FYI-Thought this would be of interest. adjusted for inflation. Except for Men in Black, looks a lot like the top comics-X-men, Spider-man, Superman, and Batman

COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION
1978-Present

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Adj. Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Date
1	Spider-Man	Sony	$444,702,400	3,876	$126,506,400	3,615	5/3/02
2	Batman	WB	$402,909,600	2,201	$65,273,100	2,194	6/23/89
3	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$385,016,000	4,166	$90,853,400	4,152	6/30/04
4	Superman	WB	$367,092,000	817	$20,418,000	508	12/15/78
5	Men in Black	Sony	$349,546,700	3,180	$71,206,600	3,020	7/2/97
6	Batman Forever	WB	$270,758,400	2,893	$77,659,900	2,842	6/16/95
7	Batman Returns	WB	$251,114,000	2,644	$70,458,200	2,644	6/19/92
8	Superman II	WB	$249,060,600	1,878	$32,461,600	1,397	6/19/81
9	X2: X-Men United	Fox	$228,139,000	3,749	$90,808,600	3,741	5/2/03
10	Men in Black II	Sony	$209,755,600	3,641	$57,444,400	3,557	7/3/02
11	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	NL	$204,657,700	2,377	$38,427,800	2,006	3/30/90
12	X-Men	Fox	$186,775,200	3,112	$64,678,600	3,025	7/14/00
13	The Mask	NL	$183,638,200	2,516	$35,394,600	2,360	7/29/94
14	Dick Tracy	BV	$156,956,900	2,332	$34,109,000	2,332	6/15/90
15	Batman and Robin	WB	$149,647,300	2,942	$59,778,800	2,934	6/20/97
16	Casper	Uni.	$147,609,300	2,757	$24,776,700	2,714	5/26/95
17	Hulk	Uni.	$140,287,600	3,674	$65,940,600	3,660	6/20/03
18	Annie	Col.	$124,210,100	1,102	$1,111,600	14	5/21/82
19	Superman III	WB	$121,804,400	1,763	$27,128,600	1,759	6/17/83
20	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II	NL	$119,573,300	2,868	$30,450,100	2,868	3/22/91
21	Popeye	Par.	$118,538,100	901	$15,013,900	901	12/12/80
22	Road to Perdition	DW	$115,062,000	2,332	$24,321,600	1,797	7/12/02
23	Daredevil	Fox	$108,835,600	3,474	$42,783,900	3,471	2/14/03
24	Blade	NL	$95,642,100	2,389	$23,299,100	2,322	8/21/98
25	Blade II	NL	$90,710,700	2,707	$35,831,200	2,707	3/22/02
26	Dennis the Menace	WB	$79,259,100	2,085	$14,424,900	2,085	6/25/93
27	The Crow	Mira.	$77,616,300	2,119	$18,027,700	1,573	5/13/94
28	Spawn	NL	$76,507,400	2,604	$27,522,400	2,536	8/1/97
29	Constantine	WB	$75,526,500	3,006	$29,769,100	3,006	2/18/05
30	Sin City	Dim.	$73,586,400	3,230	$29,120,300	3,230	4/1/05

I think the Batman movie has a lower public profile than Spider-Man, Star Wars or even X-Men.

I think it's a better movie than all three though, so we'll see how it plays down the road. I hope it does well and there are more. This movie was easily the best comics movie I've seen.

It is too hard to predict without seeing the weekend-it could be absolutely huge on the weekend-like SHrek 2, and make a fortune.  You would expect $200,000,000 if they like like it or more.  Remember next week is Herbie and Bewitched, so i think it will continue to do very well-at least until WOTW.

In NY, as i said above, there are the state wide finals-the Regents and school doesn't even end to next Friday.  So unlikely a lot of people went on the weekday.

I went last night at 8 at a popular theater for kids, old people, and junior high kids and it was maybe 65% full.   Tonight I will see it again-I expect it will be croweded on a Friday and because I will go to the high school/college theater-the stadium one.

Comic book adaptation-the lowest half poor Brenda Starr adjusted for inflation

31	The Rocketeer	BV	$70,999,000	1,903	$14,595,000	1,616	6/21/91
32	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Fox	$70,543,500	3,002	$24,491,800	3,002	7/11/03
33	Timecop	Uni.	$68,675,300	2,274	$18,472,200	2,228	9/16/94
34	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III	NL	$65,350,500	2,087	$19,199,400	2,087	3/19/93
35	Flash Gordon	Uni.	$64,494,800	-	$9,359,800	823	12/5/80
36	Hellboy	SonR	$61,448,200	3,043	$23,881,400	3,028	4/2/04
37	Richie Rich	WB	$56,765,200	1,761	$8,926,800	1,748	12/21/94
38	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Uni.	$55,257,400	934	n/a	934	3/30/79
39	Blade: Trinity	NL	$53,791,200	2,912	$16,552,700	2,912	12/8/04
40	Judge Dredd	BV	$51,043,300	2,204	$18,084,100	2,204	6/30/95
41	The Shadow	Uni.	$49,092,300	1,769	$17,935,100	1,677	7/1/94
42	Catwoman	WB	$41,432,400	3,117	$17,240,200	3,117	7/23/04
43	Mystery Men	Uni.	$37,495,400	2,142	$12,620,900	2,136	8/6/99
44	From Hell	Fox	$35,730,600	2,334	$12,454,900	2,305	10/19/01
45	The Punisher	Lions	$34,844,600	2,649	$14,257,800	2,649	4/16/04
46	Howard the Duck	Uni.	$28,111,300	1,563	$8,746,300	1,554	8/1/86
47	Supergirl	TriS	$27,118,800	1,620	$10,930,000	1,608	11/21/84
48	The Crow: City of Angels	Mira.	$25,943,600	2,423	$14,168,500	2,423	8/30/96
49	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	WB	$25,667,100	1,511	$9,302,300	1,511	7/24/87
50	The Phantom	Par.	$25,083,600	2,163	$7,344,600	2,159	6/7/96
51	Bulletproof Monk	MGM	$24,792,000	2,955	$9,184,500	2,955	4/16/03
52	Elektra	Fox	$24,409,700	3,204	$12,804,800	3,204	1/14/05
53	Virus	Uni.	$17,683,200	2,018	$7,576,200	2,018	1/15/99
54	Josie and the Pussycats	Uni.	$16,136,800	2,558	$5,159,000	2,556	4/11/01
55	Batman Begins	WB	$15,068,400	3,858	n/a	3,858	6/15/05
56	Sheena	Col.	$11,006,400	1,496	$5,619,300	1,496	8/17/84
57	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	WB	$8,644,900	1,506	$1,839,600	1,506	12/25/93
58	Ghost World	MGM	$7,025,300	128	$111,700	5	7/20/01
59	American Splendor	FL	$6,379,800	272	$169,500	6	8/15/03
60	Tank Girl	MGM	$5,979,900	1,363	$2,969,300	1,341	3/31/95
61	Barb Wire	Gram.	$5,493,000	1,312	$2,670,700	1,312	5/3/96
62	Steel	WB	$2,385,700	1,260	$1,213,200	1,260	8/15/97
63	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	Hemd	$2,109,700	579	$628,700	579	8/21/92
64	Brenda Starr	Triu	$104,700	48	$46,300	48	4/17/92

After an eight-year hiatus, Warner Bros. Pictures is reviving the Caped Crusader in "Batman Begins," which earned $15.1 million during its first day in theaters Wednesday.

If history is any indication, the darkest interpretation yet of the Dark Knight is in for a huge weekend. The first movie iteration, bowing in 1989 and starring Michael Keaton, opened to $40.5 million. Opening frames gradually increased for the subsequent films in the series, peaking with Val Kilmer's turn in "Batman Forever," which bowed to $52.8 million in 1995.

The most recent film, "Batman and Robin," directed by Joel Schumacher and starring George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell, did not live up to its predecessors' expectations, opening to $42.9 million in June 1997. The five-day frame for "Batman Begins" should exceed the previous openings, with numbers hovering in the mid-$60 million range.

I am avoiding the whole "Batman begins Reviews" thread right now, as I am watching the movie tomorrow, and want to know as less as possible.

F.