Pattinson's moody take on the Caped Crusader is shaping up to be a commercial winner for Warner Bros, which had shelled out $200 million to produce the film and spent many millions more in marketing and distribution costs. "Bringing 'The Batman' to the big screen doesn't come cheap, and achieving profitability won't be easy," notes 'Variety'.
'The Batman' may have also benefited because the comic book adaptation is playing exclusively in theatres. For Warner Bros, which opted to debut its entire 2021 theatrical film slate simultaneously on HBO Max, 'The Batman' marks a deviation as the studio's first movie in more than a year that's only available to watch in cinemas.
The film might have also been helped by the fact that it had notched up a PG-13 rating. rather than R, and therefore was able to capture the key demographic of younger males, who have been fuelling the wobbly recovery of the North American box office.
"When something becomes really big, you really get an awareness of how small you are, like where it is when you first start acting and you feel like a big shot when you're only doing something small. My ego was a lot bigger when I first started," Pattinson told Variety.com.
"Then you start losing control of a lot of different aspects of your life and also the job, especially when you're doing sequels to something. It doesn't matter what you think... a) it has already been written in a book, and b) the tone has already been set up and the machine is already in motion.
"It's frightening when you lose your sense of identity," he added.
Pattinson, who went on to work in several sequels of "Twilight", followed by "Little Ashes", "Remember Me" and "Water for Elephants", finds sequels and franchises daunting. However, he says he "doesn't shy away from them".
"It was so nice to be a part of it. That, more than anything, changed my life. It's the reason I didn't go to university. It went so far over schedule, I couldn't go. It was supposed to be four months, but it ended up being 10 or 11. I'd turn up to set every day but not work for weeks at a time," Pattinson told Time Out London magazine, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
He added: "I was 17 and I was the only person who wasn't in school. I'd just hang about."
Pattinson is best known for portraying Edward Cullen in the "Twilight" films. He said he is grateful for the opportunity, but didn't like people "waiting outside" his house all the time.
According to a source, Pattinson has called an end to their romance as he "grew tired" by the fact they had been "drifting apart", reports thesun.co.uk.
"In recent months they have really started to drift apart and have been spending less and less time together," the source said.
"Rob is tired of it, has called off their engagement and told friends they have split. With so much history between them, though, there are still strong feelings there.
"It's a difficult situation but things have become tough between them for some time and they both know they were no longer working as a couple," the source added.
"As soon as I signed on to do multiple sequels, I was like, 'It's gonna take 10 years to get over this'," Pattinson told hollywoodreporter.com.
However, he has never felt stifled by "Twilight" and he acknowledges that he wouldn't have his career without it.
"I've never really felt trapped by it. I've always known it was the right move. I wouldn't have done any of this other stuff if not for that," he said.
Despite finding huge commercial success early in his career, Pattinson doesn't care if his current movies make any money.
He said: "I don't even care if they make money at all. Like, literally. As long as I can get another one."
Pattinson says his agent managed to calm him down.
"I didn't have to kiss anybody's (bu**) the entire time. I don't think I did, anyway," Pattinson told nytimes.com.
On other hand, Pattinson says filming the "Twilight" series was "an amazing luxury".
He said that it was "amazing luck, as well, to just have fallen into it with the group of people (he) worked with on it."
Despite having been involved in other projects, Pattinson didn't mind if people keep associating him with his role in "Twilight".
"I think one of the best things, basically, about being a bit of a sellout, is if you've done five movies in a series, you've had to accept some responsibility for playing the same character," Pattinson said.
Other names floating for the role in "The Batman" included Armie Hammer, Nicholas Hoult and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, but Warner Bros announced that "Twilight" fame actor signed a deal to be a part of the project, reports variety.com.
Pattinson, who is known for his role of a vampire, will be the youngest actor to play Batman. He is 33.
Director Matt Reeves' "The Batman" is expected to go on floors this summer. Reeves, the filmmaker behind the last two "Planet of the Apes" sequels, took over directing duties from Ben Affleck in January 2017.
Affleck starred as Batman in two titles directed by Zack Snyder: 2016's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and 2017's "Justice League".
Reeves will produce the film with his "Planet of the Apes"" collaborator Dylan Clark.
"The Batman" is slated to release in 2021.