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'Dark Knight' generates hero-size hype
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Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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July 12, 2008
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Look out, Spider-Man.
There is every reason to believe -- from advance ticket sales to
buzz -- that Batman is about to do to you what Superman, Iron Man,
the X-Men and the Fantastic Four could not do. None of those comic-
book-inspired films could knock Spidey off the top of the box-
office list.
"The Dark Knight" is predicted to whip past the $205 million
generated by "Batman Begins," the first telling of the Batman story
by director-writer Christopher Nolan. The theater manager's theory
is that fans thought "Batman Begins" would be another disappointment
like the critically bashed 1997 "Batman & Robin."
Harry Medved, a spokesperson for the ticket-sales Web site
Fandango, ...
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