Batman has returned!!! Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinsons The Batman has become the second biggest opening of the pandemic era. The Batman opened to a huge $128.5 million and is also only the second film to open above the $100 million during the pandemic era. The film is also a strong performer oversees where it opens in 75 markets and collected another $120 million. In its first weekend The Batman has made a worldwide total of $248 million.
The strong opening for The Batman is also very good for Warner Brothers who struggled at the box office due to there day and date debut on HBO Max.last year. The results of this clearly show theatrical release alone is still the way to go. It also shows that for big enough movies people are willing to go back to the theatre to see them.
This film was most helped by younger male moviegoers, with over 65% being male and 60% being between 18-34, showing that older moviegoers are still reluctant to head back to the multiplex. The Batman does only have china left to go though as it did open in all international markets except for Russia, where it was pulled in support of Ukraine.
The rest of the box office wasn’t that impressive though as everyone went out to see The Batman. Coming in at number 2 was Uncharted which made $11 Million but has now managed to cross $100 million domestically making it one of the few films in the pandemic to do so. Dog came in at number 3 making $6 Million and is now at $40 million domestic. Spider-Man No Way Home($4.4M) and Death on The Nile($2.7M) round up the top 5.
Nothing major is opening up next week against The Batman, so we will see how big the second week drop is to real see how much money this film can make and to see if it has a chance of joining the billion dollar club.
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