The Batman Officially Passes Justice League At The Box Office

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It's no surpriseThe Batman would find great success following its early March release, as the reboot of the iconic DC hero has now passed 2017's Justice League the global box office.

After Ben Affleck's departure from the director's chair on his Batman project, the caped crusader returned in director Matt Reeves'The Batman reboot, this time starring Robert Pattinson as the conflicted hero in his second year of fighting crime in Gotham City. Taking place outside the DCEU, the film has kicked off a new Bat-verse, with two direct sequels and two Batman spin-off series for HBO Max in the works.

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According to reports, The Batman has grossed $672.8M worldwide against a $185-200M budget, pushing it passed Justice League's $657.9M. While becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022 is no doubt an impressive feat, The Batman is still way behind other pre-pandemic comic book blockbusters such as The Dark Knight ($1.005B), The Dark Knight Rises ($1.081B), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873.6M), Wonder Woman ($822.3M), Aquaman ($1.148B),and Joker ($1.074B). It may be worth noting thatJustice League still bests The Batman when counting for inflation, but only slightly.

But after only being in theatres for roughly three weeks, there is still lots of time for The Batman to climb to the top of the highest-grossing comic book films of all time. On another positive note, it appears moviegoers are feeling more and more comfortable returning to the big screen. This is something that has been gradually building since COVID-19 forced theaters and so many other businesses to shut down for quite some time.

In addition to its financial success, The Batman is being hailed as