Blue Beetle, the next movie in the DC Universe, will hit theaters with very few additions that can ensure a box office triumph. In addition to being preceded by a handful of superheroic films with poor collections —since Black Adam until Flash—, this upcoming premiere has not had a promotional campaign that relies on famous figures such as Xolo Maridueña or Susan Sarandon due to the actors’ strike in Hollywood. And of course, it may not help to be a movie entirely unrelated to already known productions or presenting a completely new superhero to the general public. So, given this unfavorable situation, how much is it estimated that Blue Beetle accumulate in your first weekend?
According to numbers of Deadlinethe movie Blue Beetle is shaping up to raise $30 million dollars at the local box office (US and Canada) during its first weekend. That is, practically the same as accumulated Shazam: The Fury of the Gods in its domestic debut, in mid-March 2023. It is estimated that both films had similar budgets, around $120-125 million, so in the long term, at Blue Beetle It doesn’t suit her to follow in her DC sister’s footsteps. In the end, the sequel to Shazam it had to settle for $57.6 million at the domestic box office.
Based on statistics consulted by the news portal, films aimed at Hispanic and Latino viewers -such as Blue Beetle— may surprise and have a larger audience in the US than originally estimated. According to this information, it was the Hispanic and Latino public that also established a significant percentage of attendance (25%) for Megalodon 2: The Great Abyss exceed the initial projections of domestic collection.
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On the other hand, Deadline has data about Blue Beetle presumes greater notoriety among the spectators than the one itself megalodon 2 and that the coming race car Grand Touring. And insisting on the issue of notoriety, the DC Universe movie is 38% ahead of what it had at the time Battle Angel: The Last Warrior (2019), a feature film also aimed at Hispanic and Latino audiences, whose local debut brought him earnings of $28.5 million dollars and which ended its commercial run with a domestic box office of $85.8 million dollars; that is, triple the amount accumulated in its first weekend. will run Blue Beetle with the same luck?
Blue Beetleby director Ángel Manuel Soto, will arrive in Mexican theaters on August 17, 2023.
Antonio G. Spindola I have very bad memory. Out of solidarity with my memories, I choose to lose myself too. Preferably in a movie theater.