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DC and New Line Cinema’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods is feeling scorned.
The film opened to a dismal $30.5 million domestically from 4,071 theaters, nicely behind the $53.5 million home opening of the primary Shazam! in 2019, not adjusted for inflation.
That’s one of many worst begins for a serious Hollywood superhero movie, in addition to one of many worst for a title within the DC Cinematic Universe, together with these launched throughout the pandemic.
Prerelease monitoring had urged Shazam! Fury of the Gods would open to at the very least $35 million this weekend. Others believed it had a shot at $40 million.
Shazam 2‘s Rotten Tomatoes critics rating is a ho-hum 54 p.c. That compares to 90 p.c for the 2019 film. The sequel additionally obtained a extra subdued B+ CinemaScore, in comparison with an A for the primary.
Households — which performed a key position within the first film’s shock success — stay a difficult moviegoing demo within the pandemic period. Mother and father and youngsters additionally turned out for the sequel.
Fury of the Gods is the twelfth installment within the DC Prolonged Universe and the primary to be launched since Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav tapped James Gunn and Shazam! franchise producer Peter Safran to run DC Studios and engineer an entire overhaul.
Fury of the Gods additionally comes as the way forward for the DC characters and actors launched earlier than Gunn and Safran’s takeover hangs within the steadiness. Superman actor Henry Cavill, as an example, gained’t be returning. Levi addressed his future at Tuesday’s Hollywood premiere, telling The Hollywood Reporter: “I’m very pleased with this film. … I hope it’s not my final.”
David F. Sandberg directed Shazam! Fury of the Gods from a script by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan. Asher Angel and Zachary Levi return as Billy Bastson aka Shazam. Djimon Hounson, Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and, in her first movie since her breakout position in Spielberg’s West Facet Story, Rachel Zegler, additionally star.
The weekend’s different new broad launch was Roadside Sights’ Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin’s Transferring On, which debuted to roughly $2 million from 791 screens. The comedy relied on older adults, which, like households, are a challenged demo. Transferring On got here in No. 12.
Again within the high 10, Scream VI pulled in $17.5 million from 3,675 theaters for a home complete of $76 million. The slasher pic fell 61 p.c.
Creed III additionally remained a notable contender, incomes $15.3 million from 3,477 areas in its third outing for a home cume of $127.6 million.
On the specialty field workplace, Focus Options’ Willem Defoe heist-thriller Inside got here in No. 14, grossing $470,000 from 375 areas.
Extra to return.
March 19, 7:45 a.m.: Up to date with revised estimates.
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