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Gentlemen, there were many factors as to why Batman Begins only made a moderate 370 million.
Ra's al Ghul and The League of Shadows were unknown villains.
WB failed the movie with it's lackluster marketing campaign.
Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale were low-key names.
Batman hadn't been on-screen since Batman & Robin (1997).
Begins was placed on a June slot.
2005 was a different time for CBMs compared to 2008 and 2011.
all true, especially that 2nd point. WB did a terrible job in promoting the film.
what really helped was that it received incredibly positive reviews, so word of mouth & DVD sales helped a lot in WB wanting to go forward with The Dark Knight.