The box office results of Flash they go from bad to worse. The collapse of the movie in theaters continues its negative trend to the point that it has become The worst embarrassment of the DC Extended Universe. Three weeks after its premiere, the numbers are worse than ever.
In its third weekend the film directed by Andy Muschietti managed to raise just 11.4 million dollars globally. Flash It was still showing in 13,548 theaters around the world, for which the collection per screen was just 841 dollars, a complete disaster that puts the current directors of Warner and DC in hard trouble. Let’s remember: David Zaslav even mentioned that this would be one of the most important superhero productions in history.
Flash It has not only become a source of shame at the commercial level, but also at the level of specialized critics. The general comments about the production are not good. In fact, it is such a disaster that three different endings were recorded and not for creative purposes, but for the interests of the managers on duty.
The Flash is the last film before the James Gunn era in the DC Extended Universe.
The pre-production of Flash It started in 2014 and almost nine years have passed until we finally saw it on the big screen. She tries to be some kind of soft reboot of the DC Extended Universe and is the last production before the arrival of James Gunn as creative president of the franchise.
Gunn’s goal is to completely reorganize DC’s productions and give them more coherence, similar to what has happened with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But we’ll have to wait a few years until we see the first movie under the new creative direction. This will be Superman: Legacywhich would be released in the summer of 2025, and which recently announced its main cast.
In addition to the creative and political issues behind Flash before the arrival of James Gunn there are also those of its protagonist, Ezra Miller, who was involved in dozens of scandals due to his erratic behavior. That is why the actor was not present in the promotional tour of the film, further hurting his performance at the box office.
Hopefully in a few years Flash be just a nightmare for the managers of DC and Warner. At the moment it is estimated that it will mean losses of about 200 million dollars. That is why they have advanced their premiere on streaming platforms.