Box Office: 'Black Adam' Overcome Industry Projection To Take Biggest Opening For Dwayne Johnson As Lead Actor

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Los Angeles, October 23 - Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson's superhero debut with DCEU's Black Adam brings a pleasant surprise at the box office, especially after the poor reception it got from critics.

The film opened at number 1 at the domestic (North American) box office with $67 million in the opening weekend, the biggest-ever debut for Johnson's career as the lead hero. The movie overcome the revised industry projection of $60 million after critics' reviews.



As per Variety, the opening of "Black Adam" being a superhero movie isn't earth-shattering but definitely a strong knowing it is a spin-off of "Shazam!" which opened at $53.5 million in 2019. "Black Adam" is also the first Hollywood movie since "Thor: Love And Thunder" in July 2022 to open over $50 million domestically.

For a DC movie, "Black Adam" takes the second biggest opening in the post-pandemic-era after "The Batman's" $134 million in March 2022. The Jaume Collet-Serra comfortably beats the recent DC movies like "The Suicide Squad", "Birds of Prey", Wonder Woman 1984", "DC League of Super Pets" & "Lego Batman".

At the overseas box office, "Black Adam" came at the high end of industry projections, grossing $75.9 million over 76 markets, for a $142.9 million global start. In India, it grossed $3.4 million (Rs. 28.10 Crore) in the 4-day opening weekend. The movie has strong audience support with 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is more than double of critics' score.

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