![]() Follow Molly on Twitter and Instagram or contact her directly: molly(at)screenrant(dot)com. Still, she enjoys every chance to put her music and musical theater knowledge to good use, particularly when it intersects with her love of superhero movies.īeyond that, Molly spends her free time reading young adult and romance novels, rooting for the New York Rangers hockey team (LGR!) and going out to brunch. 1 spot at the box office last weekend and has had critics swooningit has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 91makes. Previously, she’s written entertainment news for Bustle and had personal essays published on HelloGiggles and Femsplain.Ī graduate of Ithaca College’s Journalism program, Molly originally planned to be a music journalist before moving into entertainment journalism after spending so much of her downtime binge-watching all manner of movies and TV during her formative years. The success of Warner Bros.’ latest superhero movie Shazam, which took the No. She’s been writing for Screen Rant since 2014 and has appeared on the Total Geekall podcast. ![]() Thaddeus Sivana, Shazam! flies into theaters on April 5.Molly Freeman is the lead news editor of Screen Rant and one of Screen Rant’s Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-approved movie critics. Couple that with the splendid first reactions to the film that critics have already offered up (many are calling it charming, heart-warming, hilarious, and unlike anything the DCEU has offered viewers before), and it sounds like we've got greatness dressed in a red-and-gold costume coming our way.Īlso starring Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy Freeman, Djimon Hounsou as The Wizard Shazam, and Mark Strong as the evil Dr. That it's set to make about half of that in its first three days in theaters - not accounting for what it will rake in from international territories - is enough to indicate Shazam! will shine. It goes without saying that Shazam! doesn't need to be a billion-dollar-earning box office bombshell to be successful it need only turn a profit with a total, global pull of about $100 million or more, and that will be easy-peasy to achieve. The James Wan-helmed underwater adventure has grossed a monumental $1.14 billion across the globe - and those are no small potatoes, kids. ![]() In the same respect, Aquaman had the lowest domestic opening of the DCEU bunch thus far, but that didn't stop it from going on to becoming the highest-earning film in the overarching franchise (based on worldwide revenue). The studios do still have a few weeks to fill with fun promotion for the film, which will hopefully lead to an boost in anticipation and an uptick in its tracking figures to reflect that. This $40 million-plus estimate could very well be updated to a $50 million or $60 million pull the closer New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. It's important to remember that box office predictions are just that: educated guesses, but guesses all the same. isn't stressed about it becoming a hit with audiences. There's no ignoring the fact that Shazam! could potentially open to the lowest weekend pull of the six already-released DCEU movies, but sources state that Warner Bros. In that regard, Shazam! already has Aquaman beat by a margin of 7.5 percent. Should Shazam! take home $40 million or so in its initial three-day frame, it would recoup about half of the money it took to produce the pic. Led by Jason Momoa as the fin-flipping hero, Aquaman made back about 42.5 percent of its production costs over its opening weekend. and DC Films shelled out to make Aquaman. That's less than half of the staggering $160 million worth of cash Warner Bros. Variety pins it at roughly $80 million prior to money spent on marketing the film and distributing it to theaters. However, things take a turn from dark back to light again when accounting for one very important statistic: Shazam!'s cost of production. Superman: Dawn of Justice raking in $166 million. Taking this into consideration, Shazam! hopefuls might start panicking about the fate of the film they're so looking forward to seeing, worried that the pic sitting at the very bottom of the DCEU's debut weekend rankings will hinder its overall success. For comparison, all other DCEU entries have made $90 million or more upon launch, with Justice League earning $93.8 million, Wonder Woman taking $103.2 million, Man of Steel grabbing $116.6 million, Suicide Squad scooping $133.7 million, and Batman v. ![]() Looking at the bigger picture, though, one can see how quickly that revenue prediction goes from glistening to grim.Ī $40 million to $45 million domestic debut would see Shazam! have the lowest stateside box office opening of any DCEU movie thus far, coming in over $20 million lower than Aquaman's domestic launch of $67.9 million in December of 2018. That sounds pretty dang fantastic, right? Some movies skate through their entire theatrical run without making that much moolah, so to hear that Shazam! will end its opening weekend with an eight-figure pull seems rather incredible.
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