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New York : Seven films in, DC Extended Universe finally fly with the wind in the back. Shazam! well-considered and with a relatively modest budget, debuted with $ 53.5 million in ticket sales this weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, trusting DC its latest critical success and at the box office.
The oldest characters from DC's superhero stable, Shazam! does not boast of the name recognition of Batman or Superman. But returning to a $ 100 million budget and adopting a lighter and comical tone, Shazam! gradually reinforced his word of mouth with rave reviews. Warner Bros also screened the film two weeks before it opened across the country, where it projected $ 3 million.
A photo of Shazam. Warner Bros
Shazam! was imposed well before the other big draw of the weekend, Pet Sematary . The remake of Paramount Pictures from Stephen King's original adaptation of 1989 was second at $ 25 million. This is a good start for Pet Sematary although far from what King's latest big-screen adaptation has evoked: He opened with 123.4 million in dollars.
Last week The best film, Dumbo fell sharply in the second week. The live Disney remake has dropped 60% with a budget of $ 18.2 million.
Declared "Big" meets Superman ", Shazam! interprets Asher Angel as Billy Batson, an adopted teenager who transforms himself.
Jeff Goldstein, head of distribution at Warner Bros., said the studio originally planned a $ 40 million opening. "It was the right number for us," Goldstein said. "It's what we needed to make money."
But expectations grow in terms of critics (91% on rotten tomatoes) and audience reaction (an "A" cinema). The PG-13 rated film attracted a particularly young crowd; 45% were under 25 years old.
The result further confirmed DC's pivot after the disappointments of Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman and David Ayer's Suicide Squad . Warner Bros has since oriented its comic book adaptations in a different direction, focusing more on independent entries less based on the global "universe" and on a more fluctuating tone.
Earlier in the week, Warner Bros. is also made fun of the DC release. Joker, with Joaquin Phoenix, at CinemaCon. An original story in even smaller budget with a unique tone, although much darker; it was one of the most discussed movies at the Las Vegas event.
"[ The Wonder Woman was really the beginning of the ship's transformation," Goldstein said. "When you look at each of these properties, they are all very different, their approach is different, their tone is different, but here's the common point: all the good movies, all well done." I think that's what you will see DC is a very specific approach for this property. "
Abroad, Shazam! reported $ 102 million in 79 markets, including $ 30.9 million in China.
"DC really found its rhythm," said Paul Dergarabedian, Senior Media Analyst at Comscore. "They really separate each character, Shazam and the Joker could not have two different characters in the DC universe, but I think the diversity of the content will serve them well."
Dergarabedian noted the two most dominant genera. In the movies at the present time – superheroes and horror – inundated with theaters, occupying four of the top five box office places. Tough competition in similar areas could have slightly depressed results for Shazam! and Pet Sematary . But for the moment, there is little room on the calendar between the major comic strip movies and horror releases.
Jordan Peele's horror thriller Us, is ranked fourth, which earned him $ 13.8 million in the third week. Its total cumulative total is $ 216.6 million.
Marvel's Captain Marvel led by Brie Larson who recently made $ 1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, cashed $ 12.7 million in the domestic market in his fifth weekend. Ironically, Captain Marvel was the original name of Shazam when he created the character, Superman Knockoff, in 1939. He was relaunched in 1973 under the name of Shazam after decades of prosecution and the launch of Captain Marvel's own , of Marvel.
The widely distributed newcomer was STX Entertainment's Best of Enemies starring Taraji P Henson as a civil rights advocate and Sam Rockwell as the leader of the Ku Klux Klan. He opened with $ 4.5 million.
In a limited release version, High Life by Claire Denis starring Robert Pattinson, opened with approximately $ 100,000 in four rooms for A24.
Neon's documentary Aretha Franklin, Amazing Grace debuted with $ 96,000 in eight locations. The film, shot for two days at the New Bethel Baptist Church in the Watts section of Los Angeles in 1972, was lost for decades in part because its director, Sydney Pollack, had not resumed the footage, leaving them alone. not synchronized with the audio. Before his death last August, Franklin had filed several lawsuits to prevent his release.
Estimate of ticket sales from Friday to Sunday in American and Canadian cinemas, according to Comscore. Where applicable, the latest international issues from Friday to Sunday are also included. All figures are in United States dollars.
1. Shazam! $ 53.4 million (international amount $ 102 million).
2. Pet Sematary 25 million dollars.
3. Dumbo 18.2 million dollars.
4. Us $ 13.8 million.
5. Captain Marvel $ 12.7 million.
6. The best of enemies 4.5 million dollars.
7. Five Feet Apart, $ 3.7 million.
8. Unplanned $ 3.2 million.
9. Wonder Park 2 million dollars.
10. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World $ 2 million.
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