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'Dark Knight' generates hero-size hype

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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