It may not have inspired as many copycats as Bryan Singer's X-Men a decade later, but it's worth remembering how good - and how successful - Burton's Batman was. Adjusted for inflation, it made nearly $500m in the US alone, prompting one rather good Burton sequel and two other follow-ups that are best not discussed. But Burton's film is also notable for its casting, choosing Michael Keaton as his Bat in an era of Arnies and Bruce Willises and setting the stage for an era of superhero movies where the character, not the star, is king. While modern fanboys tend to deride Burton's Batman when extolling the virtues of his successor Christopher Nolan, the fact is that this Bat is just as valid and faithful an interpretation of the comics as Nolan's incarnation (so is Adam West, actually, but then the comic hasn't always been dark).