Portfolio, on the shrinking returns of Batman franchise…
…if you adjust the five films’ budgets, box office returns, and lead actors’ salaries for inflation, the franchise’s payoff has actually shrunk.
Their rundown does prove a point: Despite the quality of Nolan’s last Bat film, Bruce Wayne seems to have definite shelf-life with the movie-going audience. I’d be interested in seeing how all of the Batman films match up. Link.
