Nolan’s sheer formal audacity means the stakes feel skin-pricklingly high at all times...after a breathless, bravura final act, a nuclear payload of catharsis brings The Dark Knight Rises, and Nolan’s trilogy, to a ferociously satisfying close.’

 Alex Zane, The Sun: ‘While there is nothing in this movie quite as electrifying as the late Heath Ledger’s Joker, this is still a phenomenal piece of film-making by a director at the top of his game and a spectacular and emotional end to the trilogy.’

 

Nev Pierce, Empire Online: ‘With spectacle in abundance and sexiness in (supporting) parts, this is superhero filmmaking on an unprecedented scale. Rises may lack the surprise of Begins or the anarchy of Knight, but it makes up for that in pure emotion. A fitting epitaph for the hero Gotham deserves.’

Lisa Scwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: ‘Chaos reigns for much of The Dark Knight Rises, often in big, beautiful, IMAX-size scenes that only Nolan could have conceived. Yet when the apocalyptic dust literally settles on this concluding chapter, the character who lingers longest in memory is an average Gotham City cop named John Blake, wonderfully played with human-scale clarity by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It is, Nolan counsels, a far, far harder thing to do ordinary good than to steer a Batmobile.’

It started with fake ‘leaked documents’ being released to newspapers and magazines, containing information about government forces and a special operation 

 

Opening Weekend: $22,439,915

Total: $90,264,170 (to December 9 2012)

 

Opening Weekend: $160,887,295

Total: $448,139,099 (to December 13 2012)

 AFI Awards 2012
 Movies of the Year

Golden Trailer Awards
Best in Show (“Chant”) ·       
Summer 2012 Blockbuster Trailer (“Chant”)
Best International Poster (“UK Quad”)
Best Summer 2012 Blockbuster Poster (“Teaser One Sheet-City”)

Saturn Awards
Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway)

Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie: Actress Action (Anne Hathaway)