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Batman Forever(1995)

Released

1995 · FILM

Batman Forever

Batman races to thwart Two‑Face’s deadly hostage takeover in Gotham, while a rogue Edward Nygma weaponizes a brain‑directed TV signal that could turn the city’s citizens into his mind‑controlled army.

“Courage now, truth always, Batman forever!”

Directed by

Joel Schumacher, Alan Edmisten

Written by

Bob Kane, Lee Batchler

Rated

MPA · PG-13

Runtime

121 min

ActionAdventure

Synopsis

In this installment, Batman confronts two adversaries: Harvey Dent, a former District Attorney who has become a mentally unstable criminal known as Two-Face, and the Riddler, a former Wayne Enterprises inventor who seeks vengeance by deploying a weapon designed to extract the thoughts of Gotham City's citizens.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 954+ 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 Mark StevensShot by Stephen GoldblattScored by Elliot GoldenthalDesigned by Barbara LingSound by Douglas AxtellCostumes by Ingrid FerrinStunts by Jeffrey Lee GibsonVFX by Andrew Adamson

Box Office

1995 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.4× 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

$336.5M

Budget$100.0M

Worldwide gross$336.5M

break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $184.0M — 55% of worldwide · International: $152.5M (45%)

Opening weekend: $52.8M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $77.4M — 42% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,842 theaters

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Re-release box office

2019434 theaters: $76K($98K today)

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

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

director's cut· 158 min

Also known as

(English)Batman Forever
Batman Foreverde
(Bulgarian)Батман Завинаги

Release dates around the world3 countries · show

United StatesJun 9, 1995
CanadaJun 16, 1995
JapanJun 17, 1995

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Polygram Filmed Entertainment

DistributionWarner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures Mexico, Elliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi (ELKE)

Special effectsCinovation Studios, The Chandler Group, Composite Image Systems (CIS), Grant McCune Design, MetroLight Studios

Other companiesDC Comics, Nights of Neon, Michelson Food Services, TFX, VIP Marine Inc.

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