For the whole of 2021, WarnerMedia released all of its movies, both in theaters and on HBO Max, on the same day, which means that if you wake up on a Friday and want to watch The Matrix Resurrections at home and don’t want to go to the theater, which you can. However, this practice stopped in 2022 and the first major edition of the studio for the year, The Batman, is their first major theatrical exclusive since Christopher Nolan’s Tenet in August 2020. Given all this, this means that Batman is currently it is not broadcast on HBO Max, but there is a ticking clock when it will be available and it is earlier than you think.
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Killar previously confirmed that from 2022 there will be a 45-day exclusive window for their publications, including The Batman. If the math stays and there are no delays, Batman will arrive on HBO Max for streaming on April 19, exactly 46 days after the release of Matt Reeves’ reboot on March 4 in theaters. “Think about when the movies will appear on HBO, which is eight to nine months after the theatrical premiere. Batman will appear on the 46th day of HBO Max,” Killar said in an interview with Vox’s Recode. “This is a huge change compared to the situation in 2018, 2017, 2016.
Killar added: “I feel really, really good knowing that Batman, Black Adam, Flash and Elvis, and a bunch of other movies, will literally appear on the 46th day of HBO Max in different parts of the world. It’s a very, very big change that I don’t think people appreciate, and I feel really good about it. ”
Although it is only played in cinemas, it seems that fans are already going to the cinemas en masse to see the new film. The film’s international box office is already gaining momentum with follow-up reports that make the new film potentially the greatest Batman film ever.
Batman is already playing in theaters and marks the first of four different versions of the Crusader with a cloak, which will appear on the big screen throughout 2022, the most Batman ever. At this time next year, all these films will be broadcast on HBO Max, which is already home to many films about Bath, including those of Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan and others.