This superhero thriller was the most watched HBO Max movie of 2022

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He is the terror that flaps in the night!

In these halcyon years of superhero movies, the competition for recognition is fierce. DC was able to add an extra feather to its super cap for 2022 by claiming the top spot for HBO Max.

According to streaming data website FlixPatrolThe Batman was the most watched film on the platform, narrowly surpassing 2021’s Dune remake and qualifying as the only superhero film to crack the top 10. Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore rounded out the top 3, with other notable entries including the divisive Matrix Resurrections in sixth place.

The televised race wasn’t nearly as convincing as Game of Thrones demolished all of its competitors to maintain a stranglehold on first place. Longtime staples, The Big Bang Theory and Friends, would come second and third by a mile.

Matt Reeves’ brooding reimagining of the Caped Crusader storyline made waves this year despite a crowded action landscape, finishing 7th for worldwide gross but ultimately falling short of Marvel’s top performances Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Black Panther: Wakanda back forever. who finished fourth and sixth.

We certainly thought highly of it as it has the distinction of being included in our top 10 movies of 2022. With the DC cinematic universe in a definite state of flux and the new man at the helm forced into damage control mode, the least reassuring thing so far is knowing that Batman can pull through in their time of crisis.

Maybe he really was the superhero Gotham needed.