News Culture Aquaman 2 may be a failure in the cinema, but it will never do worse than this Marvel film!
Published on January 12, 2024 at 12:45 p.m
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which hits theaters on December 20th, is not a box office hit like most superhero films of 2023. However, it does better than other DC Comics feature films and, above all, better than this MCU production.
Five years after the first Aquaman was released in theaters, the sequel arrives at the end of 2023, during what has been a disastrous year for superhero films. So, “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” carries the heavy responsibility of bringing an end to the DCEU, the DC Comics film universe that began with 2013’s “Man of Steel.”. The franchise will undergo a reboot and relaunch in 2025 with Superman: Legacy, directed by James Gunn, now the head of DC Studios. Unfortunately for the company, we can't say this latest film lives up to expectations.
Aquaman 2 marks the end of the DCEU
Currently, “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” grossed $334 million worldwide. In detail, 100 million come from the USA and 234 from abroad. These numbers are not unusual for a production of this caliber, DC Studios can take solace in the fact that these are better results than The Flash for example, which only grossed $270 million. In the long run, Aquaman 2 could even surpass Black Adam, which only grossed $390 million. As the website DC Planet, dedicated to DC Comics news, has observed, The film should break even if it hits $400 million. If so, “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” would be Warner's highest-grossing DCEU film since… the first “Aquaman” in 2018.
Global, We can say that 2023 is a pretty disastrous year for Warner as three of the four films released so far are failures, namely Shazam! Rage of the Gods, The Flash and Blue Beetle. It remains to be seen whether “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” will recoup its costs. In the meantime, one thing is certain: Aquaman 2 will have performed better than the sequel to a 2019 MCU film, namely The Marvels. In total, Captain Marvel's latest adventures only grossed $205,980,025 million, which barely covers the film's budget and doesn't even make it profitable. After a disastrous 2023 for superhero films, things will be much quieter in 2024, with only Deadpool 3 planned on the MCU side, while DC Comics will remain discreet until the release of Superman Legacy in 2025.
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