NEW YORK — In its second weekend of release, Warner Bros.’ “The Batman” easily remained the No. 1 movie in North American theaters with $66 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a live BTS concert broadcast was one-day-only blockbuster.
“The Batman,” the first exclusively theatrical release in more than a year from AT&T’s T Warner Bros.’, after experimenting with simultaneous streaming releases through 2021, is expected to have much of March to itself at theaters. No new wide releases opened over the weekend and “The Batman” should remain atop the box office for at least another week.
“Uncharted,” the action-adventure starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, declined only 17% in its fourth week of release. The videogame adaptation, from Sony Group’s SONY Sony Pictures, came in second with $9.3 million. It grossed $113.4 million domestically. “These are unusually small weekend-over-weekend drops,” said Dergarabedian, who noted the dip for “The Batman” was even less if you discounted the film’s early presales ahead of opening weekend. “The road to recovery is in full swing, it’s just taking a while.”