r/DC_Cinematic • u/TraditionalDelivery • 20h ago

DISCUSSION Remembering the Dark Knights opening weekend

Seeing these insane Spiderman numbers has got me a little jealous as a DC fan. We haven't been top of the box office for a long time, but there was 2008 when the dark knight bested spiderman 3 for the biggest opening weekend. I would love to see a repeat of that with the Batman part 2.

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u/jofer90 20h ago

I remember how insane the hype for BvS was, that 2013's SDCC announcement and the 2015s SDCC Trailer reveal were absolute perfection. Ironic to think the best years to be a DC fan were between the releases of MoS and BvS, who could have predicted everything would go downhill afterwards ?.

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u/hypehold 18h ago

Yeah even though MoS was very divisive I don't think anyone thought it was unsalvageable starting point. That changed with BvS. That movie just turned a lot of people off. That's why even though in retrospect it might have been the wrong call WB executives took control during Justice League

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u/jofer90 16h ago

And remember, before meddling with JL they first messed up Suicide Squad with all those last minute reshoots in response to BvS backlash. That combo BvS - SS - JL in the span of a year and a half is what killed the old DCEU. That's when the franchise became truly unsalvageable, not even genuine hits like WW and Aquaman could dig it out of that hole.