Batman Begins

Marketing
In May 2004, the film's official website launched. That same month, the first photo of Batman was revealed. A 76-second teaser was shown in theaters with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. On December 10, 2004, a two-minute theatrical teaser was released online and was attached to Ocean's Twelve. The final trailer was shown before Kingdom of Heaven, War of the Worlds, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. The day before the film's release, the first six minutes from the film were shown on The WB.

Promotional partners included AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, and General Mills. In Europe, Burger King sold Batman toys with their kids meals. Hungry Jack's also sold toys. Mattel created a toyline, and Lego released sets inspired by scenes from the film. DC published a comic adaptation of the film. A tie-in video game was released by EA Games for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, and Xbox.

Theatrical
Warner Bros. held the world premiere for Batman Begins in New York City on July 3, 2005, screening in IMAX. The film premiered at the Grand Rex on July 9, and at Odeon Leicester Square on July 10. Batman Begins was commercially released on July 13, 2005 in Australia. A midnight screening was held on July 15 at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con.

In North America, Batman Begins was distributed to 4,224 theaters, breaking the previous record for the highest number of theaters held by Shrek 2 in 2004.

Home media
Batman Begins was released on DVD and UMD on December 6, 2005.

The film was released on HD DVD on October 10, 2006. A Limited Edition Giftset of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 8, 2008, to coincide with The Dark Knight which hit theaters July 18, 2008. Due to the successful box office performance of The Dark Knight, the Batman Begins DVD saw an increase in both sales and rentals. Batman Begins was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on December 19, 2017.