Source: contentful.com

3. The Dark Knight Rises

($478,443,931.23)

The fourth highest-grossing comic book film, when not adjusted for inflation, Dark Knight Rises clocks in behind its predecessor in second place and the two Avengers films in first and third.

It made two hundred million dollars less than The Dark Knight, but it still did very well for itself. It's amazing what momentum can do. It’s universally agreed upon that it’s the worst movie of the Nolan Batman trilogy, but that's not entirely the film's fault. Clearly, actor Heath Ledger’s death immediately after production ceased on The Dark Knight had a major negative impact on Nolan’s plans.

What resulted was a lukewarm attempt to close the series, based on some half-baked political commentary (the movie’s villains are Occupy Wall Street, and the police save the day), a villain who's more meme than antagonist, and a plot that feels woefully under-developed.

Regardless of your personal feelings, Batman retires and the GCPD is an incorruptible force for good in this movie, and I'm sorry, but that ain't a Batman movie.