What happened with the premiere of Flash it is something that will be remembered for years, analyzing what may well be considered one of the most complicated, dense and ill-fated passages in the history of cinema. Starting from the controversy itself and collateral damage triggered by its star ezra miller until what happened with the post-production of the tape.
We all knew that the release of The Flash was going to be difficult, rumors of an imminent flop grew as reports of last-minute changes to the story and tons of reshoots increased, further inflating the production cost of the film. tape.
But the reality is that nobody was prepared to measure the real magnitude of the problem until Warner finally released the tape. Where a somewhat confusing strategy was implemented, with exclusive functions weeks before the general release date, so that influencers and journalists began to talk about the film.
In these functions it was assured that it was the final version but without the finished digital effects, which ended up being a weight factor for the first positive reviews that omitted the detail of its questionable CGI.
Great was the surprise of all those who saw the tape first of all when in the second round they verified that what they saw in that first function was virtually the same without polishing too many aspects.
Box office receipts plummeted, the film leaked in its entirety on Twitter And what for many already saw coming happened…
The Flash is the worst premiere in the history of superhero movies: meet the rest of the failed movies
After three weeks in theaters, The Flash has become the worst box office flop in superhero movie history, after suffering the worst first- to second-week box office drop in DC history. , with a contraction of 72.5%.
It is estimated that for this second weekend of July 2023 the tape would have raised just over USD $250 million worldwide. But the tape had an approximate budget of USD $220 million.
To which is added an additional promotional budget of USD $150 million. So it is more than likely that the film represents a loss of more than USD $200 million for Warner Bros.
The distributor and producer has withdrawn from theaters many of the features reserved for the film and nowhas leaked that its premiere for digital platforms would begin this July 18, 2023. First it can be purchased or rented in digital format on platforms of this type and then later it would reach HBO Max free for subscribers.
This, needless to say, would be the largest financial loss suffered by any studio that has financed a superhero movie in history. This is verifiable thanks to the Top 10 compiled by the friends of The Direct:
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- Flash – $200 million (estimated)
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods – $150 million (estimated)
- Wonder Woman: 1984 – $137 million
- Dark Phoenix – $133 million
- The Suicide Squad – $130 million
- Black Adam – $100 million
- Fantastic Four – $100 million
- R.I.P.D. – $92 million
- The New Mutants – $84 million
- Green Lantern – $75 million