George Clooney
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George Clooney the man who almost killed the Batman franchise as he himself allude to with the film Batman and Robin. The film has since become infamous for the Batsuit, specifically the prominent nipples in the molded plastic.
Box office
Published financial figures indicate that the movie was made on a budget of $125 million. Batman & Robin opened at #1 at the box office, and had an opening weekend of $42,872,605 in 2,934 theaters averaging $14,612 per venue, which were two of its very few successes. However, over time, its popularity slipped, (possibly when put in competition with Men in Black, another summer film, which became a huge financial success) and the film collected only $107,325,195 domestically—less than any other Batman film—and $130,881,927 abroad, for a total worldwide gross of $238,207,122, making it technically a success but not on the scale the studio had hoped, particularly given its budget
Despite its moderate box office success, the film was not critically well received. It was mocked for the poor script, and overextending the campy attitude, smirky one-liners and ludicrous stunts of its predecessor, Batman Forever. Author Mark S. Reinhart said, "The combination of Batman & Robin's terrible script, ridiculous costuming, garish sets, uninspired direction, etc. made the film into the appalling dump heap that it is". In his review of the film, critic Leonard Maltin found that "the 'story' often makes no sense" and that the "action and effects are loud, gargantuan, and ultimately numbing".
George Clooney was severely embarrassed of himself by the film, saying "I think we might have killed the franchise." In the featurette entitled "Batman Unbound" (contained in the special edition DVD of Batman & Robin).