‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ stumbles with $30.5 million debut

“ Shazam! Fury of the Gods ” felt the fury of {the marketplace} in its theatrical debut this weekend. The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. superhero film opened to a disappointing $30.5 million from over 4,071 theaters.

The “Shazam!” sequel fell in need of its modest expectations ($35 million) in addition to the primary movie within the collection ($53.5 million in April 2019), and earned a spot on the very low finish of contemporary DC comics film launches, between “Birds of Prey” ($33 million in February 2020) and “The Suicide Squad” ($26.2 million in August 2021), each of which had been R-rated.

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Directed by David F. Sandberg, “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” introduced again Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody and Djimon Hounsou, and added Helen Mirren, Rachel Zegler and Lucy Liu. Critics, lots of whom discovered the primary movie charming, had been largely underwhelmed by this outing. It at present holds a 53% Rotten Tomatoes critic rating.

Audiences had been extra constructive in regards to the sequel, giving it a B+ CinemaScore total. Youthful crowds had been much more favorable.

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“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” price a reported $125 million to provide, not factoring in advertising and marketing and promotion prices. The DC store at Warner Bros. has been going by means of a serious recalibration for the previous a number of months, with new bosses in James Gunn and Peter Safran forging a path forward for the DC Universe that may formally kick off with a brand new “Superman” in 2025. “Shazam! 2” was one among a number of holdovers of the outdated regime, which incorporates “The Flash” coming in June and a brand new “Aquaman” in December.

Second place went to “Scream IV” in its second weekend in theaters. The horror pic, distributed by Paramount, fell 61% from its debut and added $17.5 million, bringing its home complete to $76 million.

In its third weekend, “Creed III” grossed a further $15.3 million to land within the No. 3 spot. The movie, directed by and starring Michael B. Jordan has now earned $127.7 million in North America.

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Following its Oscar sweep final Sunday, A24 added over 1,000 screens for an encore “ Every thing In every single place All At As soon as ” run, the place it earned a further $1.2 million. “The Whale,” for which Brendan Fraser received greatest actor, performed on 509 screens and made $145,230.

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Comply with AP Movie Author Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr

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