Batman is DC Comics' most lucrative franchise player. Without a doubt, The Dark Knight himself stands tall and fittingly alone as the most profitable character amongst DC's gallery of heroes and villains. In the past two decades alone, he has proved nothing short of spectacular at the global box office, with a worldwide total of over $3.7 billion dollars for the entire Batman film franchise. Of course, the Batman cinematic franchise has also had its fair share of growing pains, from the initial camp film that was the original Batman (1966) film starring Adam West, to the much maligned Joel Schumacher Batman films of the 1990s. Even the films of the 1990s, while panned by both critics and fans alike, were successful at the box office, despite terrible word of mouth back in their day. For this article, we'll be taking a look at the top 5 highest- grossing Batman film currently in existence, and some of these entries may surprise you. But there is no question that aside from those Avengers over at Marvel, Batman is by far the most successful comic book property to ever hit the big screen. Note: All figures listed will be unadjusted for inflation.