Covid Clips ‘The Batman’s Wings In China, But Pic Not On The Wane As WW Hits $516M
deadline.comWarner Bros/DC’s The Batman released in China today, getting off to an RMB 23.3M ($3.7M) start, including previews.
The inauspicious bow was expected given that about 35% of the market’s cinemas have been temporarily shuttered amid a new Covid spike.
The good news is that the film has a strong 9 score on platforms Tao Piao Piao and Maoyan. The latter is currently predicting an RMB 194.3M ($30.5M) final tally for the Caped Crusader’s full run.That The Batman is being impacted by the Covid closures in China is something we already knew would happen as of last weekend when we were seeing a potential 25% hit.
Since then, the impact has grown; the cinema closures in such cities as Shanghai and Shenzhen, which we understand are the top two areas for foreign movies, make this a bigger drag.
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