Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was nearly bestowed an R rating by the MPAA purely for the premise of the DCEU movie: the fight between Batman and Superman. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was the second movie to release in the now-defunct DCEU, and opened to mediocre reviews and a global box office that fell below expectations, despite earning over $870 million. It was a disappointing debut for Ben Affleck’s Batman and set the DCEU on a downward path it would struggle to recover from.
