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Batman (1989 novel) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 01 September 2012 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Batman (1989 film). The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: O'Brian, Lucy (May 7, 2014). "HOW BURTON'S BATMAN CHANGED HOLLYWOOD". IGN. Retrieved June 23, 2014.

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“The budget escalated from $30 million to $48 million, while the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike forced Hamm to drop out. Warren Skaaren did rewrites.” That quote is directly from this page. Why does it say $48 million in the article, but in the info-box it says $35 million? Cool879 (talk) 04:39, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Some editors have an overconfidence in the reliability of Box Office Mojo and some other editors seem to object to having more than one budget figure listed in the Infobox and persistently delete secondary figures without any explanation. I too sometimes update the Infobox without also checking the article body to make sure everything matches. These kinds of mistakes happen too often with film articles.

It seems that in 2016 an editor changed the budget from $48 million to $35 million[1] and shortly after User:TropicAces added Box Office Mojo as the supporting reference.[2]

The article text explains that the budget started at $30 million but increased to $48 million. Template:Infobox film says not to cherry pick budget figures, so unless there is a consensus to do otherwise (and perhaps only list the higher figure) the budget range $30-48 million should be listed in the Infobox. I found a New York Times article from early 1989 which put the budget at $30 million[3](A) and an article from June 1989 [4](A) which quotes producer Jon Peters saying it cost $40 million. (And we still have the book reference that reportedly said it started at $30 and went up to $48).

Please also note the AFI catalog discuses other costs such as Prints and Advertising (P&A)[5] which a good quality article should explain but it is not the same thing as and should be treated separately from the production budget. Anyone interested in trying to improve this article would benefit from taking a good long look at the AFI catalog entry for this film. -- 109.76.202.85 (talk) 15:56, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I’m all for listing the budget range. Box Office Mojo is a decent source, although they tend to stick to the number studio’s report regardless. TropicAces (talk) 17:44, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see TropicAces updated the Infobox and that is good, but it now lists the budget as "$35–48 million" as opposed matching the lead of the article (and the Filming section) which says "escalated from $30 million to $48" and someone is definitely going to find that mismatch confusing. I repeat my previous suggestion and say I think it would be clearer and simpler if the Infobox matched the rest of the article and said (thirty, three-zero) "$30–48 million", instead of (thirty-five) "$35-48 million".

The headline number in the Infobox is one thing but also I think it would be good if the Filming section of the article explained a little more, such as including the statement from producer Jon Peters that the budget was $40 while still mentioning that other estimates (the book "Hit & Run") put it even higher. -- 109.76.211.174 (talk) 03:50, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Again Template:Infobox film says not to cherry pick budget figures. Despite earlier comments "I’m all for listing the budget range." User Tropic Aces does not seem to think that it is cherry-picking when they remove budget figures from the Infobox.[6] This is not the first time either.[7] The recommendation is clear, keep both figures. Please revert the edit by TropicAces and restore the budget range to the Infobox[[8] the burden should be to establish local consensus before ignoring what the documentation recommends. -- 109.78.199.198 (talk) 03:48, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Prince music pushed sales greatly, yet he’s not mentioned.

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2600:8807:405E:B800:619B:19B2:CAF3:1A25 (talk) 14:51, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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2601:241:300:B610:7D07:2974:4F71:665E (talk) 01:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 19:41, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I can't find any reference to Kevin Costner as possibile Batman in the notes/links available 151.42.208.66 (talk) 15:59, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tim Burton's/Joel Schumacher's Batman has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. InfiniteNexus (talk) 03:54, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The caption for the frame from the end of the film says "climatic" when the intended word is "climactic." The page is locked for editing so I can't go in and fix it. Someone please fix this error. 2600:1700:67A8:230:29E7:B25F:7FF3:5DA2 (talk) 03:39, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]