‘The Batman’ Charts Third Best First Monday At Pandemic Domestic Box Office

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It might have been another Manic Monday as The Bangles would say but that didn’t stop people from going to see The Batman yesterday, even with the top three circuits jacking up their ticket prices by largely a buck.Among first Mondays during the pandemic, the Matt Reeves directed movie grossed $11.1M which ranks behind Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s first Monday of $37.1M and Disney/Marvel’s Labor Day $19.2M take of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Among all Mondays during the pandemic (since mid-March 2020), The Batman ranks fourth as the second Monday of Spider-Man: No Way Home is technically second with $24.77M.Despite all the fanfare about AMC Boss Adam Aron being transparent about his circuit’s $1 buck increase on The Batman, he wasn’t the first, nor was he alone in raising ticket prices on an event movie.

Regal and Cinemark also increased prices for Batman this past weekend, and those two circuits did so on Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Given the record box office grosses here, hard to argue that moviegoers actually stayed at home. AMC’s ticket price uptick is in effect reportedly through this Friday.Through four days, The Batman has accumulated $145.1M.