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Frequently asked about The Batman

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• Is the Batman a hit or flop?▾

  The Batman was a hit, grossing over $770 million worldwide against a roughly $185-200 million production budget. It was one of the highest-grossing films of 2022 and earned strong critical reviews.

• Is Batman Part 2 filming?▾

  As of early 2026, The Batman Part II has been in development with Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson returning, but principal photography has been delayed multiple times. The film is currently scheduled for a 2027 theatrical release.

• Is the new Batman any good?▾

  The Batman holds a 7.8/10 rating on TMDB and was widely praised by critics for Robert Pattinson's performance, Matt Reeves's noir-inspired direction, and its detective-story approach to the character. It holds an 85% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.

• What was the Riddler's actual plan, and why did he target Gotham's elite?▾

  Edward Nashton discovered that the Gotham Renewal Fund — a charity established after the murder of Bruce Wayne's parents — had been secretly raided by the city's politicians, the mob, and the Wayne estate itself. Having grown up impoverished in an orphanage that should have benefited from that fund, he methodically murdered each corrupt official as an act of vengeance, framing each killing as a riddle addressed to Batman, whom he viewed as a fellow vigilante exposing evil. His final escalation involved assassinating the newly elected mayor and triggering flooding across Gotham to wipe out the establishment he blamed for his suffering.

• What did the Riddler mean when he told Batman 'you're part of this too'?▾

  Nashton reveals that Bruce Wayne's father Thomas hired crime boss Carmine Falcone to silence a reporter threatening to expose Martha Wayne's history of mental illness — and that Falcone's subsequent murder of the reporter set off the chain of events that led to Thomas and Martha's deaths. Because Thomas Wayne's corruption enabled Falcone's power, and because the Wayne family's stolen charity money deprived Nashton of a better life, Bruce is implicated in the same systemic rot the Riddler is punishing. Nashton expected Batman to celebrate the killings as a partner, and is genuinely disturbed to find Bruce rejects that role.

• How does Selina Kyle's storyline connect to the main mystery?▾

  Selina is working at the Iceberg Lounge to find her missing friend Annika, who had been sleeping with a city official and likely witnessed something dangerous. Through Selina, Batman learns that Annika's disappearance ties directly to the cover-up chain linking the corrupt mayor's office to Carmine Falcone — and Selina ultimately discovers that Falcone is her biological father, a fact he reveals coldly when she confronts him. Her arc ends with her killing Falcone after he murders Annika, then leaving Gotham rather than staying to rebuild it with Bruce.

• Why does Batman choose to save the survivors in the flooded arena rather than pursue the remaining Riddler followers?▾

  After the Riddler's bomb-rigged flooding traps thousands of Gotham residents in the election-night arena, Batman makes a deliberate choice to become a rescuer and symbol of hope rather than purely a creature of vengeance. Throughout the film he has operated from fear — his 'I am vengeance' philosophy — and this moment marks his turn toward something more constructive, literally carrying a flare to lead survivors to safety. The decision signals the thematic resolution: Batman recognizes that terrorizing criminals and embodying darkness has not made Gotham better, and that hope and protection must be part of what he represents.

• Who was the unseen inmate that the Riddler befriends at Arkham in the end-credits scene?▾

  The unseen inmate — glimpsed only as a scarred face and heard via Barry Keoghan's voice — is the Joker, establishing that he already exists in this version of Gotham before the main events of the film. He and Nashton bond over their shared sense of being society's outcasts, with the Joker offering a darkly playful riddle of his own. The scene sets up a potential future adversary for Batman in this continuity without directly depicting the Joker's origin or backstory.