1. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Film Research Task

2. Production
• This film was directed
by Christopher Nolan
and was his second
Batman film. It starred
Christian Bale as
Batman, along with
other Hollywood stars
such as Anne Hathaway
and Tom Hardy.

3. Production
• This massive Hollywood
movie used around 15
different cameras.
• The camera that makes
this film unique is the use
of iMax. These cameras
are very large and heavy
and are never used for a
whole film. However,
Nolan prefers them to 3D
cameras.

4. Production
• Nolan spent a very long
time finding the perfect
locations for this film,
including doing
research in Romania,
Scotland and the USA.
• Most of the posh manor
scenes are shot in
England, and most of the
big city scenes are shot
in America.

5. Production
• The film is part of a massive
franchise, consisting of two
other films, a prequel and a
sequel, and DC Comics, who
give permission for video
games, toys, magazines and
more to be made all to do with
the Batman label.
• The budget for this film was
estimated at $250,000,000
with $160, 887,295 earned
back just in the opening
weekend.

6. Distribution
• This film was distributed by
Warner Bros. all over the
world including the UK and
the US.
• Many campaigns all over
America took place,
including billboards, teaser
trailers, even a four minute
long iMax clip was released
for iMax audiences
everywhere.

7. Marketing
• The internet played a huge part in the marketing of this film.
Twitter was used to start the hype, with the hashtag
#thefirerises. Everytime a fan tweeted this, Warner Bros. would
release one pixel of an eventual first glimpse at Bane.
• The film has official websites in many different countries
including Brazil and Japan.
• Fans also went crazy for teaser trailers, and there was a lot of
suspicion that the supposed ‘leaked’ trailer was really meant to
have been fake leaked.

8. Distribution
• Christopher Nolan decided
to take the side of iMax
cameras instead of going
for the more common 3D
style. This film was
released in cinemas all
over the world in either
iMax or 2D.
• The film is available on DVD,
Bluray, iTunes and On
Demand making it very easy
to watch at home.

9. Distribution
• Considering the complaints
The Dark Knight received for
not including many extra
features, The Dark Knight
Rises included many bonus
features including interviews
with all the stars and even a
short documentary on the Bat
Mobile.
• This film is available to
illegally download on many
websites.

11. Exhibition
• This film was released
in over 80 countries all
around the world.
• In just the UK alone, the
box office takings were
around £170,000,000.
• The overall box office
takings were
$450,000,000.

12. Exhibition
• In the USA, the opening
weekend box office takings
were an amazing
$161,000,000. and in the UK,
the takings were
£14,500,000.
• This film opened in 4,404
theatres in the US alone,
and over 7,000 outside of
North America.