A post from three and a half YEARS ago?? Lol Get a life chief.
But okay, at $65MM opening weekend, I will officially agree with Scott Mendelson at Forbes and say that that is, "frankly lousy". Which it is. Happy now? The Grinch made more on its opening weekend. Yikes.
Now make yourself useful and tell me which one of these facts, from the last, let's say six months or so, that I don't have "straight":
- Despite all the hype, the movie came right in on its (low side of most recent) tracking- $65MM.
- That is the worst opening weekend of any DCEU movie to date, by far.
- The Fandango presales that purportedly outsold Venom predictably, meant nothing, as it came in more than 10% below, despite having TWO extra days of previews. (The "record" presales allegedly beating Infinity Wars through Atom, whatever that is, naturally didn't mean anything either.)
- With its paltry studio split, China will not make Aquaman a financial success.
- Too much money was spent marketing and making this movie ($350MM), creating a bar that will almost certainly be impossible to clear with it's less than stellar North American debut, akin to ASM 2.
Am I leaving anything out ?
Oh yes... I guess we will have to see if it can make another $50MM by tomorrow to hit Paperheart's (still ludicrous) projections.
-J.