Batman can add another vanquished villain to his résumé: the dreary start to this year’s Hollywood box office.

“The Batman,” Warner Bros.’ reboot of the stand-alone Batman franchise, grossed $128.5 million in its opening weekend, the studio said, the best opening weekend for a film since Sony Pictures Entertainment’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” earned $260.1 million in its December debut, according to box office tracker Comscore.

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