& # 39; Aquaman & # 39; pass Man of Steel & # 39; at the box office while it turns to 300 million dollars

Aquaman swam in front Steel man at the national box office because it is approaching $ 300 million.

The DC Comics film directed by James Wan is the most profitable film of Warner Bros. since 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which was the last time the studio released a billion-dollar blockbuster. With Jason Momoa at the forefront, Aquaman took moviegoers to Atlantis for the first time, raising $ 291.638 billion so far and more than $ 1.02 billion worldwide (according to Boxoffice). Man of Steel earned $ 291.045 million in the domestic market and finished with a $ 668 million global transportation.

When the film pbaded the billion dollar mark, Momoa spoke to Instagram to thank the fans, Wan and Justice League director Zack Snyder, who had originally staged it.

"A billion dollars is an outsider," Momoa wrote in a post on Instagram this weekend. "Of Baywatch from what was once the most disrespected superhero to a billion dollar film. Nobody reaches the summit without the people who love them. My success comes from my fans. All my aloha to all those who contributed to the realization of this film. Mahalo Zack for choosing me and Mahalo James for creating this beautiful world. "

Although a sequel to Aquaman Warner Bros. has not yet officially announced that the secret of the project seems to be that it is already in development following the success of the first film. Although Wan is not yet registered for this film, his experience and his success with the December movie could push him to engage.

"I mean, loving the people I work with goes a long way," Wan told ComicBook.com. "That's the reason I came back when I Insidious 2. But it's strange for me, because I do not know what I want to do for the first time in my career. I felt like AquamaI checked a lot of boxes for me. I want to do another action movie after Furious 7, I wanted to make a world-making film, and I wanted to make a superhero movie, and Aquaman literally checked all these boxes for me. And so now, I'm in that kind of place, I kind of go back and I make a smaller movie, maybe like next movie, something a little more intimate. Or if I can make a personal film, but it may be on a larger scale. I am not sure at this point. "

Aquaman now plays in theaters around the world.