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Variety: ‘Shazam: Fury of the Gods’ Stumbles With $30 Million Opening Weekend
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Between Levi's BS and the fact DC in film is being rebooted, I just have no point in seeing this. Not seeing the Flash either.
Though I believe the true test whether superhero fatigue could be a thing is how GOTG and Across the Spider-Verse perform.
Though I believe the true test whether superhero fatigue could be a thing is how GOTG and Across the Spider-Verse perform.
Is it though? It'd still be reviewing poorly even if it didn't get released in the middle of an upcoming reboot, and the first movie was a very modest success to begin with.
Biggest problem with Marvel is them giving these lesser super heroes insane budgets. If Ant-Man had a 100-125m budget then it still would have been a success.
I never saw the first, but it seemed like it had good intentions. I wasn't expecting big thing from this movie, but it seems pretty clear the studio wasn't behind it. The reviews aren't great but typically not enough to stave off superhero fans, at least for more than this.
DC outside of Batman and Superman is too niche for the mainstream audience. Too traditional unlike Marvel. Either you carry the movies with star power alone (and sometimes even that's not enough) or advertise the crap out of the movie, with enough merch.
Or just stick to tv, DC.
Or just stick to tv, DC.
I would say that the lesser properties need the big crossover films to prop them up.
As I said, sometimes star power works, sometimes it does not. Momoa is pretty hot these days. But people tired of seeing Dwayne's face in one of every three movies.
The world was thirsty for a nice underwater movie (and I guess Momoa too)
I don't understand the Momoa thing. He's not a good actor. He should be in the same ballpark as Dwayne, IMO.
This year will provide some good data. We already see the C-tier heroes like Antman and Shazam performing like absolute shit, down from previous entries.
Next up is the B-tier. Captain Marvel 2 and Aquaman 2 will be a good test. Both made $1.1 billion last time. Can they even come close the second time around?
Ah ahahahahaha. I would love for this gif to become a regular bomb gif. Lady gave a good performance.
Hope I don't see that Levi guy ever again.
They popped the bubble with the streaming services. Why go see anything but the event movies in theaters when it's going to be guaranteed on a streaming service in 3 - 6 months?
Before you didn't really knoe when a movie was coming out, and the choices of getting it were shit. I have Disney plus. I have Hbo max. Unless the movie is amazing, I can wait.
Before you didn't really knoe when a movie was coming out, and the choices of getting it were shit. I have Disney plus. I have Hbo max. Unless the movie is amazing, I can wait.
The Marvels won't come close because it isn't sandwiched between the most hyped crossover films of all time. A normal result would be Thor L&T numbers.
He's funny, handsome, has good chemistry with his fellow actors on screen, doesn't seem to take himself too seriously, and is fun to watch.
That film outgrossed every Spider-Man film until NWH. It's wild how huge that movie was.
All I can think of when I hear the name Shazam is Gomer Pyle.
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Gomer Pyle, Shazam
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Do you understand that not everyone else feels the same way about actresses? Cause if so, you can understand how people like him.
Yeah, yeah. I get it. When I say "I don't get it", I really mean, "I don't agree with it". Haha. I'll try to stop saying "I don't get it".
I thought it was decent enough. Showing was reasonably attended Enjoyed it more than Antman at the very least. Just kind of an inoffensive B level super hero movie.
That's too bad because it's actually a good movie. Just really bad timing and advertising. I can't personally speak on comparison to Quantumania as I haven't seen Ant Man yet, but critics are preferring Shazam more. I think the box office still is showing the strength of Marvel's consistent offerings in the connected universe movies and how it boosts even their lowest quality performers.
Are you forgetting about the Flash?
I think it's just people want a change in tone. The Werewolf by Night special was extremely well received, because of the fun 30s and 40s horror vibe it had going for it. Like WandaVision, It didn't feel like anything else in the MCU. Granted those were Disney+, but I think if they put more unusual stuff in theaters, it'll put the butts in the seats. Especially Blade.
The other projects I'm looking forward to are Agatha: Coven of Chaos and whatever the Hell Sacha Baron Cohen is doing.
Time for Marvel to get spooky.
I can't believe they ever thought that shit would work.Can't wait to see him as Lobo, the Main Man...
Wow, DC both too traditional and niche. They never had a chance.
As mentioned in the other thread: there is actually no proof of that.
Two movies that received bad reviews -- both sequels to films that were already the least popular in their respective universes during that "boom" -- underperforming at the box office is not proof that the superhero bubble has burst.
Meanwhile, Shang-Chi's first solo movie is considered to have had a respectable box office run given that he was a D-tier hero and his film released during COVID.
It had an octopus playing the drums, what more do you people want?!
It was supposed to be the springtime of Shazam y'all.
That's what everyone was saying.
That's what everyone was saying.
...It was just me saying that.
The answer is simple
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This isn't proven at all. Marvel established a brand name, and it helped them to sell lesser characters, until the quality started impacting everything.
The problem with DC, is that the people previously in charge, are to pull a finer point, quite inconfident
There is no hard science to box office. Suicide Squad which seems to be on everyones shit tier list made a lot of money. Including putting Harley Quinn in the mainstream. Then she gets her own movie that is highly praised by everyone and flops hard.
Good movie, bad movie, high RT, low RT, WOM, star power etc. All play a role but sometimes none of that shit matters. In this case just seems clear to me no one gives a shit about the character. Same for Black Adam.
Good movie, bad movie, high RT, low RT, WOM, star power etc. All play a role but sometimes none of that shit matters. In this case just seems clear to me no one gives a shit about the character. Same for Black Adam.
Yea, the snyderverse era of box office was much stronger for DC than this weird interregnum period
Maybe I went in with low expectations, but this was a fun movie. Not as good as the first one, but fun.
Aquaman has spectacle and scale that works well globally, just like Transformers did
The film itself is dumb as fuck, but the action and visuals are well ahead of most comic films that followed it
I'm just going tl say that "Tiers" are nothing but fan (or hater) drivel. Like "lmao no one cares about Andor" stuff
Ant-Man and Shazam were both lower money makers but Ant-Man managed to get a large audience there for opening day while Shazam didn't.
The movies quality and marketing are what's making the difference here. Had they been A+ 90% films and 800M+, would we be talking about Ant-Man as an A tier hero?
I'm a big DC fan and think Shazam (the character) is great, there's hundreds of throwaways worse than him, he ain't bad at all
