‘The Batman’ Soars to Bedazzling $128.5M Opening
Starring Robert Pattinson, the superhero pic scored the second-best domestic debut of the pandemic era behind 'Spider-Man: No Way Home.'
The Batman — starring Robert Pattinson in his first turn as the brooding crime fighter — flew to a huge $128.5 million in its domestic box office debut to secure the second-best opening of the pandemic era behind 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home. It’s also director Matt Reeves’ biggest opening to date, and is only the second picture since December 2019 to cross $100 million in its launch.
The Batman‘s early performance is all the more impressive considering it runs nearly three hours and wasn’t a known quantity, as well as being on the darker side. It’s safe to say the pic’s strong opening launches a new Batman franchise for Warner Bros. and DC at a critical juncture for legacy Hollywood studios, who are growing ever more reliant on mega-tentpoles and known IP. (Also, Warners is on the brink of having a new owner, Discovery.)
The new movie in the Batman verse has flown to a whopping $57 million at the Friday box office for a projected opening weekend north of $120 million. Directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattinson as Batman, The Batman will most likely score as the second-best domestic opening of the pandemic era behind Spider-Man: No Way Home, which debuted to an impressive $260.1 million in mid-December with earning more than $1.85 billion to date at the worldwide box office.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The arrival of the Warner Bros. and DC tentpole couldn’t have come sooner for theater owners given how slow January and February were in terms of Hollywood tentpoles. The Batman’s launch is looking like a substantial success despite it running for almost three hours and being far darker than No Way Home.
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The film focuses on Bruce Wayne’s earlier days of fighting crime, centering on the murder of the town’s mayor by a masked serial killer. The rest of the movie follows Pattinson as he discovers Gotham’s underworld and the corruption along with it. The movie also features many of Batman’s original characters. Paul Dano plays the Riddler, the serial killer pursued by Batman, while Zoë Kravitz plays Catwoman and Colin Farrell plays the Penguin., with some saying his character stole the show.
The DC movie has also been receiving positive views from critics, earning an A- CinemaScore from audiences. However, it is still to be determined whether the film can further the box office and go past $120 million in its domestic opening weekend. As movie theaters continue to recover from the 2020-21 blow due to the pandemic, superhero movies are surely continuing to help in that aspect. According to EntTelligence, Batman commanded more than 80 percent of all tickets sold on Friday, with 22 percent of the audience opting to see it in a premium format.
Reeves was the first person Toby Emmerich hired to helm a superhero pic when Emmerich took over as president of Warner Bros. Motion Pictures (Joker and Suicide Squad were already in the works).
“You to buy into the idea that Batman is like Hamlet. He’s such a rich character. And that the only reason to do it is if you find a different swim lane and a Batman that’s true to the DNA, but is a different interpretation,” Emmerich says. “From the very beginning, Matt consciously made sure that the character and the story he was telling was different than anyone that had been told before.”
The Batman‘s opening cements the supremacy of the superhero genre at a time when many genres are struggling on the big screen. Younger males — who have so far fueled the fragile box office recovery — turned out in force and weren’t put off by the movie’s nearly three-hour running time or its darker themes. More than 65 percent of ticket buyers were male, while more than 60 percent of the audience was between ages 18 and 34.
The arrival of the Warner Bros. and DC tentpole couldn’t have come sooner for theater owners following a slow January and February in terms of Hollywood tentpoles.
The PG-13 film centers on Bruce Wayne’s earlier days of fighting crime and is a rogues’ gallery of Batman characters. Paul Dano plays the Riddler, a serial killer pursued by Batman, while Zoë Kravitz plays Catwoman and Colin Farrell appears as the Penguin.
Friday’s $57 million haul for The Batman included $21.6 million in Thursday previews and fan screenings in Imax theaters on Tuesday and Wednesday. Like other superhero pics, the $200 million tentpole is doing substantial business on Imax and other premium, large-format screens, which represent 30 percent of all business.
The world’s largest exhibitor, AMC Entertainment, is using the movie as a chance to experiment with variable pricing in the U.S. and charge anywhere from $1 to $1.50 more for a ticket. That’s for regular digital screenings; the upcharge for showings on AMC-operated Imax and PLF screens is likely more.
Overseas, The Batman opened in numerous markets, although its release in Russia was scrubbed at the eleventh hour because of the invasion of Ukraine. It doesn’t release in China until March 14.
The pic was playing in a total of 74 markets by Friday, grossing a hefty $26.5 million for the day for an early foreign total of $54 million. The U.K. opened to impressive numbers on Friday ($6.4 million), which is 24 percent ahead of fellow DC pic Joker.
The Batman has been well received by critics and earned an A- CinemaScore from audiences, as well as strong PostTrack exit scores.
According to EntTelligence, Batman commanded more than 80 percent of all tickets sold on Friday, with 22 percent of the audience opting to see it in a premium format.
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