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Batman Begins(2005)
Released
2005 · FILM

Batman Begins

A vengeful Bruce Wayne transforms into a shadowy vigilante, embracing the fear of bats that haunted him as a child to battle Gotham's criminals and uncover the truth behind his parents' murder.

“Evil fears the knight.”

Directed by
Christopher Nolan, Simon Downes
Written by
Bob Kane, J T Petty
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
140 min
ActionAdventureCrime

Synopsis

Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 784+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Lee SmithShot by Wally PfisterScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Nathan CrowleySound by David EvansCostumes by Lindy HemmingVFX by Aurelia Abate

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$374.2M

Budget$150.0M
Worldwide gross$374.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $205.3M — 55% of worldwide · International: $168.9M (45%)

Opening weekend: $24.2M — 12% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $24.2M — 12% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,718 theaters

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Re-release box office

2012
$1.5M($2.2M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Batman Beginsde
  • (Bulgarian)Батман в началото
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • JapanMay 31, 2005
  • United StatesJun 6, 2005
  • PhilippinesJun 10, 2005
  • RussiaJun 10, 2005
  • United KingdomJun 12, 2005

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., DC Comics, Syncopy

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