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Batman

1989 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Action, Adventure, Crime • Warner Bros.

Justice is always darkest before the dawn.

🍅 77% 84%

69

3.64

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$40.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$251.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$411.3M

$160.2M international

Domestic Legs6.2x

Budget$35M

1989 Rank#1

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Cast & Crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton Director

Jack Nicholson Starring

Michael Keaton Starring

Kim Basinger Starring

Robert Wuhl Starring

Pat Hingle Starring

ScreenplaySam Hamm, Warren Skaaren Produced byJon Peters, Peter Guber CinematographyRoger Pratt Music byDanny Elfman StudioWarner Bros. SeriesBatman

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 23-25 1 $40.5M — 2,194 $18,455 $40.5M

2 Jun 30-Jul 2 1 $30.1M −25.7% 2,201 $13,664 $98.0M

3 Jul 7-9 2 $19.2M −36.0% 2,201 $8,745 $139.4M

4 Jul 14-16 2 $15.1M −21.5% 2,201 $6,867 $165.4M

5 Jul 21-23 2 $11.2M −26.1% 2,201 $5,072 $185.3M

6 Jul 28-30 3 $9.0M −19.8% 2,201 $4,068 $200.7M

7 Aug 4-6 5 $6.7M −25.1% 2,072 $3,235 $212.1M

8 Aug 11-13 7 $5.0M −25.0% 1,777 $2,829 $220.8M

9 Aug 18-20 9 $3.4M −31.6% 1,400 $2,457 $226.9M

10 Aug 25-27 8 $2.6M −24.5% 1,302 $1,995 $231.4M

11 Sep 1-3 8 $2.9M +10.4% 1,344 $2,133 $235.7M

12 Sep 8-10 9 $1.9M −34.2% 1,284 $1,470 $238.9M

13 Sep 15-17 10 $1.5M −22.0% 1,080 $1,363 $240.9M

14 Sep 22-24 11 $1.1M −25.2% 1,015 $1,085 $242.5M

15 Sep 29-Oct 1 11 $877.9K −20.3% 783 $1,121 $243.7M

16 Oct 6-8 11 $700.1K −20.2% 705 $993 $244.6M

17 Oct 13-15 11 $406.0K −42.0% 485 $837 $245.3M

18 Oct 20-22 12 $299.6K −26.2% 353 $849 $245.7M

19 Oct 27-29 12 $804.9K +168.7% 690 $1,167 $246.6M

20 Nov 3-5 11 $826.4K +2.7% 628 $1,316 $247.8M

21 Nov 10-12 13 $503.6K −39.1% 522 $965 $248.5M

22 Nov 17-19 14 $173.8K −65.5% 334 $520 $248.8M

23 Nov 24-26 14 $50.4K −71.0% 189 $267 $248.9M

24 Dec 1-3 13 $31.3K −38.0% 119 $263 $248.9M

25 Dec 8-10 14 $11.1K −64.4% 58 $192 $249.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 23 #1 $13.2M — $13.2M 2,194 $5,999 1

Sat Jun 24 #1 $14.6M +10.9% $27.8M 2,194 $6,656 2

Sun Jun 25 #1 $12.7M −12.9% $40.5M 2,194 $5,800 3

Mon Jun 26 #1 $7.2M −43.1% $47.7M 2,194 $3,300 4

Tue Jun 27 #1 $7.2M −0.4% $54.9M 2,194 $3,285 5

Wed Jun 28 #1 $6.6M −8.0% $61.6M 2,194 $3,022 6

Thu Jun 29 #1 $6.4M −4.1% $67.9M 2,194 $2,899 7

Fri Jun 30 #1 $8.8M +38.2% −33.2% $76.7M 2,201 $3,995 8

Sat Jul 1 #1 $11.1M +26.5% −23.8% $87.8M 2,201 $5,053 9

Sun Jul 2 #1 $10.2M −8.6% −20.1% $98.0M 2,201 $4,617 10

Mon Jul 3 #1 $7.7M −23.8% +6.9% $105.7M 2,201 $3,516 11

Tue Jul 4 #1 $5.7M −25.8% −20.3% $111.5M 2,201 $2,610 12

Wed Jul 5 #1 $4.4M −24.1% −34.3% $115.8M 2,201 $1,980 13

Thu Jul 6 #1 $4.3M −0.2% −31.6% $120.2M 2,201 $1,976 14

Fri Jul 7 — $6.1M +39.5% −31.0% $126.3M 2,201 $2,756 15

Sat Jul 8 — $7.6M +25.5% −31.6% $133.9M 2,201 $3,458 16

Sun Jul 9 — $5.6M −26.8% −45.2% $139.4M 2,201 $2,532 17

Mon Jul 10 — $2.8M −49.7% −63.8% $142.2M 2,201 $1,274 18

Tue Jul 11 — $2.7M −2.3% −52.3% $145.0M 2,201 $1,245 19

Wed Jul 12 — $2.7M −3.3% −39.2% $147.6M 2,201 $1,204 20

Thu Jul 13 — $2.7M +0.6% −38.7% $150.3M 2,201 $1,212 21

Fri Jul 14 — $4.3M +61.7% −28.9% $154.6M 2,201 $1,959 22

Sat Jul 15 — $6.1M +40.9% −20.2% $160.7M 2,201 $2,759 23

Sun Jul 16 — $4.7M −22.1% −15.1% $165.4M 2,201 $2,149 24

Mon Jul 17 — $2.2M −53.5% −21.6% $167.6M 2,201 $1,000 25

Tue Jul 18 — $2.2M +0.8% −19.1% $169.8M 2,201 $1,007 26

Wed Jul 19 — $2.1M −5.3% −20.8% $171.9M 2,201 $954 27

Thu Jul 20 — $2.2M +5.1% −17.3% $174.1M 2,201 $1,002 28

Fri Jul 21 — $3.2M +44.6% −26.0% $177.3M 2,201 $1,449 29

Sat Jul 22 — $4.8M +49.0% −21.8% $182.1M 2,201 $2,159 30

Sun Jul 23 — $3.2M −32.1% −31.8% $185.3M 2,201 $1,465 31

Mon Jul 24 — $1.6M −51.6% −29.1% $186.9M 2,201 $709 32

Tue Jul 25 — $1.7M +6.9% −24.8% $188.5M 2,201 $757 33

Wed Jul 26 — $1.5M −7.2% −26.3% $190.1M 2,201 $703 34

Thu Jul 27 — $1.6M +4.7% −26.5% $191.7M 2,201 $736 35

Fri Jul 28 — $2.5M +54.2% −21.6% $194.2M 2,201 $1,135 36

Sat Jul 29 — $3.8M +52.1% −20.0% $198.0M 2,201 $1,726 37

Sun Jul 30 — $2.7M −30.1% −17.7% $200.7M 2,201 $1,206 38

Mon Jul 31 — $1.3M −52.7% −19.5% $201.9M 2,201 $571 39

Tue Aug 1 — $1.3M +4.0% −21.6% $203.2M 2,201 $593 40

Wed Aug 2 — $1.2M −11.8% −25.6% $204.4M 2,201 $523 41

Thu Aug 3 — $1.1M −7.1% −34.0% $205.4M 2,201 $486 42

Fri Aug 4 — $1.9M +79.9% −23.0% $207.4M 2,072 $929 43

Sat Aug 5 — $2.8M +43.0% −27.6% $210.1M 2,072 $1,328 44

Sun Aug 6 — $2.0M −26.3% −23.7% $212.1M 2,072 $978 45

Mon Aug 7 — $959.5K −52.7% −23.6% $213.1M 2,072 $463 46

Tue Aug 8 — $952.8K −0.7% −27.1% $214.1M 2,072 $460 47

Wed Aug 9 — $847.4K −11.1% −26.4% $214.9M 2,072 $409 48

Thu Aug 10 — $836.4K −1.3% −21.8% $215.7M 2,072 $404 49

Fri Aug 11 — $1.5M +75.5% −23.7% $217.2M 1,777 $826 50

Sat Aug 12 — $2.1M +42.2% −24.2% $219.3M 1,777 $1,174 51

Sun Aug 13 — $1.5M −29.5% −27.4% $220.8M 1,777 $828 52

Mon Aug 14 — $686.2K −53.4% −28.5% $221.4M 1,777 $386 53

Tue Aug 15 — $770.2K +12.2% −19.2% $222.2M 1,777 $433 54

Wed Aug 16 — $627.6K −18.5% −25.9% $222.8M 1,777 $353 55

Thu Aug 17 — $620.7K −1.1% −25.8% $223.5M 1,777 $349 56

Fri Aug 18 — $994.7K +60.3% −32.2% $224.5M 1,400 $711 57

Sat Aug 19 — $1.4M +39.8% −33.4% $225.9M 1,400 $994 58

Sun Aug 20 — $1.1M −24.2% −28.4% $226.9M 1,400 $753 59

Mon Aug 21 — $492.3K −53.3% −28.3% $227.4M 1,400 $352 60

Tue Aug 22 — $527.2K +7.1% −31.6% $227.9M 1,400 $377 61

Wed Aug 23 — $467.2K −11.4% −25.6% $228.4M 1,400 $334 62

Thu Aug 24 — $448.1K −4.1% −27.8% $228.8M 1,400 $320 63

Fri Aug 25 — $750.6K +67.5% −24.5% $229.6M 1,302 $577 64

Sat Aug 26 — $1.1M +48.7% −19.8% $230.7M 1,302 $857 65

Sun Aug 27 — $730.8K −34.5% −30.7% $231.4M 1,302 $561 66

Mon Aug 28 — $351.3K −51.9% −28.6% $231.8M 1,302 $270 67

Tue Aug 29 — $395.6K +12.6% −25.0% $232.2M 1,302 $304 68

Wed Aug 30 — $310.9K −21.4% −33.4% $232.5M 1,302 $239 69

Thu Aug 31 — $308.8K −0.7% −31.1% $232.8M 1,302 $237 70

Fri Sep 1 — $685.7K +122.1% −8.6% $233.5M 1,344 $510 71

Sat Sep 2 — $1.1M +62.6% −0.1% $234.6M 1,344 $829 72

Sun Sep 3 — $1.1M −4.4% +45.9% $235.7M 1,344 $793 73

Mon Sep 4 — $673.3K −36.8% +91.7% $236.3M 1,344 $501 74

Tue Sep 5 — $262.4K −61.0% −33.7% $236.6M 1,344 $195 75

Wed Sep 6 — $191.5K −27.0% −38.4% $236.8M 1,344 $142 76

Thu Sep 7 — $188.8K −1.4% −38.9% $237.0M 1,344 $140 77

Fri Sep 8 — $511.0K +170.7% −25.5% $237.5M 1,284 $398 78

Sat Sep 9 — $897.7K +75.7% −19.5% $238.4M 1,284 $699 79

Sun Sep 10 — $478.8K −46.7% −55.1% $238.9M 1,284 $373 80

Mon Sep 11 — $136.1K −71.6% −79.8% $239.0M 1,284 $106 81

Tue Sep 12 — $154.9K +13.8% −40.9% $239.2M 1,284 $121 82

Wed Sep 13 — $137.8K −11.1% −28.0% $239.3M 1,284 $107 83

Thu Sep 14 — $148.8K +8.0% −21.2% $239.5M 1,284 $116 84

Fri Sep 15 — $380.2K +155.6% −25.6% $239.8M 1,080 $352 85

Sat Sep 16 — $711.7K +87.2% −20.7% $240.5M 1,080 $659 86

Sun Sep 17 — $380.5K −46.5% −20.5% $240.9M 1,080 $352 87

Mon Sep 18 — $101.5K −73.3% −25.4% $241.0M 1,080 $94 88

Tue Sep 19 — $117.5K +15.8% −24.2% $241.1M 1,080 $109 89

Wed Sep 20 — $108.6K −7.6% −21.2% $241.3M 1,080 $101 90

Thu Sep 21 — $101.8K −6.3% −31.6% $241.4M 1,080 $94 91

Fri Sep 22 — $284.7K +179.7% −25.1% $241.6M 1,015 $281 92

Sat Sep 23 — $541.3K +90.1% −23.9% $242.2M 1,015 $533 93

Sun Sep 24 — $275.8K −49.1% −27.5% $242.5M 1,015 $272 94

Mon Sep 25 — $80.2K −70.9% −21.0% $242.5M 1,015 $79 95

Tue Sep 26 — $94.1K +17.3% −19.9% $242.6M 1,015 $93 96

Wed Sep 27 — $82.8K −12.0% −23.7% $242.7M 1,015 $82 97

Thu Sep 28 — $87.3K +5.4% −14.3% $242.8M 1,015 $86 98

Fri Sep 29 — $231.1K +164.7% −18.8% $243.0M 783 $295 99

Sat Sep 30 — $419.4K +81.5% −22.5% $243.4M 783 $536 100

Sun Oct 1 — $227.5K −45.8% −17.5% $243.7M 783 $290 101

Mon Oct 2 — $59.4K −73.9% −25.9% $243.7M 783 $76 102

Tue Oct 3 — $64.5K +8.6% −31.4% $243.8M 783 $82 103

Wed Oct 4 — $60.3K −6.5% −27.2% $243.9M 783 $77 104

Thu Oct 5 — $64.6K +7.1% −26.0% $243.9M 783 $82 105

Fri Oct 6 — $182.1K +182.1% −21.2% $244.1M 705 $258 106

Sat Oct 7 — $319.8K +75.6% −23.7% $244.4M 705 $454 107

Sun Oct 8 — $198.2K −38.0% −12.9% $244.6M 705 $281 108

Mon Oct 9 — $89.0K −55.1% +49.8% $244.7M 705 $126 109

Tue Oct 10 — $57.0K −35.9% −11.6% $244.8M 705 $81 110

Wed Oct 11 — $51.7K −9.4% −14.3% $244.8M 705 $73 111

Thu Oct 12 — $55.4K +7.3% −14.1% $244.9M 705 $79 112

Fri Oct 13 — $114.1K +105.7% −37.4% $245.0M 485 $235 113

Sat Oct 14 — $184.1K +61.4% −42.4% $245.2M 485 $380 114

Sun Oct 15 — $107.8K −41.4% −45.6% $245.3M 485 $222 115

Mon Oct 16 — $30.7K −71.5% −65.5% $245.3M 485 $63 116

Tue Oct 17 — $31.9K +3.8% −44.1% $245.3M 485 $66 117

Wed Oct 18 — $31.5K −1.1% −39.0% $245.4M 485 $65 118

Thu Oct 19 — $37.9K +20.4% −31.6% $245.4M 485 $78 119

Fri Oct 20 — $78.6K +107.3% −31.1% $245.5M 353 $223 120

Sat Oct 21 — $143.7K +82.8% −22.0% $245.6M 353 $407 121

Sun Oct 22 — $77.3K −46.2% −28.3% $245.7M 353 $219 122

Mon Oct 23 — $23.8K −69.2% −22.5% $245.7M 353 $67 123

Tue Oct 24 — $26.5K +11.5% −16.7% $245.8M 353 $75 124

Wed Oct 25 — $24.8K −6.4% −21.2% $245.8M 353 $70 125

Thu Oct 26 — $26.1K +5.2% −31.1% $245.8M 353 $74 126

Fri Oct 27 — $203.9K +680.1% +159.4% $246.0M 690 $296 127

Sat Oct 28 — $341.0K +67.3% +137.4% $246.4M 690 $494 128

Sun Oct 29 — $260.0K −23.8% +236.3% $246.6M 690 $377 129

Mon Oct 30 — $76.5K −70.6% +221.3% $246.7M 690 $111 130

Tue Oct 31 — $72.0K −5.9% +171.3% $246.8M 690 $104 131

Wed Nov 1 — $91.4K +27.0% +268.1% $246.9M 690 $132 132

Thu Nov 2 — $98.6K +7.8% +277.1% $247.0M 690 $143 133

Fri Nov 3 — $211.0K +114.0% +3.5% $247.2M 628 $336 134

Sat Nov 4 — $359.1K +70.2% +5.3% $247.5M 628 $572 135

Sun Nov 5 — $256.4K −28.6% −1.4% $247.8M 628 $408 136

Mon Nov 6 — $52.1K −79.7% −31.9% $247.8M 628 $83 137

Tue Nov 7 — $51.5K −1.2% −28.5% $247.9M 628 $82 138

Wed Nov 8 — $46.9K −8.9% −48.7% $247.9M 628 $75 139

Thu Nov 9 — $55.5K +18.3% −43.7% $248.0M 628 $88 140

Fri Nov 10 — $147.6K +166.2% −30.0% $248.1M 522 $283 141

Sat Nov 11 — $225.9K +53.0% −37.1% $248.4M 522 $433 142

Sun Nov 12 — $130.0K −42.4% −49.3% $248.5M 522 $249 143

Mon Nov 13 — $28.4K −78.1% −45.4% $248.5M 522 $54 144

Tue Nov 14 — $27.5K −3.2% −46.6% $248.6M 522 $53 145

Wed Nov 15 — $25.7K −6.6% −45.2% $248.6M 522 $49 146

Thu Nov 16 — $25.5K −0.6% −53.9% $248.6M 522 $49 147

Fri Nov 17 — $43.6K +70.8% −70.5% $248.6M 334 $131 148

Sat Nov 18 — $84.1K +92.8% −62.8% $248.7M 334 $252 149

Sun Nov 19 — $46.1K −45.3% −64.6% $248.8M 334 $138 150

Mon Nov 20 — $11.5K −75.0% −59.4% $248.8M 334 $35 151

Tue Nov 21 — $13.4K +16.5% −51.2% $248.8M 334 $40 152

Wed Nov 22 — $14.6K +8.5% −43.3% $248.8M 334 $44 153

Thu Nov 23 — $24.0K +64.7% −6.1% $248.8M 334 $72 154

Fri Nov 24 — $20.4K −15.1% −53.3% $248.9M 189 $108 155

Sat Nov 25 — $17.4K −14.4% −79.3% $248.9M 189 $92 156

Sun Nov 26 — $12.6K −27.5% −72.6% $248.9M 189 $67 157

Mon Nov 27 — $5.6K −55.6% −51.4% $248.9M 189 $30 158

Tue Nov 28 — $5.7K +1.5% −57.6% $248.9M 189 $30 159

Wed Nov 29 — $5.5K −3.2% −62.2% $248.9M 189 $29 160

Thu Nov 30 — $5.4K −1.4% −77.4% $248.9M 189 $29 161

Fri Dec 1 — $10.3K +89.2% −49.6% $248.9M 119 $86 162

Sat Dec 2 — $14.4K +40.3% −17.3% $248.9M 119 $121 163

Sun Dec 3 — $6.6K −54.4% −48.0% $248.9M 119 $55 164

Mon Dec 4 — $2.7K −58.4% −51.3% $248.9M 119 $23 165

Tue Dec 5 — $3.2K +17.4% −43.6% $249.0M 119 $27 166

Wed Dec 6 — $3.0K −7.7% −46.2% $249.0M 119 $25 167

Thu Dec 7 — $3.6K +20.1% −34.5% $249.0M 119 $30 168

Fri Dec 8 — $2.6K −26.3% −74.5% $249.0M 58 $45 169

Sat Dec 9 — $5.1K +94.3% −64.7% $249.0M 58 $88 170

Sun Dec 10 — $3.4K −32.9% −48.0% $249.0M 58 $59 171

Mon Dec 11 — $922 −73.0% −66.3% $249.0M 58 $16 172

Tue Dec 12 — $745 −19.2% −76.8% $249.0M 58 $13 173

Wed Dec 13 — $809 +8.6% −72.7% $249.0M 58 $14 174

Thu Dec 14 — $1.0K +28.7% −70.7% $249.0M 58 $18 175

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$232.8M

Jun 23Jul 10Jul 28Aug 14Aug 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6M

$40.5M

$30.1M

$19.2M

$15.1M

$11.2M

$9.0M

$6.7M

$5.0M

$3.4M

$2.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,201 → 1,302 −40.8%

2,194 open1,302 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.5%

−25.7%

W1→2

−36.0%

W2→3

−21.5%

W3→4

−26.1%

W4→5

−19.8%

W5→6

−25.1%

W6→7

−25.0%

W7→8

−31.6%

W8→9

−24.5%

W9→10

Steepest −36.0%Best hold −19.8%

Run milestones

$200M in 38 days

$100M

Day 11

Jul 3

$200M

Day 38

Jul 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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