Need to know TDKR's release date before estimating the potentials for both, although I don't expect TAS to beat TA either way.

I read somewhere here they are gonna be released in August..... on the same day or something like that

The Amazing Spider-Man is officially set to be released on 8/30. The Dark Knight Rises is still pending.

I Hope it does not mean that there is still a small chance that TDKR does not have a china release.

Also is there any chance of TDKR opening earlier than ASM.

Unlikely. The film was just submitted for approval, so September is still more likely for a release.

AT BO.com forums folks from China are saying 8/30 for TDKR is 99% confirmed. Number 1 chain in China is already marketing the same. So we are going to see an epic battle.

http://www.wandafilm.com/

I see, so it probably will be then, although have to say it's not official. It's definitely being released though as the film did pass the inspection.

Lorax and Ice Age 4 will be released on the same day too, on July 27th, followed by Breaking Dawn Part I on 8/2.

Wow that is some really poor scheduling IMO. I guess the new contract has a lot of movies getting approved.

I see Ice Age 4 winning the animated battle and TDKR winning the superhero battle.

Breaking Dawn Part I is sooooo late, wonder in Part 2 will be released in November itself after this being released so late.

Xia, i read the below in BO forums. is it true?

Ugh. This is like Charlie Brown and Lucy w/ the football.

I haven't heard anything about TDKR being canceled, only that it's not being released in August. The only related article I read is from one from Mtime where it said the July protection month for domestic films could be extended to August, and the only current release date set for a Hollywood film is TASM on 8/30.

Xia, I saw below posted at BO.com forums. Can you confirm the dates and what is the potential of TDKR and TASM with the release dates.

Yeah, look like the dates are set. TASM is official, and TDKR looks to be the done deal too.

What do you expect each of them to make? It sucks that they are being released within a day of each other. Going to prevent both of them from reaching their full potential.

TDKR will win between the two; I'm certain of that. At the popular douban.com, the Chinese version of IMDb, The Dark Knight currently has 110,639 votes with an 8.7 average, without even being released in China. Comparing that to Spider-Man 3, which has just 57,683 votes for an 6.7 average although it had a day-to-day release.

In term of how much each will make though, I'm not sure yet, especially with Prometheus now officially set for the early September release date.

Any chance of record breaking BO. after all we will see 2 big films at box office. How many screens are there and how would imax/3d play out.

Prometheus is also in 3d. shouldn't it impact ASM big time.

Turns out TASM is moved up to 8/27 as well, so same day release as TDKR. Could certainly some record-breaking numbers combined.

Prometheus is set for 9/3.

And Bourne/Recall are scheduled for 9/14. Chinese government is really putting the screws to Hollywood.

I'll be seeing Spider-Man. Seen TDKR already in the UK.

Same day, LOL. What are the odds.

The war begins...

There's a storm coming in China

Xia,
Any predictions for TDKR and TASM in china.

From BOT(Olive):

pre-sales update（mostly are midnights）

TDKR 501 showings 30896 tickets
TASM 502 showings 28673 tickets
next update will be 10 hours after this post.


and new date for Prometheus:9/15

Thank god Prometheus moved out. These two movies would have totally killed the buzz and would have resulted in toxic legs.

BTW that's good for TASM I guess but then again its dates were finalized earlier than TDKR.

New Update(Thanks to Olive)

pre-sales update（mostly are midnights）

TDKR 632 showings 57754 tickets
TASM 636 showings 46558 tickets

Ok, we get it, TDKR is going to win. Damn it. haha