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In response to "Roger Ebert: "I don�t know if James Holmes cared deeply about Batman. I suspect he cared deeply about seeing himself on the news." -- (link)" by znufrii

I am bummed that the movie is going to be associated with this act forever. Yet I wonder if this could conceivably raise the box office.

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka dr.vermin) Jul 20 '12, 13:12

Under the 'no such thing as bad publicity', this would be on the very far edge of applicability, if at all.

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First Ledger, now this. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 13:32 1
- I thought of that earlier. It definitely feels like these movies have a cloud over them. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 13:38
I don't think it'll dominate, at best I think it'll be a side note. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 13:25 2
- Like its not going to get Munich Olympics type association. It -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 13:36 1
  - Sfek. It'll be the aurora movie theatre massacre, or some such, not the dark knight rises shootings. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 13:37
I could see it negatively impacting BO (a very small amount) due to people who that small set of scaredy-cats in our society who fear everything - ty97 Jul 20, 13:25
I think only a professional contrarian would think this :) -- nm - Roger More Jul 20, 13:17 1
- well, it *is* Vermin we're talking about, so... -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 13:19
You find me the person who wasn't going to see this, but now is and I'll show you the person we should put in the padded cell next to this guy. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 13:15 7
- I don't think there's anyone saying "ooh, dead people. Let's catch the next showing." But "new Batman movie" is getting repeated 50x more today... - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 13:23 6
  - you'd have had to unplug from the Matrix not to know this movie was coming. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 13:27 5
    - This seems kind of a strange thing to say in an age where people routinely skip TV ads - con_carne Jul 20, 13:34 2
      - Whereas people aren't skipping the news coverage of the shooting... if anything, they're seeking it out. -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 13:38
      - hence ALL the other ways advertising campaigns work now. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 13:37
    - You'd have to be living in a cave not to know Coca-Cola. But they still advertise. - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 13:30 1
      - interesting point. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 13:31

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