'The Batman' stays strong with $66 million during 2nd weekend in US

Hollywood star Robert Pattinsons latest release The Batman has earned 66 million from 4417 North American theatres in its second weekend of release propelling its domestic tally to a whopping 2385 millionAfter only 10 days on the big screen The Batman now ranks as the highestgrossing movie of 2022 as well as the secondhighest grossing since the onset of the Covid19 in early 2020 reports varietycomOnly SpiderMan No Way Home which has generated a stellar 792 million in North America has earned more money at the domestic box office in the past two yearsTicket sales for The Batman declined 51 per cent from its 134 million debut a better hold than most comic book tentpoles pandemic or not Recent Covidera releases such as The Suicide Squad Eternals Black Widow and ShangChi and the Legend of the Ten Rings plummeted anywhere from 53 per cent to 71 per cent in their sophomore outingsAnd other DC adaptations including Justice League Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice and Wonder Woman dipped between 43 per cent to 69 per cent after its inaugural weekendAt the international box office The Batman earned 666 million from 75 overseas market taking its global total to a huge 4632 million reports varietycomPositive reviews and strong wordofmouth have kept audiences coming back to The Batman which costars Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman and Paul Dano as the RiddlerDirected by Matt Reeves the PG13 The Batman which runs at a buttnumbing three hours takes a gritty look at Bruce Waynes earlier days as the worlds greatest detectiveThe 200 millionbudgeted film has been a needed commercial smash for Warner Bros After releasing its entire 2021 film slate simultaneously on HBO Max The Batman is the studios first exclusive theatrical release in more than 12 monthsGoing forward Warner Bros has announced plans to keep its movies in cinemas for 45 days before putting its new titles on HBO MaxWithout any new nationwide releases The Batman had no trouble towering over domestic charts In a distant second place Tom Hollands video game adaptation Uncharted nabbed 92 million from 3725 North American venuesAfter four weeks of release the PG13 actionadventure has earned 113 millionUncharted has also been popular internationally adding 112 million over the weekend and taking its overseas total to 1879 million With 301 million globally it continues Sonys streak of box office smashes following Ghostbusters Afterlife and SpiderMan No Way HomeA livestream of BTS Permission to Dance on Stage Seoul concert landed in third place bringing in 7 million from 803 theatresAt No 4 Channing Tatums PG13 canine adventure Dog made 53 million from 3407 venues Those receipts bring the films domestic tally to 478 millionUntil Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatums romantic comedy The Lost City hits the big screen on March 25 The Batman will have free rein over movie theatre marqueesIf moviegoing reaches a level thats down 20 per cent from 2019 levels before the end of the year that would be a very good result says David A Gross who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment ResearchThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever