‘The Flash’ barely beating ‘Green Lantern’ and ‘Batman Forever’ underlines the size of James Gunn’s challenge
When Shazam! Fury of the Gods fell flat on its face at the box office, it was claimed that one of the major reasons behind the sequel’s failure was the fact it had already been rendered obsolete prior to release by way of James Gunn and Peter Safran announcing a full-scale reboot was lurking just around the corner. Looking at The Flash, it might be fair to say those assumptions were right on the money.
Andy Muschietti’s madcap multiversal adventure hauled in a lukewarm $55 million across its opening weekend, which is borderline disastrous for a film that cost around $200 million to produce and an estimated $100 million and change to market. In fact, there are two titles in particular that are worth bringing up for very different reasons, which underlines the size of the challenge that lies in front of the new co-CEOs to get audiences back onside.
When Shazam! Fury of the Gods fell flat on its face at the box office, it was claimed that one of the major reasons behind the sequel’s failure was the fact it had already been rendered obsolete prior to release by way of James Gunn and Peter Safran announcing a full-scale reboot was lurking just around the corner. Looking at The Flash, it might be fair to say those assumptions were right on the money.
Andy Muschietti’s madcap multiversal adventure hauled in a lukewarm $55 million across its opening weekend, which is borderline disastrous for a film that cost around $200 million to produce and an estimated $100 million and change to market. In fact, there are two titles in particular that are worth bringing up for very different reasons, which underlines the size of the challenge that lies in front of the new co-CEOs to get audiences back onside.