Editing Batman Returns (section)

===Context===
{{See also|1992 in film}}
By the theatrical summer of 1992 (beginning the last week of May), the film industry was struggling with low ticket sales, rising production costs, and several box-office failures the previous year.<ref name="NYTimesMay241992"/> Eighty-nine films were scheduled for release during the season, including ''[[A League of Their Own]]'', ''[[Alien 3]]'', ''[[Encino Man]]'', ''[[Far and Away]]'', ''[[Patriot Games (film)|Patriot Games]]'', and ''[[Sister Act]]''.<ref name="NYTimesBOAnalJune22"/><ref name="NYTimesApril131992"/><ref name="NYTimesMay241992"/> Studios had to carefully schedule their releases to avoid competition from anticipated [[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]]s, such as ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'' and ''Batman Returns'', as well as the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="NYTimesApril131992"/> ''Batman Returns'' was predicted to be the summer's biggest success, and other studios were reportedly concerned about releasing their films within even a few weeks of its premiere.<ref name="NYTimesApril131992"/><ref name="LATimesGorilla"/> [[Paramount Pictures]] increased the budget of ''Patriot Games'' by $14{{nbsp}}million just to make it more competitive with ''Batman Returns'' and ''Lethal Weapon 3''.<ref name="NYTimesApril131992"/><ref name="NYTimesMay241992"/>