Box Office Report for the Week of March 20

Matt Reeves‘ The Batman fell -45% in its third frame, yet still easily led the box office with $36.8M, as a new anime title surpassed all expectations in the runner-up slot. The Robert Pattinson-led superhero epic now has a worldwide box office total of $598.1 million.

FUNimation’s anime fantasy Jujutsu Kaisen 0 outperformed all expectations with an estimated $17.6M opening weekend in second place.

That’s -22% behind the $2.7M opening of FUNimation’s April 2021 comparable anime fantasy Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train.

Set in the 1970s, A24’s horror movie X marked the spot with a fourth place opening of $4.4M. Compared to the openings for other similar A24 horror titles in recent years, that’s -33% behind Midsommar ($6.5M), -50% behind The Witch ($8.8M), and -68% behind Hereditary ($13.5M).

Here’s the full list of the top ten films of the week:

1. The Batman – $36.8M (-45%) – 4,302 theatres
2. Jujutsu Kaisen 0  – $17.69M – 2,286 theatres
3. Uncharted – $8M (-14%) – 3,700 theatres
4. X – $4.4M – 2,865 theatres
5. Dog – $4M (-21%) – 3,307 theatres
6. Spider-Man: No Way Home – $3.2M (-21%) – 2,585 theatres
7. Death on the Nile – $1.7M (-30%) – 2,050 theatres
8. The Outfit – $1.51M – 1,324 theatres
9. The Kashmir Files – $1.48M – 230 theatres
10. Sing 2 – $1.48M (-8%) – 1,838 theatres

Source: Box Office Pro