I told you all over and over that you had defective hype-meters! Y'all should have listened!
Check it out!
Check it out!
You are so focused on the American market with your tracking and hype and all that *****, but the simple fact is that there is close to a $400 mil gap between The Avengers and The Dark Knight in non-American gross. And The Avengers has yet to be released in Japan, where it will do big numbers. The Dark Knight Rises can't bridge a nearly $400 mil gap in non-American markets. It would do well to get $650. That still leaves a $200 mil gap.
It would need to do Avatar numbers in America if it's going to beat The Avengers. And it won't...
So, you best get used to this: