The 2022 box office has its first juggernaut. After years of promotion and more than few delays due to COVID-19, “The Batman” finally hit movie theaters this weekend. The Warner Bros. r…
The 2022 box office has its first juggernaut. After years of promotion and more than few delays due to COVID-19, “” finally hit movie theaters this weekend. The Warner Bros. release grossed a hefty $57 million from 4,417 locations in its opening day, though that’s a sum that includes $21.6 million from Thursday preview screenings.
The DC adaptation is tracking to open somewhere between $120 million and $130 million for the weekend. With more than $50 million already in the bank, “The Batman” is already the biggest opening weekend of 2022, with Sony’s “Uncharted” standing at a distant second with a $44 million three-day debut. It’s yet another demonstration that superhero appointment viewing is in a league of its own for moviegoers.
Compared to the franchise’s recent history, that figure would fall short of the opening weekend totals for Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises” , as well as that of Zack Snyder’s crossover showdown “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” . However, “The Batman” is not a sequel like those films; instead, it’s a whole cloth reboot of the property, with a new cast, a new mood and a new story.
Big-budget spectacles can tend to be front-loaded in their box office hauls and “The Batman” will be no exception. More than a third of its opening day grosses were earned through Thursday night previews. However, Warner Bros. hopes the DC adaptation will have longer staying power thanks to its positive reception.
“The Batman” sees Robert Pattinson as the seventh actor to don the cowl of the Caped Crusader in a live-action movie. The film also stars Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth and Colin Farrell as the Penguin. Directed by Matt Reeves, the production proved to be a prolonged one due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a production budget ballooning past $200 million.
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