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Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan's 2012 film that closes his Dark Knight trilogy. Eight years after The Dark Knight, Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne returns as Batman to face Tom Hardy's Bane. It passed $1 billion worldwide, the highest gross of the three films.
Eight years after taking the blame for Harvey Dent’s crimes, Bruce Wayne lives as a recluse and Batman has not been seen since.
When a masked mercenary named Bane arrives in Gotham with a plan for the city, and a skilled cat burglar takes an interest in Wayne’s secrets, he is pulled back into a fight he may no longer be fit for.
Ratings
As of 11 November 2026- IMDb8.4/102M votesTop 250 · #78
- Rotten Tomatoes87%Tomatometer · 376 reviewsPopcornmeter 90%
- Metacritic78/100Metascore · 45 reviews
- Letterboxd3.83/5Average rating
- Kinopoisk8.2/10562.1K votesTop 250 · #137
Editor's score
Lars Ziegler · 6 November 20268.0/ 10Average of seven craft categories, each out of 10.
| Screenplay | 7 |
|---|---|
| Direction | 8 |
| Acting | 8 |
| Cinematography | 9 |
| Sound & music | 9 |
| Editing | 7 |
| Design | 8 |
How the ranking adds up
Total 69.4 / 100Facts
- World premiere
New York City- Release (US, UK)
- Runtime
- 164 min
- Genres
- Action · Crime · Thriller
- Based on
- DC Comics characters
- Studios
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Syncopy
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $250 million
- Box office
- $1.09 billion worldwide
$448.1 million domestic · $637.3 million international
Incl. re-releases · Box Office Mojo, 11 November 2026
Awards
Wikipedia, 11 November 2026| Ceremony | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 0 | 0 |
| BAFTA | 0 | 1 |
| Golden Globes | 0 | 0 |
Cast
Billing order- 01Christian BaleBruce Wayne
- 02Michael CaineAlfred
- 03Gary OldmanCommissioner Gordon
- 04Anne HathawaySelina
- 05Tom HardyBane
- 06Marion CotillardMiranda
- 07Joseph Gordon-LevittBlake
- 08Morgan FreemanFox
Key crew
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Screenplay
- Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
- Producers
- Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven
- Cinematography
- Wally Pfister
- Editing
- Lee Smith
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Production design
- Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh
Production notes
- 01
The opening plane hijack was filmed in the air over the Scottish Highlands, with real aircraft and stunt performers.
- 02
More than an hour of the film was shot with IMAX cameras, far more than in The Dark Knight.
- 03
The stadium scenes were filmed at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh with thousands of local extras, and several Pittsburgh Steelers players appear as the Gotham Rogues.