Editing Batman Forever (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Batman Forever'' opened in a record 2,842 theaters and 4,300 screens in the United States and Canada on June 16, 1995, grossing $52.8&nbsp;million in its opening weekend,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news-batman-528-mill/133492030/ |title=Batman: $52.8 million in tickets sold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016002738/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news-batman-528-mill/133492030/ |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |page=5 |publisher=[[Winona Daily News|The Winona Daily News]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="Box">{{cite web |title=Batman Forever (1995) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0112462/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=December 30, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216144714/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=batmanforever.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2008 }}</ref><ref name=fast/> taking ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]''{{'}}s record for having the highest opening-weekend gross of all time (it was surpassed two years later by ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''{{'}}s $72.1&nbsp;million).<ref name="TakesABite">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-19-ca-14726-story.html|title='Batman' Takes a Bite Out of 'Jurassic' Record: Movies: Third Bat film soars to an estimated opening weekend gross of $53 million. 'Pocahontas' makes a staggering $2.7 million in just six--albeit large--theaters.|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 19, 1995}}</ref> For six years, it had the largest opening weekend for a [[Warner Bros.]] film until 2001, when it was surpassed by ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyman |first=Rick |title=Harry Potter and the Box Office of Gold; Film Based on Popular Book Sets Record With $93.5 Million Opening Weekend |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/arts/harry-potter-box-office-gold-film-based-popular-book-sets-record-with-93.5.html |access-date=May 28, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 19, 2001 |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226031942/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/arts/harry-potter-box-office-gold-film-based-popular-book-sets-record-with-93.5.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film also achieved the highest June opening weekend, holding that record until it was beaten by ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'' in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/c994f9b0c65e892d9bce99f66bc0c974|title=Austin Powers Scores at Box Office|website=[[Associated Press]] }}</ref> which would then be overtaken by ''[[Hulk (film)|Hulk]]'' in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=June 22, 2003 |title=Green meanie's no weenie |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/green-meanie-s-no-weenie-1117888287/ |access-date=July 30, 2022}}</ref> It was the first film to gross $20 million in one day, on its opening day on Friday.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109293862/batman-sets-record-with-53-million/ |title='Batman' sets record with $53 million debut |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914190605/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109293862/batman-sets-record-with-53-million/ |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |page=47 |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film also beat out ''[[Congo (film)|Congo]]'' to reach the number one spot.<ref name="TakesABite" /> It grossed $77.4&nbsp;million in its first week, which was below the record $81.7&nbsp;million set by ''Jurassic Park''.<ref name=fast>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 26, 1995|page=1|title=Fast fades follow wow bows|last=Klady|first=Leonard}}</ref>

Additionally, the film held the record for having the highest opening weekend for a superhero film until it was taken by ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' in 2000.<ref name="Gray2002">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=May 6, 2002 |title='Spider-Man' Takes Box Office on the Ultimate Spin: $114.8 Million |website=Box Office Mojo|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1157&p=.htm |access-date=April 5, 2017 |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207041845/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1157&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Audiences mobbed multiplexes for the opening of "X-Men" as... |work=[[United Press International]] |date=July 16, 2000 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/07/16/Audiences-mobbed-multiplexes-for-the-opening-of-X-Men-as/7694963720000/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228183046/https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/07/16/Audiences-mobbed-multiplexes-for-the-opening-of-X-Men-as/7694963720000/ |url-status=live}}</ref> That year, ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' broke ''Batman Forever''{{'}}s record for scoring the biggest opening weekend for any film starring [[Jim Carrey]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Box Office: Grinch Steals Holiday Hearts |work=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=113107&page=1|access-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref> While the film was overtaken by ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' during its second weekend, it still made $29.2&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-27-ca-17818-story.html|title=Weekend Box Office : 'Pocahontas' Inches Past 'Batman'|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 27, 1995}}</ref> It then became the first film of 1995 to reach $100&nbsp;million domestically.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 27, 1995 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109292899/batman-nabs-more-than-100-million/ |title=Batman nabs more than $100 million |page=32 |work=[[The South Bend Tribune]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914190834/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109292899/batman-nabs-more-than-100-million/ |access-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film started its international roll out in Japan on June 17, 1995, and grossed $2.2 million in 5 days from 167 screens, which was only 80% of the gross of its predecessor ''[[Batman Returns]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 26, 1995 |page=8 |title='Bat' wings clipped at Japan B.O. |last=Groves |first=Don}}</ref>

The film went on to gross $184&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada, and $152.5&nbsp;million in other countries, totaling $336.53&nbsp;million. The film grossed more than ''Batman Returns'',<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=batmanvs.htm | title = Batman Battle | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date = August 16, 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921074329/http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=batmanvs.htm | archive-date = September 21, 2013}}</ref> and is the second-highest-grossing film from 1995 in the United States, behind ''[[Toy Story]]'', as well as the sixth-highest-grossing film of that year worldwide.

===Critical response===
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On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Batman Forever'' has an approval rating of 39% based on 71 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Loud, excessively busy, and often boring, ''Batman Forever'' nonetheless has the charisma of Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones to offer mild relief."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_forever |title=Batman Forever |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518132721/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_forever|archive-date=May 18, 2022|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/batman-forever |title=Batman Forever (1995): Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |access-date=May 18, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316015850/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/batman-forever |archive-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |title=Find CinemaScore |website=CinemaScore |url=https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |access-date= October 14, 2018 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722041238/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' wrote: "''Batman Forever'' still gets in its licks. There's no fun machine this summer that packs more surprises." Travers criticized the film's excessive commercialism and felt that "the script misses the pain Tim Burton caught in a man tormented by the long-ago murder of his parents", but praised Kilmer's performance as having a "deftly understated [...] comic edge".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/batman-forever-101100/ |title=Batman Forever |date=June 16, 1995 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120174243/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/batman-forever-101100/ |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |access-date=August 30, 2017}}</ref> [[James Berardinelli]] of ''ReelViews'' enjoyed the film, writing: "It's lighter, brighter, funnier, faster-paced, and a whole lot more colorful than before."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/b/batman3.html |title=''Batman Forever'' |last=Berardinelli |first=James |author-link=James Berardinelli |date=June 16, 1995 |website=ReelViews |access-date=August 17, 2008 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414044459/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/b/batman3.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the television program ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Siskel & Ebert]]'', [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' and [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' both gave the film mixed reviews, but with the former giving it a [[Thumb signal|thumbs up]] and the latter a [[Thumb signal|thumbs down]].<ref>{{cite episode |last1=Siskel (host) |first1=Gene |last2=Ebert (host) |first2=Roger |url=https://siskelebert.org/?p=3599 |title=Batman Forever / Smoke / 2 Girls in Love (1995) |series=Siskel & Ebert |season=9 |number=37 |via=SiskelEbert.org |access-date=May 18, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414073428/https://siskelebert.org/?p=3599 |archive-date=April 14, 2021}}</ref> In his written review, Ebert wrote: "Is the movie better entertainment? Well, it's great bubblegum for the eyes. Younger children will be able to process it more easily; some kids were led bawling from ''Batman Returns'' where the [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|PG-13 rating]] was a joke."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/batman-forever-1995 |title=Batman Forever |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |work=Chicago Sun-Times |via=[[RogerEbert.com]] |date=June 16, 1995 |access-date=August 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418011753/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/batman-forever-1995 |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' had a mixed reaction, concluding: "a shot of Kilmer's rubber buns at one point is guaranteed to bring squeals from the audience."<ref>{{cite news |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |author-link=Mick LaSalle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-REVIEW-Batman-Forever-Goes-On-and-On-3030617.php |title='Batman Forever' Goes On and On |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 16, 1995 |access-date=August 17, 2008 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109010551/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-REVIEW-Batman-Forever-Goes-On-and-On-3030617.php |url-status=live}}</ref> Brian Lowry of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' believed: "One does have to question the logic behind adding nipples to the hard-rubber [[batsuit]]. Whose idea was that supposed to be anyway, [[Alfred Pennyworth|Alfred]]'s? Some of the [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-generated]] [[Gotham City|Gotham]] cityscapes appear too obviously fake. [[Elliot Goldenthal]]'s score, while serviceable, also isn't as stirring as [[Danny Elfman]]'s work in the first two films."<ref>{{cite news |last=Lowry |first=Brian |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/batman-forever-1200441944/ |title=Batman Forever |work=Variety |date=June 14, 1995 |access-date=August 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103134614/https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/batman-forever-1200441944/ |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Some observers thought Schumacher, a gay man, added possible [[homoeroticism|homoerotic]] [[innuendo]] in the storyline.<ref name=shadow>{{cite AV media |people=[[Joel Schumacher]], Peter MacGregor-Scott, [[Chris O'Donnell]], [[Val Kilmer]], [[Uma Thurman]], [[John Glover (actor)|John Glover]] |title=Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Part 6—Batman Unbound |year=2005 |publisher=[[Warner Home Video]]}}</ref> Regarding the costume design, Schumacher stated: "I had no idea that putting nipples on the Batsuit and Robin suit were going to spark international headlines. The bodies of the suits come from [[Ancient Greek art|Ancient Greek statue]]s, which display perfect bodies. They are anatomically correct."<ref name=shadow/> O'Donnell felt: "it wasn't so much the nipples that bothered me. It was the codpiece. The press obviously played it up and made it a big deal, especially with Joel directing. I didn't think twice about the controversy, but going back and looking and seeing some of the pictures, it was very unusual."<ref name=shadow/>

===Accolades===
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At the [[68th Academy Awards]], ''Batman Forever'' was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Cinematography]] (lost to ''[[Braveheart]]''), [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Sound]] ([[Donald O. Mitchell]], [[Frank A. Montaño]], [[Michael Herbick]] and [[Petur Hliddal]]; lost to ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'') and [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Sound Effects Editing]] ([[John Leveque]] and [[Bruce Stambler]]; also lost to ''Braveheart'').<ref>{{cite news |last=Horn |first=John |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-no-nomination-is/110762784/ |title=No nomination is no big deal for established stars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512014342/https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-no-nomination-is/110762784/ |date=March 26, 1996 |access-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |page=27 |work=The Associated Press |publisher=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="Oscars1996">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996 |title=The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners |work=oscars.org |date=October 5, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004458/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref>

"[[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me]]" by [[U2]] was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]] (lost to "[[Colors of the Wind]]" from ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]''), but was also nominated for the [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song]] (lost to "Walk into the Wind" from ''[[Showgirls]]'').

At the [[22nd Saturn Awards]], the film was nominated for [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]] (lost to ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]''), [[Saturn Award for Best Make-up|Make-up]] (lost to ''[[Seven (1995 film)|Seven]]''), [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Special Effects]] (lost to ''[[Jumanji (film)|Jumanji]]'') and [[Saturn Award for Best Costume Design|Costume Design]] (lost to ''[[12 Monkeys (film)|12 Monkeys]]'').

Composer [[Elliot Goldenthal]] was given a [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Grammy Award nomination]].

''Batman Forever'' received six nominations at the [[1996 MTV Movie Awards]], four of which were divided between two categories (Carrey and Lee Jones for [[MTV Movie Award for Best Villain|Best Villain]]; and Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" and U2's "Hold Me" in [[MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment|Best Song from a Movie]]). However, it won in just one category: Best Song from a Movie for Seal's "Kiss from a Rose".