10 high grossing films that shockingly didn’t make profit

9. Batman

The Caped Crusader’s first foray into the film world was met with some hesitancy over whether audiences can suspend their belief for a story about a vigilante who dresses up in a bat suit. Thankfully,Tim Burton managed to knock it out of the park and Batman proved to be a massive success with over $400 million earned at the box office.

But with a massive expenses list that included $62 million for advertising and publicity, $9 million just for film printing costs, and a whopping $80 million for distribution, Batman wound up losing money for the studio.

Despite theoretically losing money whenever Batman has hit the big-screen, the studio was happy enough to continue green-lighting sequel after sequel. Ben Affleck, you have big shoes to fill.