‘The Batman’ Expected To Fly To HBO Max In Late April
deadline.comA tech glitch on the HBO website accidentally revealed the HBO Max and pay cable network’s premiere dates for the studio’s current blockbuster hit The Batman, which is set to bank a half-billion dollars worldwide by this weekend at the global box office.The listing, which you can see below, has since been scrubbed, but we hear the dates of Tuesday, April 19 on HBO Max and Saturday, April 23 on HBO linear are legit.
By the way, all of this makes sense: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has continually mentioned that for 2022 and until further notice, all Warner Bros theatrical releases will hit HBO Max 45 days after their debut in cinemas.In the case of The Batman, it’s 46 days after its March 4 U.S.-Canada theatrical release.Last year, Warner Bros implemented a controversial day-and-date plan for its theatrical movies on HBO Max; this as a means to spike subscribers for its frosh OTT service, while preventing event titles from going to seed during the pandemic.
The Batman reps Warner Bros’ return to a theatrical window, and, man, has it been successful.Stateside, The Batman had a fantastic hold in its second weekend, -50% with $66.5 million (-41% if you back out the first weekend’s previews of $21.6M from its $134M start).
That second-weekend hold was ahead of that of a Disney Marvel movie, which averages -63% in their second weekends, and ahead of previous DC movies’ second-weekend declines such as Batman v.
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