Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAfter three weeks atop domestic box office charts, “The Batman” will face competition from a nearly endangered Hollywood species: movie stars.At a time when familiar franchises, not big-name talent, have been dictating commercial success, Paramount is banking on the combined wattage of Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum to lure audiences to “The Lost City,” a screwball romantic comedy that opens in theaters this weekend and harkens back to a genre that has mostly fallen out of favor with moviegoers.Buoyed by strong reviews and A-list actors, including a cameo from Brad Pitt and villainous turn from Daniel Radcliffe, “The Lost City” is expected to earn a promising $20 million in its opening weekend. Those ticket sales would put the film in an extremely close race against “The Batman” for first place.
‘The Batman’ Blasts Off to $120 Million-Plus Box Office Opening
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Not only does that put “The Batman” alongside “Spider-Man: No Way Home” as the second film since the pandemic began to open to over $100 million, that also makes it the first Warner Bros. release in over four years to top that mark. The last title from the Burbank studio to do so was “It” was a $123 million opening back in September 2017.
The month ahead for “The Batman” is looking very bright considering that no major blockbusters will be coming out until Sony’s “Morbius” on April 1, leaving it plenty of room to leg out. The film will have incredibly strong word-of-mouth to fuel those legs — 85% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, 4.5/5 on Postrak and an A- on CinemaScore — along with its theatrically exclusive status after Warner Bros. spent all of last year releasing films in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously.
With “The Batman” taking approximately 80% of all estimated box office revenue this weekend, holdover totals for all other films are small. But Sony’s “Uncharted” is holding decently in its third weekend given the competition with an estimated $12.4 million total. That will make the Playstation adaptation the fourth Sony film to gross over $100 million in North America since this past October.
MGM/FilmNation’s “Dog” is in third with an estimated $6.5 million in its third weekend, giving the low-budget comedy a domestic total of $40 million. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” stays in the top 5 with $4.7 million in its 12th weekend, with 20th Century’s “Death on the Nile” in fifth with $2.85 million in its fourth weekend.
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‘The Batman’ Stays Atop U.K. Box Office, ‘Jujutsu Kaisen 0’ Makes Strong Debut
Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros.’ “The Batman” continued atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the third weekend in a row with £3.3 million ($4.4 million), according to numbers released by Comscore. The film, starring Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz now has a total of £32.6 million.
'The Batman' Becomes Second Movie of Pandemic Era to Cross $300 Million at Box Office
The Batman remains a hit.
Box Office: ‘The Batman’ Rules Again, Crosses $300 Million in North America
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRobert Pattinson’s gritty superhero adventure “The Batman” is the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row.That feat is not surprising because March has been relatively light in terms of new releases.
Box Office: ‘The Batman’ Strikes Again With Third Weekend on Top, ‘Jujutsu Kaisen 0’ Lands at No. 2
J. Kim Murphy It was another easy pathway to the top slot at the domestic box office for “The Batman.” Now in its third weekend, the Warner Bros.
‘The Batman’ Earns Third No. 1 as ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ Gives Sony Another Anime Box Office Hit
Earlier this week, “The Batman” became just the fifth Hollywood film in the past year to gross over $500 million worldwide and should pass the $300 million domestic mark and $600 million global mark by the end of this weekend. While the new COVID-19 infection surge in China has closed over 25% of theaters in that country as “The Batman” opens there, the film is still on pace to surpass the theatrical runs of “F9” and “No Time to Die” and become only the second Hollywood film to gross over $800 million since the pandemic began.
‘The Batman’ Crosses $500 Million at Global Box Office
After two weeks in theaters, Warner Bros./DC’s “The Batman” has passed $500 million at the global box office, with more than half of that total coming from domestic theaters. On Wednesday, “The Batman” added $5.75 million domestically, bringing its total to $258.3 million in North America and $505.8 million worldwide.
‘The Batman’ Continues U.K. Box Office Reign
Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros.’ “The Batman” continued its sway over the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second weekend in a row with £7.4 million ($9.6 million), according to numbers released by Comscore. The dark brooder starring Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz now has a total of £26.5 million.In second place, Sony’s “Uncharted” collected £1.05 million on its fifth weekend and has a total of £21.7 million.
‘The Batman’ Sets Sights on $500 Million at Global Box Office
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The Batman” is nearing a significant box office milestone.The newest superhero adventure, starring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, has generated $463 million globally, putting the Warner Bros. film within striking distance of $500 million, an important benchmark given its $200 million price tag. In non-COVID times, half-a-billion dollars would be an expected and relatively insignificant threshold for a big-budget comic book adventure.
‘The Batman’ Earns Excellent $66 Million 2nd Weekend at Box Office
This result signifies a weekend drop of just 51%, giving “The Batman” a better second weekend hold than any of the top 5 highest grossing films of 2021; and given the film’s ability to beat projections, that hold could improve further after Sunday actuals are reported. With this blistering pace, “The Batman” stays on track to reach $400 million in North America and potentially $1 billion worldwide, having already exceeded the domestic and global runs of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” as it joins “Spider-Man: No Way Home” as the only film in the past year to top $225 million domestic.
Box Office: ‘The Batman’ Stays Strong With $66 Million in Second Weekend
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRobert Pattinson’s moody superhero adventure “The Batman” prevailed at the box office again.The film earned $66 million in its second weekend of release, propelling its domestic tally to a robust $238.5 million. After only 10 days on the big screen, “The Batman” ranks as the highest-grossing movie of 2022, as well as the second-highest grossing movie since the onset of COVID-19.
‘The Batman’ Keeps Gliding as Box Office Leader in Second Weekend
J. Kim Murphy With no major new wide releases for the weekend, Warner Bros.’ “The Batman” has an easy path to repeating its top performance at the domestic box office.
‘The Batman’ Flies Even Higher With $134 Million Debut at Domestic Box Office
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The Batman” landed a bigger opening weekend than Warner Bros., the studio behind the comic book adventure, initially expected.The latest superhero epic, starring Robert Pattinson as an exceptionally moody Caped Crusader, collected $134 million in North American theaters over the weekend, above Sunday’s estimates of $128.5 million.Those ticket sales rank as the best opening weekend of 2022, as well as only the second pandemic-era movie to cross the $100 million mark in a single weekend following “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”The reason behind the 4% bump in Monday’s final tally is because “The Batman” had a better-than-expected turnout on Sunday, bringing in $34.1 million. That’s more than some pandemic-era releases managed to earn in their entire theatrical runs.
AMC Boss Adam Aron Posts “Hidden Meaning” ‘Batman’ Tweet In Wake Of Big Box Office Weekend & Circuit’s Price Surge For DC Film
Following AMC CEO Adam Aron’s announcement about hiking tickets for Warner Bros.’ The Batman over the weekend and the pic’s $128M+ opening, the circuit boss celebrated by posting a Tweet of Robert Pattinson’s Batman looking up at a dollar signal in the sky.
‘The Batman’ Has $4 Million Opening in Korea as Box Office Stays Weak
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSouth Korean cinema audiences turned out to see “The Batman” but little else over the weekend. That activity put “The Batman” firmly on top of the weekend box office chart, but it left overall business at deeply depressed levels.“The Batman” earned $2.01 million between Friday and Sunday according to data from the Kobis data service operated by the Koran Film Council (Kofic).
‘The Batman’ earns $128M at box office in year’s biggest opening weekend
first place at the box office, raking in $128.5 million on its opening weekend — more than any other movie this year.The three-hour superhero reboot, staring Robert Pattinson as Gotham’s brooding caped crusader, is the second pandemic-era flick to earn more than $100 million in a single weekend, according to Variety.The Warner Bros. film, which also features Zoë Kravitz as an exceptionally foxy Catwoman, beat out the Mark Wahlberg treasure-hunt flick “Uncharted” for the top spot.“It’s fun to see the public really embrace the movie,” Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros., told the entertainment news outlet.
'The Batman' Debuts at No. 1 at the Box Office!
The Batman is back!