🦸‍♂️ Top 10 DC Superhero Movie Moments Where Commercial Real Estate Deserves an Oscar

It’s not just the capes and cowls—DC movies are packed with iconic buildings, office towers, lairs, and properties that drive the plot (or get flattened in the process). Superman was just seen over London!  Where else should we watch?

1️⃣0️⃣ Shazam! (2019)

🏢 The Rock of Eternity might be a magical HQ, but the real estate around Philly takes the brunt when hero and villain battle through malls and office buildings.

9️⃣ Wonder Woman (2017)

🏛️ Diana takes the fight straight into German-occupied buildings and a grand ballroom—turning prime historic real estate into collateral damage.

8️⃣ Joker (2019)

🏙 Gotham’s urban decay and derelict properties set the scene for Arthur’s descent—and that haunting final shot at Arkham State Hospital? That’s some institutional real estate with history.

7️⃣ Suicide Squad (2016)

🏚 Midway City’s office towers and transit systems become a demolition zone thanks to magical destruction. The building restoration bill? Astronomical.

6️⃣ The Batman (2022)

🏢 Gotham’s crumbling infrastructure, city hall, and high-rises all suffer as the Riddler floods downtown real estate.

5️⃣ Batman Begins (2005)

🚇 Wayne Tower’s undercroft hides the old Gotham monorail station—until Ra’s al Ghul crashes the train into the tower’s foundation. Property value: significantly reduced.

4️⃣ Superman II (1980)

🏙 Zod and crew turn Metropolis into a demolition derby. Office towers, TV antennas, glass walls—nothing is safe from supervillain brawls.

3️⃣ Man of Steel (2013)

🦸‍♂️ The most expensive battle in real estate history: Superman vs. Zod levels half of Metropolis, including countless office towers and Main Street businesses.

2️⃣ The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

🏢 Bane uses Wayne Tower’s under-construction infrastructure and sewers to launch his revolution. And let’s not forget that brutal stock exchange heist inside Gotham’s financial center.

1️⃣ Superman (1978)

💥 The original real estate super villain. Lex Luthor plots to sink California so his desert land skyrockets in value—because location, location, location. Plus, that Park Avenue underground lair? Iconic.

🏙 Honorable Mentions

  • Justice League — The final fight turns an abandoned power plant into rubble.

  • Batman Forever — The Riddler’s island HQ is basically a glowing real estate hazard.

  • Batman v Superman — We see Wayne Financial Tower crumble in Metropolis during the replay and ground level view of the Superman v. Zod fight from Man of Steel.

  • Superman II — Lex Luthor sells out Superman and humankind to General Zod and friends, in exchange for a small piece of real estate: Australia!