Shazam Shazam: Fury of the Gods General News and Discussion Thread

[Mani-Man]

Seeing the positive reactions so far, is great to see.
Hopefully this convinces a lot of people to give the movie a chance.
Word of mouth can do a lot, so i hope the reactions help it.

 

[Holy Slapper]

"I'm very worried now."

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Nice to see some good news here for once. Looking forward to seeing this.

 

[super85]

I saw this tonight. A special screening with the director Mr.Sandberg and Djimon Hounsou in attendance.

I think its better than the first. Not great, but pretty entertaining. Drags a bit, and I honestly think a lot of the daytime cgi shots just look bad. The cast is on the other hand very likeable and I think the humour lands better here than in the first one.

Last 15 minutes or so is very good. I mean you guess what will happen, but its just enjoyable.

I hope this does decently at the box office.

 

[signalman]

My Two good reasons for seeing CAPTAIN MARVEL: FURY OF THE GODS opening weekend.

 

[TheGDBatman]

There's a weird (or maybe just loud) portion of the internet that is rooting for this movie to fail....for what reason, I don't know. Seems like there's a strange amount of b*ners every time the opening weekend projections get updated with weak #s.

 

[LoganPool]

There's a weird (or maybe just loud) portion of the internet that is rooting for this movie to fail....for what reason, I don't know. Seems like there's a strange amount of b*ners every time the opening weekend projections get updated with weak #s.

I can tell you the reason... it's because Levi has one controversial opinion that they don't agree with. So now they want 200 other people to fail because one man's opinion.

 

[antsman41]

My Two good reasons for seeing CAPTAIN MARVEL: FURY OF THE GODS opening weekend.

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...best reason;

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Going by pre-sales this movie might end up as one of the biggest superhero flops ever.

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Going by pre-sales this movie might end up as one of the biggest superhero flops ever.

Well, when you barely promote a sequel to a five year old film in a franchise months away from a complete reboot…can’t say I’m surprised. Oh well, at least I’ll have my pick of the best seats…

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Yeah, the remaining DCEU movies are in the same spot as Dark Phoenix and New Mutants were after Disney bought Fox.

 

[dhandler01]

Well, when you barely promote a sequel to a five year old film in a franchise months away from a complete reboot…can’t say I’m surprised. Oh well, at least I’ll have my pick of the best seats…

Barely promote? You can argue the promotion itself sucked but I see the promo for this every time I have cable on for 5 seconds. The thing is none of the promotion is very engaging...

 

[DyeLorean]

Yes, the trailers haven't been interesting, to be honest. I saw none of what made the first Shazam! so charming. Almost nothing with the kids or the family aspect of it. Pure mayhem action.
I hope this is just a case of false/bad marketing because I do trust/like David F. Sandberg.

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Thumbs up here. (No spoilers)

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Barely promote? You can argue the promotion itself sucked but I see the promo for this every time I have cable on for 5 seconds. The thing is none of the promotion is very engaging...

Well, good to hear there are some cable spots. I cut the cord on cable years ago, like about a zillion other people. I do consumer a lot of related streaming content tho so I usually see spots on YouTube, ESPN, etc. Nothing for this tho.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Looking At $85M Worldwide Opening: Box Office – Deadline

New Line’s Covid-delayed DC sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods finally will hit theaters this weekend in 77 offshore territories and the U.S. with a global outlook between $80M-$85M — $35M of that coming from domestic.

In comparison, the first Shazam had a 158.6M worldwide opening weekend. And right now Shazam 2 could go under 30M domestic.

 

[jignat]

When does the review embargo lift?

 

[Comicbookguy339]

When does the review embargo lift?

In 6 hours, supposedly.

 

[TheGDBatman]

Barely promote? You can argue the promotion itself sucked but I see the promo for this every time I have cable on for 5 seconds. The thing is none of the promotion is very engaging...

It's anecdotal but I've barely seen any marketing for this in Canada. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this film's marketing costs come in under the first film's.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

If the reviews end up being good then it's completely mystifying why the review embargo wasn't lifted earlier.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

First Shazam made 30.9M on opening weekend in China. Shazam 2 is currently looking to gross 5M there. Yes, 5 million opening weekend.

 

[DarkKnight88]

The fact that the studio spoiled a major cameo in a tv spot kinda says how desperate they are for this to open.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Anyone remember a time when the RT score and reviews weren't completely broken for hours after reviews started pouring in for a new movie? I feel like the website has gotten worse and worse in that regard.

 

[Filmfreak]

So the first reviews are in and they are kind of a mixed bag. Definitely lower than the original.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

So the first reviews are in and they are kind of a mixed bag. Definitely lower than the original.

Yeah, but nobody is also calling it a trainwreck or anything. Doesn't deserve to bomb the way it is apparently about to.