The new trailer for Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” smashed the record for most combined downloads through the iTunes Movie Trailers site (http://www.itunes.com/trailers) and the iTunes Trailers iOS app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

The trailer went online at 10:00 Monday morning, Dec.19, and was viewed more than 12.5 million times in its first 24 hours, breaking the previous record by well over two million. The trailer can be viewed in HD at http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknightrises/ .

Opening on July 20, 2012, “The Dark Knight Rises” is the epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. The film is directed by Nolan from a screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer.