"Box Office Battle" is The Fly's weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend's box office.
Warner Bros. (WBD) “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” opened to a dismal $30.5M domestically from 4,071 locations, making it the worst debut for a title in the DC Cinematic Universe. Overseas, the movie earned $35M for a worldwide cume of $65.5M. “Shazam 2” has a 54% Rotten Tomatoes score and a B+ CinemaScore.
BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Paramount’s (PARA) “Scream VI” fell to number 2 with $17.5M for a domestic total of $76M. Behind it was MGM (AMZN) and Michael B. Jordan’s “Creed III” with another $15.4M in its third outing. Sony’s (SONY) “65” placed number 4 with $5.8M from 3,405 locations. Rounding out the top five, Disney’s (DIS) “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantomania” grossed an estimated $4.1M.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:
Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Comcast (CMCSA) and Lionsgate (LGF.A).
Amazon.com
-1.11 (-1.11%)
Paramount
-0.045 (-0.23%)
Disney
-1.085 (-1.15%)
Lionsgate
-0.565 (-6.39%)
Lionsgate
-0.635 (-6.76%)
Sony
+0.135 (+0.16%)
Comcast
+ (+0.00%)
Comcast
-0.22 (-0.61%)
Warner Bros. Discovery
+0.175 (+1.24%)