The Batman To Be Only The 6th Film To Debut With $100M At The Domestic Box Office In March?

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Los Angeles, March 1 - The month of March is all set to kick off with the release of Warner Bros.' highly-anticipated DC Superhero movie, "The Batman". The Robert Pattinson-fronted will debut internationally on March 3rd ahead of its domestic debut on the next day.

Warner Bros. and theater owners have high expectations from this Matt Reeves-directed, which is touted to be darker and more to be a detective story than the previous Batman movies. The movie had its world premiere on Feb. 28, in which, it received an anonymous positive response from the critics.



As far as the box office is concerned, "The Batman" is all set to take the biggest opening of 2022. The latest projections are indicating the movie to open between $115M-$145M at the domestic (North America) box office in the opening weekend. While these are just indications, it might surpass the projection to take the biggest opening in the Batman franchise of all time.

The reboot of the Batman film franchise, The Batman may become only the 6th Hollywood movie of all time to debut with $100M+ at the domestic box office, for a film released in the month of March. Only five movies in the past have reached the box office milestone, in which, Beauty and the Beast is at number 1 with $174 million for $504 million total domestic collections.

The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is the second biggest Hollywood movie to release in March with $166 million in 2016 for a $330 million lifetime domestic haul. Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel followed at number 3 with a $153 million domestic debut in 2019. It is one of the highest-grossing solo superhero movies of all time with $1.12 billion worldwide, including $426 million at the domestic box office.



The dystopian action film The Hunger Games was the second-biggest March movie at the time of its debut in 2012. It debuted with $152 million, for $408 million total domestic cume. The Alice in Wonderland was the first $100 million domestic grosser in March with a $116 million debut at the box office. The dark fantasy movie, starring Johnny Depp, grossed $334 million during its entire domestic run.

Moving back to "The Batman", it is set in his second year of fighting crime, the film sees Batman uncover corruption in Gotham City while pursuing the Riddler (Dano), a serial killer who targets Gotham's elite. It stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell.

Stay tuned...