China News Agency, Los Angeles, March 20 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) In the past week, "The Batman" continued to lead the North American box office and easily won the weekend box office three consecutive times.
The North American box office statistics website boxofficemojo.com released the latest movie market data on March 20. The North American weekend box office (18th to 20th) of 26 films reported about 79.54 million US dollars, of which nearly half came from the contribution of "The New Batman".
Since its North American premiere on March 4, the action-suspense drama "The New Batman" has consistently topped the North American box office charts.
In the third week of its release, the film fell 44.7% month-on-month despite fewer theaters, but it still easily won three consecutive weekend box office titles with about $36.8 million.
At present, the cumulative North American box office of the film has exceeded 300 million US dollars, and the global box office is close to 600 million US dollars.
Another popular Hollywood superhero film "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (Spider-Man: No Way Home) has been in the top ten at the North American box office for 14 consecutive weeks since it hit the North American big screen on December 17, 2021. Qiang, this time ranked sixth in the latest North American box office chart with a weekend box office of about $3.2 million.
At present, the North American box office of this action-adventure fantasy film is close to 800 million US dollars, and the global box office total is about 1.89 billion US dollars.
Although the limelight is hard to match the "superhero", several new films released on March 18 have also won a place for themselves.
The Japanese action fantasy animation "Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie" (Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie) won the runner-up in the latest North American box office chart with about $14.82 million in its opening weekend.
Horror film "X" took the No. 4 spot with an estimated $4.41 million in its opening weekend.
The crime drama "The Outfit," starring Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance, broke into No. 8 on the list with about $1.51 million in its opening weekend.
The horror film "Umma," starring Asian-American actress Sandra Oh, who won the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series, also took the 11th spot with about $920,000 in its opening weekend.
In addition, as the 94th Academy Awards ceremony approaches, the romantic comedy "Licorice Pizza", the drama "Belfast", the drama "Drive My Car" ) and the romance drama "West Side Story" also rose in the box office rankings for several Oscar-nominated films.
In the new week, new films such as the action-adventure romantic comedy "The Lost City," starring Oscar-winning American actress Sandra Bullock, will hit theaters on March 25.
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