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The Dark Knight Rises(2012)
Released
2012 · FILM

The Dark Knight Rises

Bruce Wayne must confront his past and rise as Batman once more when Bane, a ruthless former assassin, seizes control of Gotham and captures Gordon, threatening to destroy everything Bruce has fought to protect.

“The legend ends.”

Directed by
Christopher Nolan, Adam Bernard
Written by
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Format
Filmed for IMAX
Runtime
164 min
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Synopsis

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's legacy, choosing to protect Gotham's perception of Dent as a hero by allowing the public to believe he died as a symbol of justice rather than revealing his transformation into the criminal Two-Face.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 710+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Lee SmithShot by Wally PfisterScored by Hans ZimmerDesigned by Nathan Crowley

Box Office

2012 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$1.08B

Budget$250.0M
Worldwide gross$1.08B
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $448.1M — 41% of worldwide · International: $632.9M (59%)

Opening weekend: $160.9M — 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $225.0M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,404 theaters

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Also known as

  • Batman - The Dark Knight Risesde
  • The Dark Knight Risesde
  • Il cavaliere oscuro - Il ritornoit
  • (Croatian)Vitez tame: Povratak
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJul 16, 2012
  • AustraliaJul 17, 2012
  • SpainJul 18, 2012
  • United KingdomJul 18, 2012

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