Have you ever wondered how much it would cost to live in the shoes of your favourite heroes and anti-heroes? The True Cost of Heroism, an infographic based on data collected from 100 different sources including Forbes, Business Insider, TV shows and movie franchises such as Breaking Bad, James Bond, Batman, Spiderman, Stranger Things and Sherlock Holmes, breaks it down for us.
The True Cost of Heroism collates a huge amount of data from each franchise and compares them across six areas of expense to reveal each character's total spend.
This includes education fees, rent, vehicle cost, specialist equipment and gadgets, along with clothing and lifestyle expenditure.
The findings show how Bruce Wayne spends the most on his lavish lifestyle with $333,886,814, while Peter Parker is the only other character who spends within his means, saving $22,169 a year.
The detailed financial breakdown also reveals that Sherlock Holmes spends twice his $47,725 income on his Central London residence, specialist equipment and cigars and Walter White's criminal lifestyle costs him four times his Chemistry Teacher's salary.

Bruce Wayne

Founder and owner of Wayne Enterprises
Net worth and annual salary : $9.2 billion
Annual expenditure : $333,886,814 million
The founder and owner of Wayne Enterprises biggest splurge is on his 11 bedroom Gotham Manor, at $ 329,840,000 including the Bat Cave. His Bat Mobile, a custom Lamborghini Marcielago cost him $3,000,000 million and $337, 649 annually to maintain. His clothing - the graphite cowl, memory foam polymer cape and kelwar suit, all cost $393,850. His lifestyle, which entails Alfred (live in butler and estate manager) salary, and firearms training costs $ 176, 315.

James Bond

MI6 secret agent
Annual salary : $53, 365
Annual expenditure: $964,832
A taste for expensive cars, gadgets and beautiful women isn't cheap. His custom Aston Martin rakes in his $672,691 in running costs and damages. His tailored Tom Ford suits and Omega Seamaster watch cost $10,569 and daily vodka martinis from DUKES in London add up to $8, 081 annually. His 5 bedroom townhouse in Chelsea, London, costs him $19,781 in rent annually.

Walter White

Chemistry teacher/ Meth manufacturer and dealer
Annual salary : $50,690
Annual expenditure : $255,954
To be Heisenberg comes at steep expense. Walter White, the high school chemistry teacher turned ruthless mastermind spent $201,948 on his tuition fees for his Chemistry Bacehlor's Degree and PhD. at California Institute of Technology. He spends $1325 annually on his rent for his 3 bedroom bungalow in New Mexico and $9,500 on his mobile home that dabbles as a meth laboratory.

Sherlock Holmes

Consulting Detective
Annual Salary : $47,125
Annual expenditure : $99,534
Sherlock Holmes runs up quite the bill with a weekly cigar habit that costs him which cost $1695 annually. His 2 bed roomed London flat costs $4,111 annually in rent and a prestigious bachelor's degree in chemistry from either Oxford or Cambridge university came at a $48,159 fee.

Joyce Byers

Rental Clerk
Annual salary: $21,114
Annual expenditure : $30,459
This unlikely hero from the TV show, Stranger Things skimps and saves on pretty much everything except on her monthly lunch date with Bob Newby which costs $2,966 annually and $14,156 in annual running costs for her 1976 Ford Pinto.

Peter Parker

High School Student/Freelance Photographer
Annual Salary: $23,294
Annual expenditure: $1125
Peter Parker has plenty of financial support, with Aunt May covering his rent and Tony Stark supplying his super suit and specialist equipment. Spider-Man's biggest expense is his A.I. equipped spandex suit at $1,040,800, but thanks to Tony Stark he only has to worry about is staying in school.

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