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‘The Batman,’ still at No. 1, crosses $300M

- — associated press

“The Batman” is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office.

Robert Pattinson’s debut as the Dark Knight earned an additional $36.8 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. It also slid past the $300 million mark ahead of projection­s.

The Warner Bros. film is the highest grossing movie of 2022 and the second highest since the beginning of the pandemic (first place goes to “Spider-Man: No Way Home”).

“The Batman,” directed by Matt Reeves, also picked up $49.1 million internatio­nally this weekend, bringing its global total to $598.1 million. The only place “The Batman” seems to be stumbling is in China where it earned $12.1 million in its first weekend. But about 43% of cinemas in China are closed due to the pandemic and “The Batman” still did slightly better than “Uncharted” which also opened there this weekend to $10.3 million.

“The Batman” cost an estimated $200 million to make, not counting the many millions spent on marketing. But it is already a win for Warner Bros., which took at hit at the box office in 2021 because all of its films were released simultaneo­usly in theaters and on HBO Max.

It also helps that marketplac­e competitio­n has been slim. The biggest competitor this weekend was the anime “Jujutsu Kaisen 0,” which was released by Crunchyrol­l and Funimation, and took in an estimated $17.7 million in its first weekend in North America, where it was playing on 2,748 screens. The Japanese film is based on a best-selling manga and available to watch dubbed or with subtitles.

“Fans made this movie a big hit this weekend,” said Paul Dergarabed­ian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “It shows how passionate fans of anime are and how beautiful these films are when presented on the big screen.”

The horror film “X” also debuted this weekend on 2,865 screens and is projected to gross around $4.4 million. Directed by Ti West

‘Fans made this movie a big hit this weekend. It shows how passionate fans of anime are and how beautiful these films are when presented on the big screen.’ PAUL DERGARABED­IAN talking about ‘Jujutsu

Kaisen 0’

and distribute­d by A24, “X” is about a group of people who are terrorized while shooting a pornograph­ic film.

Focus Features launched the crime drama “The Outfit,” starring Mark Rylance in 1,324 locations. It made an estimated $1.5 million.

Outside of the top 10, Vertical Entertainm­ent and Roadside Attraction­s had “Alice,” the Sundance breakout about an enslaved woman who gets transporte­d to 1973, which made $176,120 from 170 locations.

 ?? ?? SLIM COMPETITIO­N: ‘The Batman,’ starring Zoe Kravitz, left, and Robert Pattinson, is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office.
SLIM COMPETITIO­N: ‘The Batman,’ starring Zoe Kravitz, left, and Robert Pattinson, is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office.
 ?? Ap file pHotos ?? THE NEWBIE: ‘X,’ starring Brittany Snow, left, and Scott Mescudi, opened this weekend on 2,865 screens and is projected to gross around $4.4 million.
Ap file pHotos THE NEWBIE: ‘X,’ starring Brittany Snow, left, and Scott Mescudi, opened this weekend on 2,865 screens and is projected to gross around $4.4 million.

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