The rock

Sacred mountains, entombed heroes – and not a worthwhile gag to be found to enliven Dwayne Johnson's stony face.

The film doesn’t dignify her with much in the way of a backstory. [Viola Davis](https://www.theguardian.com/film/viola-davis) has dispatched the Justice Society to neutralise Adam. Johnson plays an all-powerful entity called Teth-Adam, the saviour of the country of Kahdaq.

'Black Adam' opened bigger than any prior Dwayne Johnson film outside of his 'Fast Saga' sequels.

Say Black Adam legs out to around $175-$195 million domestic (multipliers on par with Hobbs & Shaw, Rampage) and earns global grosses on par with Jason Statham’s The Meg ($530 million including $144 million domestic and $153 million in China) outside of China and crosses $400 million global. Black Adam cost about as much as Kong: Skull Island which earned $168 million domestic from a $60 million debut and $567 million worldwide, including $168 million in China. We don’t yet know A) if Black Adam will play in China and B) how well it will perform if it does. I don’t know what this means for DC Films since the goalposts keep changing as one new corporate owner after another changes the direction and frankly undercuts what was working. But for now, Black Adam is a solid hit for DC and WB. Shazam!’s $140 million domestic and $366 million worldwide (including $43 million in China) won’t cut it this time. The 2.5x weekend multiplier shows that reviews didn’t hurt and that kids showed up yesterday and today for kid-friendly superhero violence. Ditto Ready Player One earning $135 million domestically, $220 million in China and $581 million worldwide on a $175 million budget. Black Adam also got reviews closer to Justice League (39% and 5/10 on Rotten Tomatoes versus 40% and 5.1/10 for Black Adam) than Wonder Woman (93% and 7.7/10). Like the Jurassic sequels and the Transformers films, the pans didn’t hurt because they still promised what audiences wanted (The Rock as a kid-friendly invincible killing machine amid IMAX-worthy spectacle and DC superhero tropes) out of this specific franchise entry. ($57 million counting previews) and their biggest non-Batman (or Batman-adjacent like Joker) opening weekend since Aquaman ($72 million) in late 2018. Discovery and DC Films’ Black Adam easily topped the domestic weekend box office with $67 million.

Dwayne Johnson has seemingly confirmed that DC is moving ahead with the planning of Black Adam 2 and the fans cannot keep calm.

[Jason Momoa](https://fandomwire.com/tag/jason-momoa/), [Gal Gadot](https://fandomwire.com/tag/gal-gadot/), and [Ezra Miller](https://fandomwire.com/tag/ezra-miller/). [The Rock has also teased a Peacemaker crossover](https://fandomwire.com/dwayne-johnson-promises-black-adam-crossover-with-the-suicide-squad-because-the-fans-want-that/) which now looks more probable than not given his connection with Amanda Waller and Emilia Harcourt, both of whom are prominently involved with James Gunn’s Peacemaker story. [The Rock](https://fandomwire.com/tag/the-rock/) wields in reality. The fans have been demanding a Doctor Fate movie and more of Johnson responded with a tweet that has now been tagged as the official confirmation for Black Adam 2. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has officially confirmed Black Adam 2.

Julia Roberts, left, and George Clooney, the co-stars of “Ticket to Paradise,” pose together at the premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre in Los ...

Earlier this month, Universal’s R-rated “Bros,” an LGBTQ milestone in the genre, debuted with a disappointing $4.8 million. But whether the receipts for “Black Adam” are enough to warrant that remains unclear. Last week’s top film, “Halloween Ends,” dropped massively in its second weekend. “He was the engine that really drove this box office despite some headwinds in terms of the DC brand and this not being as known a character,” said Dergarabedian. The stakes were higher for “Black Adam,” though. While promoting the film, Johnson hasn’t been shy about his desire to follow up “Black Adam” with a showdown with Superman. “Black Adam” was a $200-million bid to upset the power balance in a DC Extended Universe dominated by the likes of Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman. Fury of the Gods” in March. “Black Adam” took a circuitous route to reach theaters. Jeff Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros., celebrated the results as a personal best for Johnson outside of the “Fast & Furious” films, and a PG-13 film with broad-based appeal that audiences responded to better than critics. The character had originally been planned to launch as a villain in 2019’s “Shazam!” before executives pivoted to give Black Adam a standalone feature. NEW YORK >> Warner Bros.’ “Black Adam” opened with an estimated $67 million, according to studio estimates today, handing Dwayne Johnson his biggest box-office weekend as a leading man and launching the D.C.

The movie “Black Adam” stars former WWE Superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the titular character of the film, which was released in theaters on a global ...

Regardless, “Black Adam” is expected to pull in over $60 million in the United States of America, and another $70+ million across the world, reports For DC Comics, they scored a major victory with the success of “Black Adam,” with it being the biggest film debut for the franchise outside of Batman movies. The movie is Johnson’s first project in the DC Comics universe, with it being a spin-off to “Shazam!,” which was released in 2019.

The impressive box office figure represents the former professional wrestler's largest domestic opening in his film career as a lead actor, according to ...

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