The follow-up to the action hit Batman Begins, The Dark Knight reached many new heights in filmmaking. Starring Christian Bale as Batman and Heath Ledger as the Villainous Joker, the movie traces Batman's footsteps in Gothom city as he sets out to defeat crime and combat his archenemy. Released on July 18th of 2008, The Dark Knight was the highest grossing film of the year. Marked with top-notch casting, entrancing cinematography, and unparalleled promotion techniques the movie launched itself into movie making history. Although, the Dark Knight utilized uncountable strategies in promoting itself, its most original and unique strategies that contributed to its success were the use of viral marketing, theatrical screenings, and the IMAX medium.
The Dark Knight used numerous marketing strategies to promote its release. One specific example is how the promotions team sponsored the production of a web comic book series about a comic book store. "Warner reportedly ponied up $36,000 for the first five episodes of 'Kyle Piccolo: Comic Shop Therapist'" (Hefflinger).
The first issue of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns...
Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face in The Dark Knight
The Joker in The Dark Knight is portrayed by Heath...This decision was made in hopes of targeting the comic book audience and attracting them towards The Dark Knight. Each show would feature an exclusive trailer of The Dark Knight before and after each episode. This specific audience is relevant to the movie, because Batman started as a comic book superhero and by targeting this audience the promotions team can better attract true fans. Further promotion was done in other unique areas such as with promotional games and applications before the DVD release. "Leading up to the December 9th DVD and Blu-ray release of The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. have set up a couple of Dark Knight related games for us fans to play" (movie chronicles). The first game was "The Dark Knight Puzzle" which was a memory matching game, where fans would have...