(Los Angeles) The Superhero Movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods rose to the top of the North American box office for its release, according to estimates on Sunday from the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations, but analysts called its performance a disappointment.
The feature film, in which Zachary Levi stars, collected $30.5 million between Friday and Sunday in American and Canadian theaters, which is much less than the 53.5 million made by the first opus, released in 2019.
This sequel is thus “one of the worst starts for a big Hollywood superhero film”, noted the specialized magazine. HollywoodReporter.
In second place, Scream VI recorded $17.5 million in revenue.
For the sixth episode of this famous series of horror films, where the frightening “Ghostface” rages this time in New York, we find the fetish actress of the series Courteney Cox, but also the star of the series wednesdayJenna Ortega.
On the third place of the podium, Creed IIIthe ninth film in the Rocky boxing saga, and the first without Sylvester Stallone, collected 15.3 million.
Creed III Still traces the story of Adonis Creed – the son of Apollo – who this time comes out of retirement for a much-anticipated confrontation against a friend of yesteryear. This is the first film directed by Michael B. Jordan, who also plays the title role.
Fourth, the new science fiction thriller from Sony studios, 65with Adam Driver, took in 5.8 million.
He is closely followed by Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniathe latest addition to the Marvel universe, with around 4.1 million.
The rest of the top 10
6. crazy bear (3.9 million)
7. jesus revolution (3.5 million)
8. Champions (3 million)
9. Avatar: The Way of Water (1.9 million)
10. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (1.5 million)