‘The Batman’ Flies Past $200 Million at Domestic Box Office
thewrap.comThough the Friday-to-Friday drop is 67% due to strong preview and opening day numbers, “The Batman” has a strong chance of holding its weekend drop to below 55% of its $134 million opening weekend.
That would mark one of the best second weekend holds for any film since theaters reopened and the best for any DC film featuring Batman film since “The Dark Knight” in 2008.
This result will also mean that “The Batman” will become Warner Bros.’ highest grossing theatrical release since theaters reopened, having eclipsed the $400 million global theatrical run of “Dune” in just eight days of domestic release.
Now it is on its way to becoming one of the highest grossing post-shutdown releases of any studio, fueled by the strong word-of-mouth for the return of DC’s most popular character and its status as Warner’s first theatrically exclusive title following last year’s HBO Max day-and-date experiment.
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