In fact, the extraordinary success of both movies comes as something of a surprise, since these are intensely personal affairs, with Batman Returns coming across as even more of a Tim Burton Film than did the original.
Instead, of course, Tim Burton pulled it off once again, smashing Batman's opening weekend record of $42 million with a $47.7 million take in the US. Having created one of the biggest-grossing movies of all time, the hope must have been that, with any luck, Batman Returns would do the expected sequel trick and pull in 75 per cent of the original's take. And so Batman Returns with A vengeance that must surely tax even the most optimistic Warner executive's credulity.
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