Shazam! Fury of the Gods turns in an opening weekend that is one of the worst for the entire DC Universe, even by pandemic era standards.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is set for one of the lowest opening weekends the DC Universe has ever seen. The film, which opened in theaters on March 17, re-teams director David F. Sandberg with returning cast member, including Asher Angel as the teen Billy Batson and Zachary Levi as his adult superhero form Shazam. It is a follow-up to the 2019 film Shazam!, a largely standalone superhero effort from the connected universe which was already one of the lower-performing DCU outings, making $365.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Per The Hollywood Reporter, the domestic box office results are in for the Shazam! Fury of the Gods opening weekend. By the end of today, the sequel is projected to have earned a total of $30 million.
While the new DCU develops, the final set of movies produced before the regime change are being released. This includes 2022's Black Adam, which received lukewarm box office and saw DC immediately backpedal its mid-credits promise of bringing back Henry Cavill as Superman. The other upcoming outings include The Flash this Summer and Aquaman 2 this Christmas, with no promise of further outings for either hero incoming.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Black Adam's underperformance may be a dark portent of things to come for those films. However, both are part of the already low-performing Shazam subfranchise, so The Flash may thrive on the back of its Spider-Man: No Way Home-esque multiverse and Aquaman 2 may continue to ride the success of the original Aquaman, which is still the highest-grossing entry in the franchise worldwide.
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