“Black Adam” becomes the best premiere of Dwayne Johnson’s career as a protagonist

For Dwayne Johnson, “Black Adam” was clearly a passion project. It took the popular American actor ten years to bring his dream superhero to the big screen, and the journey, albeit tiring and full of obstacles, arrived at its destination in the best possible way: with a blockbuster.

The DC film, directed by Spaniard Jaume Collet-Serra, who previously worked with The Rock on ‘Jungle Cruise’, On Friday 21 October he got off to a great start, grossing $ 26.8 million on the first day at the US box office alone.which gave him the best opening day for a film starring Johnson, predicting a good end result.

About 60-62 million were screened, but in the end the DC anti-hero film grossed $ 67 million in its first weekend in the US, which is the best filmography premiere of The Rock starring (via Deadlines). This is not only good news for the former wrestler, but also for Warner Bros., which is in a very delicate moment with the new management of the studio and yet another restructuring of the DC Extended Universe, with which they intend to give priority. at the theatrical releases. .

With those 67 million at number 1, “Black Adam” is also the best theatrical release since “Thor: Love and Thunder”, although it falls far short of the Marvel movie., which debuted with $ 144 million last July. Compared to previous DC episodes, the premiere of “Black Adam” would have been between “Aquaman” (67 million) and “Shazam!” (53 million). However, the high cost of Dwayne Johnson’s film, with a budget of 195 million, forces us to look at the figures with caution. The next few weeks will be key to knowing to what extent Warner can celebrate the result.

Reviews for ‘Black Adam’ weren’t very positive, but agree that the film opens up many possibilities for DC’s future., so their box office success may indicate they’re not on the wrong track. Audiences have been more forgiving of Johnson’s superhero debut, giving him a B + on Cinemascore and an average of 7.2 / 10 on IMDb, at the time of writing. Among the most talked about in the film is the explosive cameo that takes place in its post-credits scene, a comeback that has thrilled DC fans for what it can mean for the future of the saga.

The romantic comedy is back

After the recent success of “Bros – More Than Friends”, Universal Studios returns to the North American box office with another romantic comedy, this time with two heavyweights of the genre: Julia Roberts and George Clooney. Although the opposite usually happens, ‘Journey to Paradise’ was released in the United States a month and a half after its release in Spain, and also won audiences., debuting in second place at the US box office with $ 16 million, a pretty good figure, especially considering that, with exceptions like ‘The Lost City’, the romantic comedy has long been in stasis at the box office. It didn’t go so well for “Halloween: The End”, which with 8 million in its second week drops 80%, one of the worst drops in recent history for a movie released at number 1.