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March 23, 2022 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 7 Arts & Entertainment ‘The Batman,’ Still No. 1, Crosses $300 Million By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The Batman” is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office. Robert Pattinson’s de- but as the Dark Knight earned an additional $36.8 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. It also slid past the $300 million mark ahead of projections. The Warner Bros. film is the highest grossing movie of 2022 and the second highest since the beginning of the pan- demic (first place goes to “Spider-Man: No Way Home”). “The Batman,” direct- ed by Matt Reeves, also picked up $49.1 million internationally this weekend, bringing its global total to $598.1 million. The only place “The Batman” seems to be stumbling is in China where it earned $12.1 mil- lion in its first weekend. But about 43% of cinemas in China are closed due to the pandemic and “The Batman” still did slightly better than “Unchar- tered” which also opened there this weekend to $10.3 million. “ The War- ner Bros. film is the highest grossing movie of 2022 “The Batman” cost an estimated $200 million to make, not counting the many millions spent on marketing. But it is al- ready a win for Warner Bros., which took at hit at the box office in 2021 be- cause all of its films were released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. It also helps that mar- This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Zoe Kravitz, left, and Robert Pattinson in a scene from “The Batman.” “The Batman” is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office. Robert Pattinson’s debut as the Dark Knight earned an additional $36.8 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, March 20, 2022. It also slid past the $300 million mark ahead of projections. (Jonathan Olley/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) ketplace competition has been slim. The biggest competitor this weekend was the anime “Jujutsu Kaisen 0,” which was re- leased by Crunchyroll and Funimation, and took in an estimated $17.7 million in its first week- end in North America, where it was playing on 2,748 screens. The Jap- anese film is based on a best-selling manga and available to watch dubbed or with subtitles. “Fans made this movie a big hit this weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “It shows how passionate fans of anime are and how beau- tiful these films are when presented on the big screen.” The horror film “X” also debuted this weekend on 2,865 screens and is pro- jected to gross around $4.4 million. Directed by Ti West and distributed by A24, “X” is about a group of people who are terrorized while shoot- ing a pornographic film. Focus Features launched the crime dra- ma “The Outfit,” starring Mark Rylance in 1,324 locations. It made an es- timated $1.5 million. And outside of the top 10, Ver- tical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions had “Alice,” the Sun- dance breakout about an enslaved woman who gets transported to 1973, which made $176,120 from 170 locations.
