Coming up, China releases a week from Monday on March 14. The UK is the top market with $27.5M followed by France ($14.9M), Russia ($14.8M), Spain ($10.5M) and Australia ($9.7M). In 64 markets, the Tom Holland-starrer grossed $17.4M for a $171.3M overseas cume and $271.6M global to date. In holdover play, Sony’s Uncharted dropped by 50% in the third weekend of wide release. The Batman wings to 39 IMAX screens in Japan on Friday. Thirteen other markets enjoyed their 2nd best including the UK, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Switzerland, India, Denmark and UAE. Four markets saw their best-ever IMAX DC launch including Sweden, Belgium, Argentina and Curacao. On 320 IMAX screens in 74 overseas markets, the movie scored $7.3M for a per screen average of nearly $23K. In IMAX, The Batman delivered $22.3M worldwide, the biggest global opening weekend for the format in 2022 and the 2nd biggest since December 2019. In like-for-likes and at today’s rates, The Batman is tracking 8% behind The Dark Knight Rises, 10% ahead of Justice League, 43% ahead of Wonder Woman, 45% ahead of The Dark Knight and 143% above pandemic-era comp Godzilla Vs Kong. In France ($8.5M), The Batman topped The Dark Knight in admissions by 4% and is WB’s best opening since Joker. Brazil ($8.8M) clocked the 3rd best DC debut of all time and the 2nd biggest pandemic start for 40% more than Joker and 179% more than Venom 2. Australia ($9.2M) likewise notched the 2nd best pandemic start and WB’s best since Aquaman The Batman came in 31% bigger than Joker and 82% ahead of Venom 2 there. Mexico grossed $12M and had a huge 89% of the Top 5, tracking roughly on par with Joker there and 18% over Venom 2 - it scored the 2nd biggest opening of the pandemic. If there was slight weakness, it was in Asia where Korea has been battling an omicron spike.ĭrilling further into numbers in the Top 5 markets, The Batman dominated the UK ($18.4M) with 75% of the Top 5 and coming in 9% above Joker and 22% above The Dark Knight. Latin America, which loves DC, went batty for Robert Pattinson’s brooding turn in the suit. Australia also did great business even despite flooding in the eastern part of the country and new Covid restrictions in the west. In notable performances for the Caped Crusader, the UK and France benefited from having talent travel to the markets - a promotional factor that has been sorely missed during the pandemic. The Batman should have wings going forward - Japan opens this coming Friday while China follows on March 18 and there is plenty of runway until Sony’s Morbius gets its fangs out at the end of March. The Batman’s performance is again great news for the offshore theatrical business - when the product is there, audiences will come, particularly for a gripping, buzzy title and even despite its three-hour running time. While this is WB’s first time out domestically in a purely theatrical play after its HBO Max day-and-date pandemic strategy, that was never a factor overseas as films unspooled only in cinemas abroad throughout, kicking off early in many cases to avoid piracy issues. 3 for the pandemic when backing out China and Russia) and the biggest for Warner Bros since Joker in 2019, as well as the top international bow ever for Reeves. The international start is the industry’s best for 2022 (No. 1 in 73 of its openings, and came in at the high end of the range we were seeing ahead of the weekend. Combined with the $128.5M domestic start, the global launch is $248.5M. SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman winged into 74 offshore markets this weekend, landing $120M at the international box office through Sunday. See below for how this first weekend rolled out. Japan releases this coming Friday, followed by China on March 18. 1 in 73 of 74 launches abroad (the holdout was Turkey, where local biopic Bergen edged Bruce Wayne). Sunday’s benchmarks stand, with the Matt Reeves-directed take on the Caped Crusader the top international opening of 2022, WB’s best pandemic-era bow offshore and its best internationally since Joker in October 2019 as well as the 3rd biggest overseas pandemic-era debut in like-for-like markets behind Spider-Man: No Way Home and No Time To Die. There were slight shifts in individual market cumes within the Top 5 which includes the UK at a confirmed $18.1M, followed by Mexico at $12.1M, Australia at $9.3M, Brazil with $8.8M and France at $8.4M. 'PAW Patrol' Mighty At $46M WW Bow-Wow 'The Creator' Begins With $32M Global Zhang Yimou's 'Under The Light' Leads China Holiday 'Jawan' Sets New Records - International Box Office
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