‘The Batman’ Predicted To Earn $80 Million At Box Office On Debut Weekend

Despite not even being in theatres yet, The Batman looks as though it’s going to have a successful debut weekend.

According to Forbes, pre-release tracking for the highly anticipated film suggest that it’s going to make a cool $80 million on its opening weekend. For now, this is only a prediction based on the advanced ticket sales.

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But as the publication points out, an eight-figure debut weekend isn’t out of range for a Batman film. Batman Begins – Christopher Nolan’s 2005 smash hit featuring Christian Bail – earned $72 million over a five-day period when it debuted in the summer.

Pre-release tracking isn’t definitive, and given the wide variety of Batman films already out there, The Batman has a lot of competition. Conversely, when Batman Begins hit theatres, it only had Batman and Robin to stand up against.

It stands to be seen how audiences adjust to seeing someone other than Christian Bale step into the role of Batman, given how beloved the trilogy was. In addition to Batman Begins, Bale teamed up with Nolan to later make The Dark Night (2008) and The Dark Night Rises (2012).

Ben Affleck later took on the role of the Dark Night beginning with 2016’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. While he was offered of continuing the role with The Batman, he ultimately gave it up after losing enthusiasm for the project.

This time around, Twilight alum Robert Pattinson will put on the bat suit. Though he’s come a long way since his days as Edward Cullen – and has had a very successful career by Hollywood standards – there was still controversy when Pattinson was cast in the new Batman movie.

In fact, when it was only rumored that he was director Matt Reeves’ leading choice for the role, online petitions almost immediately started popping up demanding the role be recast, with critics arguing they couldn’t see past his past vampire role.

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Still, Reeves and Pattinson went ahead with the casting decision. Since then, it’s been reported that Pattinson’s Batman will be a much darker version of the beloved superhero than audiences have seen on the big screen. Gotham city will also be grittier and darker – leading fans to wonder if the Batman’s ‘no kill’ rule will be broken in the new adaption.

Pattison stirred up controversy again just last month with his description of his Batman, saying he’s “kind of a weirdo,” the New York Post reports.

Speaking to GQ, Pattinson explained that his version of Batman isn’t the typical “playboy persona” fans have come to expect. He wants fans to see Batman in a different light.

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“All the other stories say the death of his parents is why Bruce becomes Batman, but I was trying to break that down in what I thought was a real way, instead of trying to rationalize it,” the Lighthouse actor explained.

“He’s created this intricate construction for years and years and years, which has culminated in this Batman persona. But it’s not like a healthy thing that he’s done . . . almost like a drug addiction,” Pattinson continued.

Fans only have a few more weeks to wait before The Batman hits theatres on March 4th. And with reports that the film has a running time of almost three hours – significantly longer than other Batman films that have come before – viewers better grab a lot of popcorn before sitting down.

Sources: Forbes, Esquire, The New York Post, GQ,

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