Inori
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Someone said she was going to be the new face of the MCU? I know they said the next phase would be more cosmic but I dont recall them saying it would be around her tho
HBO DC's Shazam!
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Someone said she was going to be the new face of the MCU? I know they said the next phase would be more cosmic but I dont recall them saying it would be around her tho
Inori
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Shazam! Projected To Have Lowest DCEU Opening Weekend
"Warner Bros.' Shazam! is currently projected to have the lowest box office opening for a DC Extended Universe movie yet. The DCEU turns six years old in 2019 and has already seen its share of commercial smash-hits (Aquaman, Wonder Woman), misfires (Justice League), and those that fall somewhere in-between (Man of Steel). Nevertheless, the future looks pretty bright for DC's superhero franchise, between a promising slate of movies scheduled through to 2022 - one that includes Wonder Woman and Aquaman sequels - and the early positive worth of mouth around Shazam!, following its first round of pre-release screenings.
Directed by David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation), Shazam! tells the tale of Billy Batson (Asher Angel), a teenaged foster kid who gains the ability to transform into a Superman-like hero named Shazam (Zachary Levi) simply by calling out his name. The Shazam comic book character is obviously not as popular or well-known as superheroes like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, so it's long been expected that his movie would open on the softer side, by DCEU standards. According to the latest projections, that will indeed be the case.
According to Variety, Shazam! is currently predicted to gross upwards of $40 million during its opening weekend at the U.S. box office early next month. For comparison's sake, Aquaman debuted with $67.8 million in the U.S. this past December (the DCEU's lowest opening yet) and Wonder Woman opened with $103.2 million domestically back in June 2017. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice still holds the record for the DCEU's highest stateside premiere, with a $166 million three-day weekend take.
Keeping that in mind, there's no reason for WB to start panicking about Shazam!. As mentioned, it's long been expected the the film would open well below the previous DCEU movies simply because mainstream audiences aren't all that familiar with Shazam himself. Fortunately, Variety is reporting that the film had an $80 million production budget (which is even lower than the $90 million number previously reported), so it doesn't need to perform nearly as strongly as previous DCEU tentpoles to turn a profit (Aquaman, by comparison, cost about $160 million to make). Plus, if the movie continues to generate positive buzz, its opening weekend could easily rise above the $40 million prediction. The sneak peek Shazam! screenings scheduled for March 23 should only help the film, in this respect.
Beyond that, there's inevitably going to be a movie series in any cinematic universe that starts off being far less popular than its peers (even the Marvel Cinematic Universe has Ant-Man, after all). Shazam! already has the makings of a unique and fresh addition to the DCEU thanks to its generally playful tone and distinct action-comedy vibe, and should prove to be a worthwhile addition to the larger franchise for it. Assuming that's the case, it'll eventually attract the bigger crowd that it's going for."
Source: https://screenrant.com/shazam-box-office-opening-predictions/
Shazam! Projected To Have Lowest DCEU Opening Weekend
"Warner Bros.' Shazam! is currently projected to have the lowest box office opening for a DC Extended Universe movie yet. The DCEU turns six years old in 2019 and has already seen its share of commercial smash-hits (Aquaman, Wonder Woman), misfires (Justice League), and those that fall somewhere in-between (Man of Steel). Nevertheless, the future looks pretty bright for DC's superhero franchise, between a promising slate of movies scheduled through to 2022 - one that includes Wonder Woman and Aquaman sequels - and the early positive worth of mouth around Shazam!, following its first round of pre-release screenings.
Directed by David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation), Shazam! tells the tale of Billy Batson (Asher Angel), a teenaged foster kid who gains the ability to transform into a Superman-like hero named Shazam (Zachary Levi) simply by calling out his name. The Shazam comic book character is obviously not as popular or well-known as superheroes like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, so it's long been expected that his movie would open on the softer side, by DCEU standards. According to the latest projections, that will indeed be the case.
According to Variety, Shazam! is currently predicted to gross upwards of $40 million during its opening weekend at the U.S. box office early next month. For comparison's sake, Aquaman debuted with $67.8 million in the U.S. this past December (the DCEU's lowest opening yet) and Wonder Woman opened with $103.2 million domestically back in June 2017. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice still holds the record for the DCEU's highest stateside premiere, with a $166 million three-day weekend take.
Keeping that in mind, there's no reason for WB to start panicking about Shazam!. As mentioned, it's long been expected the the film would open well below the previous DCEU movies simply because mainstream audiences aren't all that familiar with Shazam himself. Fortunately, Variety is reporting that the film had an $80 million production budget (which is even lower than the $90 million number previously reported), so it doesn't need to perform nearly as strongly as previous DCEU tentpoles to turn a profit (Aquaman, by comparison, cost about $160 million to make). Plus, if the movie continues to generate positive buzz, its opening weekend could easily rise above the $40 million prediction. The sneak peek Shazam! screenings scheduled for March 23 should only help the film, in this respect.
Beyond that, there's inevitably going to be a movie series in any cinematic universe that starts off being far less popular than its peers (even the Marvel Cinematic Universe has Ant-Man, after all). Shazam! already has the makings of a unique and fresh addition to the DCEU thanks to its generally playful tone and distinct action-comedy vibe, and should prove to be a worthwhile addition to the larger franchise for it. Assuming that's the case, it'll eventually attract the bigger crowd that it's going for."
Source: https://screenrant.com/shazam-box-office-opening-predictions/
Inori
NAWF
Think so? Aquaman didn't even break 100 opening weekend and he's a much more well known character AND he had the benefit of being in justice league as a quick introduction for people not too familiar with him.
The Shazam character doesn't have that benefit for its movie
CeLLar-DooR
OG
LOOOOOOOL where Du
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
Iono why they're saying Cap ain't a familiar face. He's been in comics since the silver age, he's had live action shows and cartoons in the 40's, 50's, 70's, and early 80's, had a whole episode of JLU dedicated to him, appearances in Batman Brave and the Bold, and was a fixture in Young Justice.
Nah b, folks are familiar with him.
Nah b, folks are familiar with him.
They're setting up the media spin for it to be a "surprise" hit...
Those projections were purposely low, and they went out their way to mention the 80 million dollar budget.
Now even though critics saw it a whole month early, they're going to market it as a block buster nobody saw coming....
Even though I'm telling yall right now..... It's coming
Those projections were purposely low, and they went out their way to mention the 80 million dollar budget.
Now even though critics saw it a whole month early, they're going to market it as a block buster nobody saw coming....
Even though I'm telling yall right now..... It's coming
This is based of what?
They cast the Rock who is the biggest box office draw in the world for the sequel and don't even plan on using him for this movie despite him being shazam biggest foe..... That's extreme confidence in this being an undeniable hit.....
If they were worried in the least, they would have rushed the black adam character up....
Also....
Like I keep saying, they giving no fucks about people seeing it early.... They know critics gonna love it, and the more they talk about it, the more people gonna see it....
Plus it's sandwiched between two mcu movies.... And they never moved the date.....
Extreme confidence...
100 million first week
All these movies plan sequels before the 1st one even drops
They're doing that to get some buzz going bcuz...
It's smart of them to give people a lil Superhero fix after CM dies down and b4 Endgame comes out.
They just there to get the bread crumbs.
Id be shocked if was average....
Sleeper pick ... The band wagon will be hilarious.
Especially if the Shazam family as a whole delivers
https://deadline.com/2019/03/captai...es-china-international-box-office-1202574297/
After crossing $500M worldwide on Tuesday, Disney/Marvel’s Captain Marvel has powered to $550.2M global through Wednesday. With an additional $17.4M from 53 material overseas markets yesterday, the international box office cume is now $362.6M. Carol Danvers’ energized fists should be clutching $600M+ globally through Friday with offshore crossing $400M during the weekend.
And it's not even the 2nd weekend yet.
Just gon ahead and collect your bread slim.
Dwayne
Just a lowkey chill guy
If its good, ppl that only like Marvel will not give it pops like they did with Aquaman
The same ppl that say Aquaman was meh is saying CM was a good film
Dwayne
Just a lowkey chill guy
Just an ongoing thing between Du and Revolver about who'd make more money in the end