Without much in the way of competition, nobody was expecting The Batman to plummet at the box office – especially as there is no streaming alternative at the same time.
The film holds the top spot for the second week and has added another $66 million to its total so far to bring its domestic take to $238 million. Its location average of basically $15k is definitely helping to juice up the theatrical market a good bit even as it has a 50% drop overall from its opening weekend. Again, it’s worth remembering that this is a three-hour film as well and a lot of theaters still aren’t running traditional full schedules and even more basic winter schedules. The film is up to $463 million worldwide and this coming Friday it opens in China as well where it’s likely to do really well.
With that film sucking up a lot of the oxygen in the space, Sony holds on its second-place spot with Uncharted as it adds another $9.2 million to its take to bring it to $113 million.
A lot of smaller films fill out the rest of the list and things that are basically hanging on until home video or streaming kicks in. But we do get a specialty piece that did well because of it with the BTS event landing on Saturday at $35 a pop for its three-hour event. That came in just shy of $7 million on 797 screens for an $8,592 location average.
What’s up next weekend? A lot of limited-release material but we have two films going wide. A24 debuts X for horror fans who also get Umma from distributor Stage 6 Films.
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batman, The | Warner Bros. | $66,000,000 | 4,417 | $14,942 | $238,520,826 |
| 2 | Uncharted | Sony | $9,250,000 | 3,725 | $2,483 | $113,355,790 |
| 3 | BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing | Trafalgar Releasing | $6,847,763 | 797 | $8,592 | $6,847,763 |
| 4 | Dog | United Artists Releasing | $5,346,376 | 3,407 | $1,569 | $47,803,478 |
| 5 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Sony | $4,075,000 | 2,702 | $1,508 | $792,285,954 |
| 6 | Death on the Nile | 20th Century Studios | $2,500,000 | 2,450 | $1,020 | $40,796,574 |
| 7 | Radhe Shyam | Alerion | $1,815,000 | 800 | $2,269 | $1,815,000 |
| 8 | Sing 2 | Universal | $1,580,000 | 1,988 | $795 | $155,825,000 |
| 9 | Jackass Forever | Paramount | $1,100,000 | 1,627 | $676 | $56,281,187 |
| 10 | Scream | Paramount | $445,000 | 664 | $670 | $80,905,289 |
| 11 | Cyrano | United Artists Releasing | $390,547 | 694 | $563 | $3,321,279 |
| 12 | Marry Me | Universal | $345,000 | 873 | $395 | $22,028,800 |
[Source: Box Office Essentials]
