“Batman” remained at the forefront of the box office in North American theaters this weekend, with a solid collection estimated at 66 million dollars, according to preliminary figures released on Sunday by the specialized firm Exhibitor Relations.
With few new releases in what promises to be a quiet March, “Batman will succeed,” said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research, who predicts a “light” release schedule through May.
The latest film in the growing collection of versions of “Batman” – starring English actor Robert Pattinson, with Paul Dano, Colin Farrell and Zoe Kravitz in other starring roles – topped $238 million domestically and $224 million internationally. internationally, more than justifying its $200 million production budget.
Sony’s adventure film “Uncharted: Off the Map,” starring Tom Holland as an Indiana Jones-style treasure hunter, ranked second in its fourth week of release, grossing an estimated $9.3 million as of Friday. and Sunday.
In third place was Trafalgar Releasing’s “BTS Permission to Dance on Stage: Seoul,” which took in $6.8 million, becoming the highest-grossing live movie event of all time, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
In fourth place, down one from the previous week, was Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s comedy “Dog,” which grossed $5.3 million. In it, Channing Tatum plays an Army veteran who brings Lulu, a dog injured while serving with the Army in Afghanistan, to the funeral of her former handler.
The hit “Spider-Man: No Way Home” ranked fifth at the box office, taking in $4.1 million in its 13th week and hovering around $1.1 billion in total internationally.
The bottom five of the top ten grossing films were:
“Death on the Nile” ($2.5 million)
“Sing 2” (1.6 million)
“Jackass Forever” (1.1 million)
“Scream” ($445,000)
“Cyrano” ($391,000)
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