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“Black Adam” hits Dwayne Johnson’s personal best at the box office – People – cnBeta.COM

Dwayne Johnson’s “Black Adam,” which has been in the works for more than ten years, is finally set to meet audiences in North America, earning $7.6 million at the box office on Thursday. By contrast, “Furious 9” earned $7.1 million in showings and $70 million in its first week; “Shazam” earned $5.9 million in its first week and $53.5 million in its first week.

Based on this, analysts predict that “Black Adam” is sure to get $25 million at the box office on Friday, easily winning the top box office on the opening day of a solo starring film.His previous achievements are: Speedy Gaiden $23.6 million; The Mummy Returns 2310 $10,000, $18.1 million in Doomsday.

The first week of “Black Adam” was over $60 million, and the high box office position will continue until the release of the next blockbuster – “Black Panther 2” on November 11. Before that, Black Adam had few competitors.

The light comedy “Tickets to Heaven” co-starring Big Mouth Roberts and George Clooney premiered on the same day as “Black Adam”, and its first week performance was around $15 million, and its expectations at the box office are much lower than “Black Adam”:

But the cost pressure it has is also low – the production cost of “Black Adam” is as high as 195 million US dollars, and it must remain popular in order to hope to return. Despite the film’s unpopularity with critics, DC fans and Dwayne loyalists flock to it:

What’s more, Johnson has said that he will use “Black Adam” as an opportunity to pave the way for future Black Adam and Superman.

In addition, the finale of the first season of “Dragon Family” has been leaked to the Internet ahead of time, and HBO is fighting the fire everywhere, trying to minimize the damage of spoilers.

HBO said the version was streamed by a distribution partner, possibly a European/African/Middle Eastern film and TV platform: “The company is deeply disappointed that this wrongdoing has affected the viewing experience of the show’s loyal fans, who would getting The episode. should be watched in 4K on Sunday.”