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.
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” ($158 million) and “The Dark Knight Rises” ($160 million), as well
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