‘The Batman’ Powers To $238M+ U.S. Cume By Sunday; Pic Already At $400M WW Today – Saturday Update

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Warner Bros.’ The Batman, as expected, is leading the weekend box office in what is expected to be a three-frame No. 1 streak with a very healthy hold of 51% and $66M on its way to $238.5M by Sunday.

Already the Matt Reeves directed movie is over $400M WW. Yesterday clocked $18.7M, -47% from last Friday (-67% if you compare against pic’s first Friday+previews).That hold beats that previous DC movies’ second weekend hold of Batman v.

Superman (-69%), and Dark Knight Rises (-61%) and Justice League (-56%).Despite the pandemic calming down and the mask mandate easing in Los Angeles and New York, the middle of the box office is filled with holdovers; Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home still gunning toward $800M, but will stand at $792.2M this weekend after a 13th weekend take of $4M, -11% and a theatrical booking of 2,702 locations.

That’s a theatrical hold that any rival distributor would envy three months after a pic’s release.Note, if Disney had kept Pixar’s Turning Red in theaters this weekend, that could have possibly delivered $20M-$30M+ at least providing a depth of dollars for exhibitors this weekend.