In the wake of 1989's
Batman becoming such a massive box office success, Hollywood suddenly turned to film adaptations of comic books (though technically
Dick Tracy was originally a comic strip) in hopes of replicating the box office success of that Tim Burton directed feature. One of the first post-
Batman comic book movies was
Dick Tracy, which had actually already been greenlit by Disney a year prior to
Batman being released. Starring and directed by Warren Beatty, the project carried a $47 million budget and, despite becoming only the sixth film released by Disney at the time to score over $100 million domestically, ended up performing below Disney's box office expectations.
