"Shazam!" Box Office Reaching $ 50 Million, "Pet Sematary" In Second Place – Variety

"Shazam!" Shows a respectable power at the box office and is gearing up for a $ 50 million opening weekend, while "Pet Sematary" will cost about $ 22 million, announced the first estimates on Friday.

Figures are at the top of recent forecasts for both. Warner Bros. 'It is expected that' Shazam! Sells between $ 4517 and $ 50 million in 4,217 locations and Paramount's "Pet Sematary" remake is $ 20 to $ 20 million.

Disney's second "Dumbo" weekend saw a sharp drop of about 62%, ranging from $ 16 million to $ 17 million. The third weekend of the horror hit "Universal" and the fifth image of "Captain Marvel" Disney will compete for fourth place in the $ 15 million. "Captain Marvel" is expected to close the weekend with a total of 315 million dollars over 31 days in North America.

STX's launch of Taraji P. Henson-Sam Rockwell's drama "The Best of Enemies" will meet expectations with approximately $ 6 million out of 1,705 sites.

"Shazam!" Also making its international debut this weekend with $ 16.4 million in first day in China and $ 17 million in two days on 48 other markets. The adventure of DC Comics is centered on Billy Batson (Asher Angel), a teenager who can turn into a happy superhero (Zachary Levi) when we say the magic word.

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David F. Sandberg, director of "Shazam!", Who received strong critical support, received a 92% "fresh" rating on rotten tomatoes, with critics hailing his abandonment of the importance of the genre. Owen Gleiberman, of Variety, wrote: "Shazam!" … is a light, fun, fun, ground-based, engaging and unpretentious action comedy about a boy in the body of a (super ) man.

"Shazam!" Is a cheaper bet for DC Entertainment after "Wonder Woman" and "Aquaman". Warner Bros. spent $ 80 million to produce "Shazam!", about half of what it cost to create "Aquaman" and "Wonder Woman."

"Pet Sematary", based on Stephen King's horror novel, was featured as a closing film at SXSW and debuted with a 71% "freshness" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It stars Jason Clarke as Dr. Louis Creed in the story of a mysterious cemetery hidden in the woods of Maine, near the new home of the family. Amy Seimetz and John Lithgow are also on the bill. The film comes three decades after the original adaptation of the clbadic King. Director Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer shot the film.