The Warner Bros. Pictures’ new film “The Batman” directed by Matt Reeves crossed over $700 million in Box Office Revenue in the weekend gone by. Over the weekend, the film added another $13.4 million internationally, bringing the running total to over $361.5 million. Domestically, the film made $10.8 million, for a total of $349 million. The movie has earned $710.5 million worldwide.
It was based heavily on the character’s origins as “the world’s greatest detective,” and stars Robert Pattinson as The Dark Knight and Paul Dano as the villain, The Riddler. Compared to other live-action superhero films, the $700 million-plus revenue of this film is outpacing all but three of them. Among the top-grossing Batman films, 411 million dollars were earned by 1989’s Batman, $266 million by 1992’s Batman Returns, $336 million by 1995’s Batman Forever, and $238 million by 1997’s Batman & Robin. The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film, became the first film to reach $1 billion worldwide. Batman Begins, the first film in the acclaimed Christopher Nolan trilogy, made $373 million in 2005. With a worldwide gross of $1.08 billion, Christopher Nolan’s 2012 sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, performed slightly better. After the first film in his trilogy, Batman Begins, made $373 million in 2005, The Dark Knight became the first Batman film to exceed $1 billion. With a worldwide gross of $1.08 billion, Christopher Nolan’s 2012 sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, performed slightly better.
It’s the biggest movie hit since the December release of Spider-Man: No Way Home and the widest-reaching success for W.B. Productions since the outbreak began. This was the highest-grossing movie of 2022.A sequel to The Batman has already been hinted at by the filmmaker.
