Franchise
Batman
12 films•1989–2024•Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures
65%average critics72%average audience$263.4Mdomestic average
Films
12
1989–2024
Domestic
$3.16B
lifetime
Worldwide
$6.95B
lifetime
Avg opening
$86.4M
3-day
Avg legs
3.27x
opening → total
Return
4.1x
on $1.71B of budget
The Batman series runs to 12 films from Batman (1989) to Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), together grossing $3.16B domestic and $6.95B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Dark Knight Rises (2012) at $1.08B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) at $166.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dark Knight | 2008 | $158.0M | $533.0M | 3.37x | $1.00B | A | 94% | #1 |
| The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | $161.0M | $448.0M | 2.79x | $1.08B | A | 87% | #2 |
| The Batman | 2022 | $134.0M | $369.6M | 2.80x | $772.5M | A | 85% | #7 |
| Joker | 2019 | $96.2M | $335.5M | 3.49x | $1.08B | B+ | 68% | #9 |
 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | $166.0M | $330.4M | 1.99x | $873.6M | A- | 27% | #8 |
 Batman | 1989 | $40.5M | $251.2M | 6.20x | $411.3M | — | 77% | — |
 Batman Begins | 2005 | $48.7M | $205.0M | 4.21x | $373.0M | A | 85% | #8 |
 Batman Forever | 1995 | $52.8M | $184.0M | 3.50x | $336.5M | — | 41% | — |
 The Lego Batman Movie | 2017 | $53.0M | $175.8M | 3.32x | $312.1M | A | 91% | #16 |
 Batman Returns | 1992 | $45.7M | $163.0M | 3.60x | $267.0M | — | 81% | — |
 Batman & Robin | 1997 | $42.9M | $107.3M | 2.50x | $238.3M | — | 11% | — |
 Joker: Folie à Deux | 2024 | $37.7M | $58.3M | 1.50x | $207.5M | B | 32% | #36 |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 3.2 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.1x
$6.95B worldwide on $1.71B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $3.16BInternational $3.79B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven19.6x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#6Biggest R openingsJoker$96.2M#6All-time R domesticJoker$335.5M#15All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight$533.3M#17Biggest single daysBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$81.6M#17Biggest PG-13 openingsBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166.0M#19Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight Rises$160.9M#20Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight$158.4M#20All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight Rises$448.1M#21Biggest domestic runsThe Dark Knight$533.3M#21Biggest opening weekendsBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166.0M
Top 10 of 16 placings across 8 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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