Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” opened to $80 million at the international box office, which isn’t all that super considering those ticket sales are on par with eventual big-budget superhero disappointments like “The Flash,” “The Marvels” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” The comic book sequel, starring Jason Momoa as the king of Atlantis and directed by James Wan, has generated $120 million globally to start, including a weak $40 million in North America.
The Warner Bros. and DC film cost $205 million and is shaping up to be the latest underperforming tentpole for DC following this year’s string of misfires, “The Flash,” “Shazam!
Fury of the Gods” and “Blue Beetle.” Beyond the terrible reviews and mediocre audience scores, “Aquaman 2″ is struggling because it has been positioned as a lame duck in the DC Extended Universe.
It’s the final installment before DC’s new bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran, reset the sprawling superhero universe… likely without Momoa’s ruler of the underwater kingdom.
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