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Batman BeginsFollow

2005 • PG-13 • 2h 20m • Action, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

Evil fears the knight.

🍅 85% 94%

70

3.84

8.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$48.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$205.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$356.80M

$151.40M international

Domestic legs4.22x

Budget$150M

2005 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full Nolan filmography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Director

Christian Bale

Christian Bale Starring

Michael Caine

Michael Caine Starring

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes Starring

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman Starring

ScreenplayChristopher Nolan, David S. Goyer Produced byCharles Roven, Emma Thomas, Larry Franco CinematographyWally Pfister MusicHans Zimmer & James Newton Howard Prod. DesignNathan Crowley StudioWarner Bros. SeriesBatman

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 17-19 1 $48.7M — 3,858 $12,634 $72.9M

2 Jun 24-26 1 $27.6M −43.4% 3,858 $7,151 $122.5M

3 Jul 1-3 2 $15.6M −43.4% 3,765 $4,145 $151.1M

4 Jul 8-10 3 $10.0M −35.9% 3,344 $2,994 $171.9M

5 Jul 15-17 5 $6.0M −39.7% 2,810 $2,147 $183.1M

6 Jul 22-24 9 $4.7M −21.7% 2,275 $2,078 $191.1M

7 Jul 29-31 13 $2.4M −48.2% 1,601 $1,529 $195.9M

8 Aug 5-7 13 $1.8M −25.6% 1,192 $1,528 $199.1M

9 Aug 12-14 16 $1.1M −42.4% 710 $1,479 $201.1M

10 Aug 19-21 19 $632.4K −39.8% 397 $1,592 $202.3M

11 Aug 26-28 22 $445.4K −29.6% 296 $1,504 $203.0M

12 Sep 2-4 26 $348.2K −21.8% 237 $1,469 $203.6M

13 Sep 9-11 21 $440.5K +26.5% 541 $814 $204.1M

14 Sep 16-18 25 $343.7K −22.0% 444 $774 $204.6M

15 Sep 23-25 31 $171.4K −50.1% 320 $535 $204.9M

16 Sep 30-Oct 2 40 $115.2K −32.8% 244 $472 $205.1M

17 Oct 7-9 48 $70.5K −38.8% 161 $437 $205.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jun 15 #1 $15.1M — $15.1M 3,718 $4,052 1

Thu Jun 16 #1 $9.1M −40% $24.2M 3,718 $2,443 2

Fri Jun 17 #1 $15.1M +66% $39.2M 3,858 $3,906 3

Sat Jun 18 #1 $18.0M +20% $57.2M 3,858 $4,670 4

Sun Jun 19 #1 $15.7M −13% $72.9M 3,858 $4,058 5

Mon Jun 20 #1 $6.6M −58% $79.5M 3,858 $1,717 6

Tue Jun 21 #1 $5.4M −18% $84.9M 3,858 $1,400 7

Wed Jun 22 #1 $5.5M +2% −63% $90.4M 3,858 $1,430 8

Thu Jun 23 #1 $4.5M −19% −51% $94.9M 3,858 $1,160 9

Fri Jun 24 #1 $8.3M +85% −45% $103.2M 3,858 $2,143 10

Sat Jun 25 #1 $10.7M +29% −41% $113.9M 3,858 $2,764 11

Sun Jun 26 #1 $8.7M −19% −45% $122.5M 3,858 $2,243 12

Mon Jun 27 #1 $4.0M −54% −39% $126.5M 3,858 $1,039 13

Tue Jun 28 #1 $3.7M −7% −31% $130.2M 3,858 $966 14

Wed Jun 29 #2 $2.6M −31% −53% $132.8M 3,858 $667 15

Thu Jun 30 #2 $2.6M +2% −41% $135.5M 3,858 $683 16

Fri Jul 1 #2 $4.6M +73% −45% $140.0M 3,765 $1,214 17

Sat Jul 2 #2 $5.7M +24% −47% $145.7M 3,765 $1,507 18

Sun Jul 3 #2 $5.4M −6% −38% $151.1M 3,765 $1,423 19

Mon Jul 4 #2 $3.7M −30% −7% $154.8M 3,765 $990 20

Tue Jul 5 #2 $2.5M −32% −32% $157.3M 3,765 $673 21

Wed Jul 6 #2 $2.3M −7% −9% $159.7M 3,765 $622 22

Thu Jul 7 #2 $2.2M −6% −16% $161.9M 3,765 $586 23

Fri Jul 8 #4 $3.1M +38% −33% $164.9M 3,344 $913 24

Sat Jul 9 #3 $4.0M +30% −30% $168.9M 3,344 $1,187 25

Sun Jul 10 #3 $3.0M −25% −44% $171.9M 3,344 $893 26

Mon Jul 11 #3 $1.3M −56% −65% $173.2M 3,344 $393 27

Tue Jul 12 #3 $1.3M −1% −48% $174.5M 3,344 $391 28

Wed Jul 13 #3 $1.3M n/c −44% $175.8M 3,344 $392 29

Thu Jul 14 #3 $1.3M −4% −43% $177.1M 3,344 $378 30

Fri Jul 15 #5 $1.7M +38% −43% $178.9M 2,810 $621 31

Sat Jul 16 #5 $2.4M +40% −38% $181.3M 2,810 $871 32

Sun Jul 17 #5 $1.8M −25% −38% $183.1M 2,810 $655 33

Mon Jul 18 #5 $828.1K −55% −37% $184.0M 2,810 $294 34

Tue Jul 19 #5 $830.0K n/c −37% $184.8M 2,810 $295 35

Wed Jul 20 #5 $778.2K −6% −41% $185.6M 2,810 $276 36

Thu Jul 21 #5 $794.2K +2% −37% $186.4M 2,810 $282 37

Fri Jul 22 #9 $1.2M +54% −30% $187.6M 2,275 $538 38

Sat Jul 23 #9 $2.2M +82% −9% $189.8M 2,275 $977 39

Sun Jul 24 #10 $1.3M −42% −30% $191.1M 2,275 $562 40

Mon Jul 25 #10 $588.4K −54% −29% $191.7M 2,275 $258 41

Tue Jul 26 #10 $611.4K +4% −26% $192.3M 2,275 $268 42

Wed Jul 27 #9 $578.0K −5% −26% $192.9M 2,275 $254 43

Thu Jul 28 #9 $544.3K −6% −31% $193.4M 2,275 $239 44

Fri Jul 29 #13 $675.9K +24% −45% $194.1M 1,601 $422 45

Sat Jul 30 #13 $1.0M +50% −55% $195.1M 1,601 $632 46

Sun Jul 31 #13 $760.6K −25% −41% $195.9M 1,601 $475 47

Mon Aug 1 #13 $377.5K −50% −36% $196.3M 1,601 $236 48

Tue Aug 2 #13 $337.2K −11% −45% $196.6M 1,601 $211 49

Wed Aug 3 #13 $331.3K −2% −43% $196.9M 1,601 $207 50

Thu Aug 4 #13 $344.4K +4% −37% $197.3M 1,601 $215 51

Fri Aug 5 #13 $538.3K +56% −20% $197.8M 1,192 $452 52

Sat Aug 6 #13 $744.4K +38% −26% $198.5M 1,192 $625 53

Sun Aug 7 #13 $539.7K −27% −29% $199.1M 1,192 $453 54

Mon Aug 8 #13 $244.2K −55% −35% $199.3M 1,192 $205 55

Tue Aug 9 #13 $262.2K +7% −22% $199.6M 1,192 $220 56

Wed Aug 10 — $258.4K −1% −22% $199.9M 1,192 $217 57

Thu Aug 11 #12 $246.3K −5% −28% $200.1M 1,192 $207 58

Fri Aug 12 #17 $289.5K +18% −46% $200.4M 710 $408 59

Sat Aug 13 #16 $461.8K +60% −38% $200.9M 710 $650 60

Sun Aug 14 #16 $299.2K −35% −45% $201.1M 710 $421 61

Mon Aug 15 #15 $144.3K −52% −41% $201.3M 710 $203 62

Tue Aug 16 #16 $128.2K −11% −51% $201.4M 710 $181 63

Wed Aug 17 #17 $111.5K −13% −57% $201.5M 710 $157 64

Thu Aug 18 #16 $119.4K +7% −52% $201.7M 710 $168 65

Fri Aug 19 #19 $183.4K +54% −37% $201.8M 397 $462 66

Sat Aug 20 #18 $272.2K +48% −41% $202.1M 397 $686 67

Sun Aug 21 #19 $176.7K −35% −41% $202.3M 397 $445 68

Mon Aug 22 #16 $72.5K −59% −50% $202.4M 397 $183 69

Tue Aug 23 #16 $73.8K +2% −42% $202.4M 397 $186 70

Wed Aug 24 #16 $70.1K −5% −37% $202.5M 397 $177 71

Thu Aug 25 #16 $71.6K +2% −40% $202.6M 397 $180 72

Fri Aug 26 #21 $122.5K +71% −33% $202.7M 296 $414 73

Mon Sep 5 #25 $91.4K — $203.6M 237 $385 83

Mon Oct 10 #48 $8.1K — $205.2M 161 $50 118

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

Cumulative total$202.4M

Jun 15Jul 2Jul 20Aug 6Aug 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $632.4K

$48.7M

$27.6M

$15.6M

$10.0M

$6.0M

$4.7M

$2.4M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$632.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,858 → 397 −89.7%

3,718 open397 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.8%

−43.4%

W1→2

−43.4%

W2→3

−35.9%

W3→4

−39.7%

W4→5

−21.7%

W5→6

−48.2%

W6→7

−25.6%

W7→8

−42.4%

W8→9

−39.8%

W9→10

Steepest −48.2%Best hold −21.7%

Run milestones

$200M in 58 days

$100M

Day 10

Jun 24

$200M

Day 58

Aug 11

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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