Tim Burton’s Unmade Batman Movie Makes DC’s Worst-Rated Film An Even Bigger Failure

Tim Burton’s third Batman movie could have been a Catwoman spinoff that would have kept the 2004 Halle Berry movie from tarnishing DC‘s movie history. In 1989, Tim Burton’s Batman shook Hollywood with its unprecedented reimagining of the Dark Knight, earning the film a record-breaking $100 million in 11 days and setting the movie as a major turning point in Batman’s extensive cinematic history. Not only did Burton’s 1989 Batman help kick off the rise of superhero movies, but it also helped Batman become a major Hollywood IP that continues to grow to this day. Logically, Batman‘s success spawned plans for sequels and spinoffs, but those plans quickly took an unexpected turn.