THE BATMAN WEEKEND THREAD | 134M OW DOM, 258.2M WW | Biggest WB opening since BvS. First non Disney-affiliated 100M OW since 2018

[CJohn]

This opening is boring af. It doesn't give us two trilogies and 5 spinoffs greenlighted on Monday and it doesn't give us RPATZ European arthouse porn either.

[excel1]

$110m would be weak and worthy of meltdowns. Maybe opening day can go to $60 which puts $140s into play which is much more respectable.

[wildphantom]

21 minutes ago, KJsooner said:

Saw The Batman last night.
 

I’m a huge Batman fan and I wasn’t a fan of the casting, I had zero expectations for this movie and was blown away, absolutely loved it in every aspect, honestly I’d put it above all the other Batman films(minus The Dark Knight). 
 

Dano’s Riddler isn’t too far of a drop from Ledger’s Joker!

agree. I think within ten minutes if you’re a Batman comics fan you know you’re going to be in for something special. The movie is like having a Frank Miller story literally brought to life.  Miller is ALWAYS mentioned as an inspiration in every Bat film adaptation, but this was the first that actually felt like I was reading one of his works.

 

There were no compromises made to make it accessible to those that aren’t going to fully commit to what Reeves wanted to do.  I commend that immensely.
 

Dune and The Batman have made me forgive WB for all the bashing I’ve given their distribution strategy these past couple of years. 

Edited March 5, 2022 by wildphantom

[EmpireCity]

4 minutes ago, excel1 said:

$110m would be weak and worthy of meltdowns. Maybe opening day can go to $60 which puts $140s into play which is much more respectable.

 

Well, like we told you last night, $110m is made up and bullshit and not happening.  

[Cooper Legion]

I know it’s gonna be public in like 2 hours, but I’d love some holdover data while I’m still awake 😂

[vale9001]

The film is really ok and a really good cinecomic but I think for generic audience is just.. "this scene was really good but i already saw it". There are new things around there but the general impression is you are seeing another batman movie similar to past batman movies. 

The critics telling you "wow this is a new batman, wow a new step blah blah blah " are really lyning to you. At least they don't mean batman has a new suit or something like that. Yeah there is a bigger thriller part,  batman psycology is different and so on but yoy know the whole picture? It's just batman, gotham as you alredy saw it so many times. Nolan trilogy is too popular and still strong in the collective imagination 

Edited March 5, 2022 by vale9001

[jaybox]

Lol. Y’all gotta chill. Been a Batsy fan all my life. This is the umpteenth Batman movie coming of not the best of casual reactions in Batfleck and DC’s “universe” is a wreck compared to marvels. It’s not like this Batman is coming out having been aided by a behemoth connected universe elevating its numbers. (Strange will outgross The Batman but it’s not cause Strange is a bigger name it’s cause of MCU being MCU for example).

 

This should be treated like Batman Begins imo. The movie has to earn the trust of skeptics again and it has to get fans to buy in. It might be cap’d by its detective noir vibe but nonetheless it still had to earn its stripes. Begins had to do this in worse fashion in 2005 coming off the worst comic book movie ever made (Batman and Robin). 

its a much different landscape. MCU has been consistent quality even with its bumps along the way, DC’s Batman has not since 2016 and even with Rises people were polorized with that at times (despite it being a blockbuster).
 

If WOM is overall good then people will buy in. With the Penguin (amazing portrayal by Farrell) and the GCPD HBO Max shows if those are good (hopefully Batman cameos too) history would say if Reeves does a sequel it’ll explode. 

stop melting down lol. 
 

 

[charlie Jatinder]

1 hour ago, EmpireCity said:

Things are still a bit wonky, but Gitesh and RTH both seem to be spot on.  

[wildphantom]

11 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

The film is really ok and a really good cinecomic but I think for generic audience is just.. "this scene was really good but i already saw it". There are new things around there but the general impression is you are seeing another batman movie similar to past batman movies. 

The critics telling you "wow this is a new batman, wow a new step blah blah blah " are really lyning to you. At least they don't mean batman has a new suit or something like that. Yeah there is a bigger thriller part,  batman psycology is different and so on but yoy know the whole picture? It's just batman, gotham as you alredy saw it so many times. Nolan trilogy is too popular and still strong in the collective imagination 

the same as you always know how a romantic comedy is going to go, or an actioner etc. 

 

Familiarity is something 95% of mainstream movies have to deal with. Why ‘comic book movies’ only seem to be the ones who get criticised for it I just don’t get. 
 

To me it couldn’t have been further away from any Batman film to date. It’s a literal detective mystery. Sure the characters names are familiar, but the story and takes on them? The style, literally everything - how fresh do people want it?

 

seriously. If you come out of this Batman movie and bemoan a lack of freshness then just don’t buy a ticket for a Batman movie ever again. Lmao 
 

 

[Liiviig 1998]

Just watched this . Was completely blown away . This is behind TDK for me.

God this has to be the most beautiful looking CBM IMO.

 

Pattison was great as batman and I was suprisingly emotionally invested in Bruce Wayne .He is quite different but he works pretty well for the story and his arc comes together well.

Edited March 5, 2022 by Liiviig 1998

[Coneilg93]

What time does the numbers officially come out? I see Deadline just tweeted out the $110m update (6:16pm) from yesterday. Obviously not the updated numbers. 

[vale9001]

12 minutes ago, wildphantom said:

the same as you always know how a romantic comedy is going to go, or an actioner etc. 

 

Familiarity is something 95% of mainstream movies have to deal with. Why ‘comic book movies’ only seem to be the ones who get criticised for it I just don’t get. 
 

To me it couldn’t have been further away from any Batman film to date. It’s a literal detective mystery. Sure the characters names are familiar, but the story and takes on them? The style, literally everything - how fresh do people want it?

 

seriously. If you come out of this Batman movie and bemoan a lack of freshness then just don’t buy a ticket for a Batman movie ever again. Lmao 
 

 

No no. Marc webb made a spiderman really different from Reimi and marvel studios made the same with their spiderman connected to their universe. 

 

Batman Begins was something shocking and different from Schumacher as Schumacher was very different from Burton.

 

So it's just not true. The fact this Batman is something so different is just false for the eyes of not batman experts and for a generic audience. My friend say the same thing "It was well directed but it's always the same Batman". This is Nolan with a little bit of Fincher. And it sets and play with tones that the public likes and already knows. 

[Old Crow]

18 minutes ago, Coneilg93 said:

What time does the numbers officially come out? I see Deadline just tweeted out the $110m update (6:16pm) from yesterday. Obviously not the updated numbers. 

 Official numbers come out Monday afternoon/evening 😁  BUT estimates will come out anytime within the next hour most likely

[Johnny Tran]

Floor now should be $125M-130M? 

[Cooper Legion]

Just want the important numbers for this weekend: Dutch Bro

[Old Crow]

1 hour ago, cax16 said:

Those Batman 4DX showings must be off the chain  🙂

 

 

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by Old Crow

[wildphantom]

3 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

No no. Marc webb made a spiderman really different from Reimi and marvel studios made the same with their spiderman connected to their universe. 

 

Batman Begins was something shocking and different from Schumacher as Schumacher was very different from Burton.

 

So it's just not true. The fact this Batman is something so different is just false for the eyes of not batman experts and for a generic audience. My friend say the same thing "It was well directed but it's always the same Batman". This is Nolan with a little bit of Fincher. And it sets and play with tones that the public likes and already knows. 

if you think it’s too similar to Nolan’s films that’s cool. I think it’s radically different and couldn’t be a bigger departure. 
 

You’re telling me a detective noir mystery is generic when referenced to all the other Batman movies? I mean, have I missed a Batman movie or something? 

 

[vale9001]

To clarify: I really liked the movie. I'm just saying in this box office thead i'm not expecting huge world of mouth despite being good because the impact for the generic audience it's what i think it is and i wrote. I'm reading people saying this is the next TDK. It can't be that. Fans can talk if they think this is the best portrait of Batman but this movie won't be the same impact of that movie or joker cause in what really matters for generic audience "Story- tone and characters" there isn't  something new or shocking to create a debate or something.

Edited March 5, 2022 by vale9001

[Mr Terrific]

I love the Nolan movies, but Batman was not the world’s greatest detective in them. 
The let’s-do-ballistics! scene in TDK was not a highlight. 

Edited March 5, 2022 by Mr Terrific

[wildphantom]

18 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

To clarify: I really liked the movie. I'm just saying in this box office thead i'm not expecting huge world of mouth despite being good because the impact for the generic audience it's what i think it is and i wrote. I'm reading people saying this is the next TDK. It can't be that. Fans can talk if they think this is the best portrait of Batman but this movie won't be the same impact of that movie or joker cause in what really matters for generic audience "Story- tone and characters" there isn't  something new or shocking to create a debate or something.

i kind of see where you’re coming from. They’ve got to start somewhere though, and the real gravy box office wise will come with the sequel. 
 

As for Joker (and I really liked that too) - it was perhaps the greatest form of film plagiarism as I’ve ever seen. The irony being the masses hadn’t seen the films it was straight up lifting from.  It was dramatically less fresh and original than The Batman, as a film at least.