Robert Pattinson’s The Batman continued to soar over both Gotham and the nation’s multiplexes for the third consecutive weekend, taking the No.
1 spot yet again with a muscular $36.8 million haul that pushed the latest outing from the Caped Crusader past the $300 million mark in North America.
Meanwhile some fresh competition from the lower-profile worlds of anime and indie horror finally helped to nudge Sony’s blockbuster, Spider-Man: No Way Home, out of the top five for the first time in three and a half months.Playing in 4,302 theaters, Warner Bros.’ dark, PG-13-rated superhero spectacular co-starring Paul Dano as the Riddler scored a strong $8,554 per-screen average in its third frame—a drop-off of -44.7% from the previous weekend.
Despite the flick’s lengthy, three-hour running time and bruise-black tone, it has managed to rack up $300.1 million domestically to date, making it only the second film to accomplish that feat since the pandemic began,
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