Refresh to receive the most recent…: Just days after Warner Bros/DC’s The BatmanIt has now reached the $5-century mark in all 50 countries, and it is now at $600M globally in its third weekend. A $49.1MInternational frame down 46% versus the last session brings the international box-office cume on the Matt Reeves directed pic to $298MWith global standing at $598.1MThrough Sunday
Gotham’s vigilante hero is eyeing an ultimate worldwide total north of $750M, and that will be without a significant boost from ChinaWhere The BatmanThis weekend, they bowed. There was no opening. It was the No. 1 slot and cost RMB 76.7M ($12.1M), which includes $2M from IMAX. This is Hollywood’s best PRC opening in 2022. However, it does not inspire excitement. We have been observing since Sunday that the launch was unlucky given the Covid spike. Around 43% of cinemas are currently temporarily closed, including Shenzhen and Shanghai, which are the most popular areas for imported films.
As we also noted coming into the weekend, the movie has strong social mojo in China with a 9 on ticketing platform Maoyan — a figure that did not shift across the frame. Maoyan’s prediction for the complete run has been reduced to RMB 166.7M ($26.2M).
Given China’s lukewarm response to Hollywood movies over the past few weeks, it would have been nice if they had shown how The BatmanIf all the cylinders were firing, they would have been able to perform. Even without China’s boost, however, it was still a good result. The BatmanIt will all be fine. To wit: in like-for-likes at today’s rates, the overseas total is tracking ahead of Justice LeagueBy 9% (a title that made more than $106M in China), 22% Wonder Woman(which was worth $90M+ in China) & 54% more Godzilla Vs Kong(which made $189M in China). The runtimes of each movie were also significantly shorter.
Many markets, including Australia (-43%), Brazil (-32%), France (-28%), Australia (-32%), Mexico (-45%), and Brazil (-32%), are still strong week-on-week. These are the Top 5 Markets to Date UK ($43.7M), Mexico ($24.7M), Australia ($21.3M), Brazil($18.2M). France ($17.3M).
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