The Batman

En su tercera semana en cartelera mundial, la historia oscura del hombre murciélago se mantiene muy fuerte en la taquilla, ya que The Batman agregó 25 millones de dólares en 76 mercados internacionales. Esa es una muy buena retención, con España cayendo solo un 24 por ciento, Australia un 31 por ciento y Francia y Brasil un 40 por ciento.

Not the greatest week for German cinema: only one film reached six figures in ticket sales, all the others in the top ten hovered around half a million. Matt Reeves’ The Batman brought in € 1,24 million and was the sole film that had more than 100.

The Batman continues to run at the Italian box office. For the fourth weekend in a row, it still took home the highest taking in Italy, although 47% lower than seven days earlier.

Proving that anime movies continue to increase their appeal in the United States and Canada, Jujutsu Kaisen O opened strongly and landed second place in the box office charts. But the number two showing of Jujutsu Kaisen O, a film adaptation of Gege Akutami’s manga series revolving around Yuji Itadori, a young student who becomes a jujutsu sorcerer, surprised even some box office analysts.

Singing. Dancing.

Italy and its film production are at the center of attention today also in Hollywood, where this week is filled with free screenings in the multiplex Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, a few feet away from where the Oscar ceremony will be celebrated on Sunday, March 27th, for the yearly Los Angeles-Italia Film Festival, which brings to the Californian city a large selection of the Italian production – both films and television – of the year. Well-known actor Riccardo Scamarcio was on hand for the opening on Sunday night, introducing the film he produced – and stars in – The Shadow of the Day by Giuseppe Piccioni, with Benedetta Porcaroli who was also present.

The news wasn’t that The Batman stayed on top – no surprise there – but that BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing, which showed domestically one time on Saturday only, landed third and earned $6. 84 million.

Spring has sprung in Central Europe but that did not stop fans to flock to a rather dark movie this last weekend: The Batman was the number one choice. And yet, the biggest surprise was a live-streamed concert by the K-Pop stars BTS and a Turkish biopic about a tragic singer.

In 2008, Robert Pattinson became famous overnight. Portraying moody vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight franchise, based on the best-selling novels by Stephenie Meyer.

Italy confirms itself as one of the countries in the world that most attracts international productions and stars. In this period, given the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions for both traveling and filming, numerous crews have started new film projects in various territories of the “Belpaese” (the “beautiful country”, as Italy is often addressed).