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Was projected to open with 85M owrldwide and the first movie had a 155M worldwide opening.
Man... audiences even had more interest in Morbius.
Was projected to open with 85M owrldwide and the first movie had a 155M worldwide opening.
Man... audiences even had more interest in Morbius.
Was projected to open with 85M owrldwide and the first movie had a 155M worldwide opening.
Because I think is just one of those movies that people do want to see but aren't exactly rushing to see on the big screen, specially when there are better things to see or are coming up (John Wick 4). I bet is going to have very good numbers once it hits streaming services.^ fair... but from the people who did see it, I haven't heard anything that bad
He is not keeping Gadot and that has been obvious for a while. People read way to much into cameos.
I get the feeling they’re sort of giving up with Aquaman 2, and 84 was a huge disappointment for me. We had TDK, one of the best ever sequels from DC. The DCEU they just couldn’t get any franchise properly off the ground with consecutive good films. I believe Reeves will be able to fix that, even it doesn’t help the DCU.How does DC manage to screw up sequels to films that were actually successful for them (WW84 and now this)? Aquaman 2 is supposedly another one.
A good question.How does DC manage to screw up sequels to films that were actually successful for them (WW84 and now this)? Aquaman 2 is supposedly another one.
A good point...Maybe some directors just get lucky the first time and the same tricks dont work again. That seems to be the case with a lot of these films.
... And anotherI think in the case of WW, Shazam and AQ it was kind of lucky the originals did well and should have been treated as such. They were the proof that Warner's idea of letting the director control the story (unlike Di$ney/Marvel who control the tone and style) was a great plan because each put their stamp on the film and they knew this might be their one shot at films like this so they put their entire soul into it. Problem is, it worked and WB then let them also do that for the sequels which they were not prepared for. Not unlike when a band finally gets their break and all their hard work goes into their one big chance to hit it big and the record explodes. The follow up is almost always a disappointment.
Obviously, there's a very strong argument that they *should* have shelved this movie, the same way they did with Batgirl.
If Flash and Aquaman lose money as well, the decision to let the DCEU limp towards death, instead of killing it properly, will likely haunt WB until the next inevitable buyout.
Batgirl got shelved because they were able to get a write off on it before that write off expired. I don't think that option is there for them with these movies which have much more money invested in them.
They couldn't write it off because it was supposed to be in the theaters. And the theater chains would never allow it to be shelved because they need the business. It was easy for Batgirl because that was an HBO Max property.
No because that's not how business works.
Successful businesses know when to cut and run when they have to. WB should have done this two years ago +.