'The Batman' director releases deleted Joker scene
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'The Batman' director Matt Reeves released a deleted scene from his superhero film featuring Robert Pattinson's Caped Crusader facing off against his classic nemesis, the Joker, played by Barry Keoghan. The scene is available after visiting a website that mimics the word puzzles posed by the Riddler (Paul Dano) in the movie, reports 'Variety'.
'The Batman' crosses $300 mn in North America
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Hollywood star Robert Pattinson's superhero movie 'The Batman' has minted over $300 million in North America. That feat is not surprising because March has been relatively light in terms of new releases. But even though there hasn't been much competition, 'The Batman' has managed to score impressive week-to-week holds.
'The Batman' stays strong with $66 mn during 2nd weekend in US
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 Hollywood star Robert Pattinson's latest release 'The Batman' has earned $66 million from 4,417 North American theatres in its second weekend of release, propelling its domestic tally to a whopping $238.5 million. After only 10 days on the big screen, 'The Batman' now ranks as the highest-grossing movie of 2022, as well as the second-highest grossing since the onset of the Covid-19 in early 2020, reports variety.com.
'The Batman' keeps gliding as box-office leader in second weekend
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With no new major releases for the weekend, Warner Bros.' 'The Batman' has an easy path to repeating its top performance at the domestic box-office. The DC adaptation grossed an additional $18.7 million on Friday from 4,417 locations, more than enough to maintain the No. 1 position on North American charts, reports variety.com. That performance represents a 67 per cent drop-off from the film's $57 million opening day, though that debut figure also includes $21.6 million from Thursday preview screenings populated by eager fans. Looking solely at last Friday's numbers, The Batman' is showing a much more encouraging 47 percent decline, reports variety.com.
'The Batman' Penguin spinoff series starring Colin Farrell officially ordered
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'The Batman' spinoff series about 'The Penguin' at HBO Max has officially been ordered to series. As 'Variety' exclusively reported in December 2021, Colin Farrell will return for the limited series after starring as the famous Batman villain in the recently released film, reports variety.com. Based on the characters created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger for DC, the show will follow the character, whose real name is Oswald Cobblepot, as he rises through the ranks of Gotham's criminal underworld.
'The Batman' begins with $57 mn on opening day at US box office
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Robert Pattinson-starrer 'The Batman' finally hit movie theatres this weekend and has grossed a whopping $57 million from 4,417 locations in its opening day, though that's a sum that includes $21.6 million from Thursday's preview screenings. The DC adaptation is tracking to open somewhere between $120 million and $130 million for the weekend. With more than $50 million already in the bank, 'The Batman' is already the biggest opening weekend of 2022.
Russia to miss 'The Batman' as Hollywood boycotts invader
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Warner Bros. has announced that it has halted its plans to release the Robert Pattinson-starrer, 'The Batman'. in Russia. The DC adaptation was set to release in the country on Friday (March 4).Later on Monday evening (U.S. Pacific Time), Sony Pictures also paused its plans to release 'Morbius', its upcoming solo film for the Marvel antihero, and all other upcoming theatrical releases in Russia.
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