US Box Office Weekend Report 4th - 6th March 2022: The Batman makes its US debut at the top of the box office as it dominates on its opening weekend #boxoffice

The Batman

The DC Movie Universe has had a difficult time at cinemas and after trying to succeed in the same way Marvel's universe has simply didn't work for the Warner Bros. franchise, but the individual character movies does seem to work.

This of course isn't by a long shot the first time Batman has been portrayed, this this is the darkest version we have had so from director Matt Reeves.

The movie stars Robert Pattinson as the title character and the movie takes a fantastic $134 Million on its debut.

The movie is already the second highest grossing movie of 2022 and by next weekend will most likely be the top movie of the year.

Uncharted

Falling to number 2 this weekend is the Tom Holland starring video game adaptation which takes $11 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a large 53% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now chalked off one milestone as its total US gross now sits at $100 Million, and it is the 3rd top movie of 2022.

Dog

The Channing Tatum starring vehicle falls to number 3 this weekend with $6 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 40% drop, which brings its total gross to $40 Million.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Falling a single place this week after 12 weeks on the box office, the Marvel/Sony movie takes $4.4 Million, a small 23$ drop considering how long the movie has been released now!

This gives the movie a total gross of $786 Million, $172.8 Million of it taken in 2022 making it the top movie of the year so far, it is also the 3rd to movie ever in the US.

Death on the Nile

Finishing off the top 5 is the Kenneth Branagh movie which falls to number 5 with $2.7 Million on its 4th weekend, a 39% drop, giving it a total of $37 Million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

1. The Batman - $134,008,624
2. Uncharted - $11,102,182
3. Dog - $6,116,815
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home - $4,519,623
5. Death On the Nile - $2,752,197
6. Sing 2 - $1,635,325
7. Jackass Forever - $1,424,472
8. Cyrano - $678,783
9. Gangubai Kathiawadi - $592,000
10. Scream - $575,787

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