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Posted March 6, 2022 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: The Batman Assumes the Throne


Two films again debuted among the box-office weekend top ten. This week, however, one of those film took the top spot by a markedly wide margin as The Batman eclipsed the second-place film by $117.5 million.

"The Batman" posterThe Matt Reeves-directed The Batman debuted over the weekend, earning Warner Bros. $128.5 million. This easily bested last week’s top film Uncharted, which pulled in $11 million over its third weekend of release. The film from Sony Pictures Entertainment now sports a three-week total of $100.3 million (still $28.2 million behind The Batman’s total over the weekend). Also dropping a spot to finish in third this weekend was the Channing Tatum vehicle Dog from United Artists Releasing, which managed $6.0 million over the weekend to lift its three-week total to $40.0 million. In fourth place was the Sony Pictures Entertainment box-office behemoth Spider-Man: No Way Home which added another $4.4 million over the weekend to raise its twelve-week total to $786.5 million, so the studio probably isn’t worried the film dropped a spot over the weekend. Last week’s fourth-place film finished in fifth this weekend as Death on the Nile added $2.7 million to give the 20th Century Studios film a four-week tally of $37.1 million.

Holding firm in the sixth spot over the weekend was Sing 2 with $1.5 million. The animated family film now boasts an eleven-week total of $153.6 million for Universal Pictures. Falling two spots to finish in seventh place was Jackass Forever from Paramount Pictures. The film added $1.4 million over the weekend to give it a five-week total of $54.5 million. Climbing a spot to finish in eighth place over the weekend was the Peter Dinklage vehicle Cyrano with $684,000 over the weekend. The film now sports a two-week tally of $2.6 million for United Artists Releasing. Debuting in ninth place was the Indian film Gangubai Kathiawadi. The Paramount Pictures International release brought in $592,000 during its first weekend in release. Finally, Scream held onto the tenth spot with $570,000 over the weekend, raising the eight-week total for the Paramount Pictures release to $80.2 million.

Two films were chased from the box-office weekend top ten again this week. Last week’s seventh-place film, Marry Me departs with a four-week total of $21.4 million. The horror film Studio 666 dropped from eighth-place to vacate the top ten with a two-week total of $2.3 million.

Weekend Box Office (March 4th – March 6th)

  1. The Batman…$128.5 Million
  2. Uncharted…$11.0 Million
  3. Dog…$6.0 Million
  4. Spider-Man: No Way Home…$4.4 Million
  5. Death on the Nile…$2.7 Million
  6. Sing 2…$1.5 Million
  7. Jackass Forever…$1.4 Million
  8. Cyrano…$684,000
  9. Gangubai Kathiawadi…$592,000
  10. Scream…$570,000
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
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