What ties the caped crusader and the archaeology professor together?
There are few Hollywood heroes out there who have long-lasting star power that spans over the course of decades. Sometimes, characters will return after a long absence for another go-around, and other times they're left in the dust. And then there are those feature film protagonists who seem to just keep coming back time and again for more on-screen adventures.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Last Crusade made back 10 times its budget at $474 million dollars in international gross, beating out Batman as the most successful film of the year. Given that Indy's film had the word "last" in the title, many likely assumed that it would be the last Indiana Jones feature they'd see for a long time.
Whether you like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull or not, the movie did incredibly well, making nearly $800 million at the box office that summer. No doubt, longtime fans of the Nazi-smashing adventurer were more than thrilled to return to theaters to support Indiana Jones, and it seemed like he might quickly reclaim his title as the box-office champion. Unfortunately for Indy, Nolan's Batman knocked everyone's socks off.
2023 - The Times Are A Changing... Once Disney owned Lucasfilm, they immediately got to work on more Star Wars stories. Soon, a sequel trilogy was born and various other spin-offs, revivals, and prequels were greenlit. A year following Nolan and Bale's Batman finale, Warner Bros.
Unfortunately, we're a long way from 1989. So far, The Flash has been bombing commercially, and while it's been received mostly well by critics and audiences alike, it won't make the $770 million that The Batman made in 2022. It'll be lucky if it passes $200 million. As flicks like The Super Mario Bros.
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