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World Box Office Weekend Report 11th - 13th March 2022: The Batman remains at the top for a second weekend with the new BTS concert movie the top new movie at 2

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The Batman
Spending a second weekend at the top is The Batman on its second weekend of release, with the highest new movie at number 2 as the concert movie BTS: Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing makes its debut.

Also new this weekend is the Disney/Pixar movie Turning Red which despite getting a Disney+ release in many countries gets a cinema release in 12 territories which gives it a debut at 9 with $3.8 Million.

World box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Batman (2nd weekend)
  • Highest debut - BTS: Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing (@2)
  • Longest run - Spider-Man: No Way Home (13 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.87 Billion)

World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 11th - 13th March 2022

The Batman

The Batman

Second weekend for the Matt Reeves directed vision of the Batman which takes $132.6 Million from a huge 76 countries, a fairly good 49% drop over its debut.

The movie is heading to be the top movie of 2022 but is currently at number 4 with $463.2 Million global total, the current top movie of 2022 is The Battle At Lake Changjin II with $625.9 Million.

The opening of the current movie has been one of the best over the pandemic and is setting the bar for the big blockbusters to come later this year.

BTS Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing

BTS Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing

Highest new movie of the weekend is the cinema event concert movie for super group BTS from South Korea which enters at number 2 with $32.6 Million from 75 countries.

The super group are no stranger to the box office having last had a concert in cinemas in 2018 with Love Yourself In Seoul: BTS World Tour 2019 which grossed $10 Million globally.

Uncharted

The Tom Holland starring video game adaptation is starting is decent down the box office now as its takes $20.4 Million on its 5th weekend of release from 65 countries, a small 28% drop over last weekend.

This gives it a $301.2 Million total global gross making it the 5th top movie of 2022.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

The other Tom Holland movie still on the box office this week, dropping to number 4 is the Sony/Marvel global smash which this weekend takes $6.4 Million from 60 countries, a small 23% drop.

Incredibly the movie has been on the box office for 13 weeks and is starting to appear on digital streaming, including Disney+, over this week, the movie has taken $1.8 Billion globally and although was released in 2021 is the 2nd top movie of 2022.

Dog

The Channing Tatum starring movie drop to number 5 this weekend with $6 Million from 20 countries, which is an amazing 11% drop on its 4th weekend of release, the movie has a global gross of $55.3 Million.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

  1. The Batman - $132,600,000
  2. BTS: Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing - $32,600,000
  3. Uncharted - $20,450,000
  4. Spider-Man: No Way Home - $6,475,000
  5. Dog - $6,061,336
  6. Death On the Nile - $5,500,000
  7. Sing 2 - $4,582,000
  8. The Battle At Lake Changjin II - $4,379,000
  9. Turning Red - $3,800,000
  10. The Kashmir Files - $3,692,339
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