The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Produced by DC Films, 6th & Idaho, and Dylan Clark Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise directed by Matt Reeves, who wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig. It stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell.[1] The film sees Batman, who has been fighting crime in Gotham City for two years,[2] uncover corruption while pursuing the Riddler (Dano),[1] a serial killer who targets Gotham's corrupt elite.[3]
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The Batman premiered at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan on March 1, 2022,[4] and was theatrically released on March 4.[5] Produced on a budget of $185–200 million,[6][7] The Batman grossed $770.9 million,[8] finishing its theatrical run as the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2022.[9] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 523 reviews.[10]
The Batman garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for its acting, make-up, musical score, production design, and visual effects. It received three nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Visual Effects. At the 76th British Academy Film Awards, the film was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hair, and Best Special Visual Effects. It received three nominations at the 28th Critics' Choice Awards. Composer Michael Giacchino received a nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the Grammy Awards' 65th ceremony. The film won two of twelve nominations at the 50th Anniversary Saturn Awards.
